(AP-Washington Post) Egypt has appointed a new ambassador to Israel. Atef Salem el-Ahl, Egypt's consul in Eilat, will replace Yasser Reda, whose four-year term ends this summer. The choice of an envoy familiar with Israel counters concerns in Jerusalem that relations with Cairo could be downgraded with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
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