Israel Reopens Cairo Embassy, Shut After Protest in 2011

Israel reopened its embassy in Egypt on Wednesday, four years after it was stormed by dozens of protesters in violence that led to the evacuation of the Israeli ambassador. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement that its director-general, Dore Gold, had traveled to Cairo to "rededicate" the embassy. Israel's ambassador at the time, Yitzhak Levanon, and other staff were airlifted from Egypt after demonstrators stormed the embassy in September 2011. They were...

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