Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak named the nation’s current ambassador to Jordan to serve as the head of the team that will negotiate a final peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority. Monday’s naming of Oded Eran came after weeks of delays in naming a replacement for the former chief negotiator, lawyer Gilad Sher.
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