CAIRO: Egypt's Israeli Ambassador Yitzhak Levanon said on Sunday that Israel is considering moving its embassy in Cairo to another location, according to a report from the Jerusalem Post. The considerations come a little over a month since Israeli diplomats had to be evacuated from the embassy in downtown Cairo. Egyptian demonstrators gathered in front of the Israeli Embassy on September 9 to protest after Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shot five Egyptian soldiers dead in a border scuffle in the Sinai. Protesters demanded that Egypt's interim government, the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), take a stronger stand against Israel after the incident. The protesters stormed the embassy complex, tearing down a protective wall that was constructed around the building. Israeli diplomats were evacuated from the scene. “Israel is considering moving the embassy building in Egypt to another location over concerns for the safety of its diplomats,” said Levanon in a statement on the matter. Earlier this month, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak formally apologized to Egypt for the incident. The border clash was considered a breach of the 1979 Camp David Accords, which governs peace between the two nations. Tensions between Egypt and Israel have intensified since the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak last February. Mubarak was a guardian of Israeli interests in Egypt, and maintained peace between the two nations. Many in Israel have feared that the relationship between the two nations may dissolve with a a post-Mubarak Egyptian government, as frustrations with Israel mount in the Egyptian street. BM
