Jordan said it would return its ambassador to Israel on Sunday. Reuters quoted Jordan’s foreign minister Tuesday as saying Jordan would send an envoy to Tel Aviv after more than four years without one. Both Egypt and Jordan promised to return envoys to Israel in the wake of recent Israeli-Palestinian rapprochement. The countries withdrew their envoys to protest Israel’s measures against Palestinian terrorism when the intifada began.
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