Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Monday its new ambassador to Jordan is taking up his posting, ending a months-long spat between the two countries over a deadly embassy shooting.
The return of an Israeli envoy to Amman comes after the two countries agreed to end a diplomatic standoff following the shooting deaths of two Jordanians by an Israeli security guard who Israel said opened fire in self-defense after one of the men stabbed him.
Amir Weissbrod’s posting ends one of the tensest periods between Israel and Jordan since the two signed a peace treaty in 1994.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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