Amira Oron named ambassador to Egypt after yearlong hold-up
Oron will be Israel's first female ambassador to Cairo. A Middle East expert, Oron is fluent in Arabic and headed the Foreign Ministry's Middle East Economic Relations Department in recent years.
The sphinx at the Great Pyramidsof Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo.(photo credit: MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS)ByLAHAV HARKOV