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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Israel’s new envoy presents credentials in Cairo

JTAPublished February 28, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Israel's new ambassador to Egypt presented his credentials at a ceremony in Cairo. Yaacov Amitai is the first Israeli envoy named to Egypt since the ousting of Hosni Mubarak one year ago. The Israeli national anthem was played at Monday's...

Egyptian demonstrators attacking Israels embassy in Cairo,
Sept. 9, 2011. (Maggie Osama/Creative Commons)

Embassy attack stokes Israeli fears of post-Mubarak Egypt

By Linda Gradstein, JTA JERUSALEMPublished September 14, 2011

Retired Israeli Air Force pilot Uri Dromi remembers the day 34 years ago when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat landed in Israel to tell the Israeli people that he was ready to make peace.Dromi, who had flown missions in the 1967 Six-Day War against Egypt,...

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