Quarterly Updates for (16 Feb 2018 — 15 May 2018)
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The Jordanian government accepted the credentials of incoming Israeli ambassador Amir Weisbrod this quarter, ending the diplomatic crisis pursuant to the killing of 2 Jordanians in Amman by an Israeli embassy security guard on 7/23/2017 (see JPS 47 [2, 3]). The new ambassador took up his post in Amman on 4/16, and two weeks later Israel’s Economy Minister Eli Cohen met with Jordanian, Palestinian, and Japanese officials to discuss a Japanese proposal to expand a joint industrial zone near Jericho.