BIBI MIGHT NAME ARAB/KADIMA MK AS AMBASSADOR TO EGYPT

HAARETZ: 'Netanyahu could name Druze MK next ambassador to Egypt'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may appoint a Druze lawmaker from the rival Kadima Party as Israel's next ambassador to Egypt, according to a report which appeared on Saturday in the Cairo-based newspaper Al-Misriyun.

MK Majali Wahabi, a former deputy foreign minister, is a candidate for the post due to his longstanding relationship with senior members of the Mubarak regime, the newspaper reported.

In addition, Netanyahu is seeking to station a moderate in the Cairo post so as to temper Egyptian apprehensions over Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

• IT WOULD BE A GREAT MOVE, POLITICALLY...

• EGYPT HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD NEIGHBOR OF LATE AND KEEPING THAT RELATIONSHIP ON THE BEST OF TERMS IS IMPORTANT.

[ASIDE: HOW MANY JEWS HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE'S OF ARAB NATIONS!?!?!

NONE.

WHEN JEWS CAN BE ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE IN ARAB NATIONS, THEN THERE WILL BE PEACE.]