Article: Druse MK: Self-appointed ambassador to Arab world? Likud's Ayoub Kara hopes to win a cabinet seat from Netanyahu

BRENDA GAZZAR
Jerusalem Post
03-22-2009
Headline: Druse MK: Self-appointed ambassador to Arab world? Likud's Ayoub Kara hopes to win a cabinet seat from Netanyahu
Byline: BRENDA GAZZAR
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 05

Sunday, March 22, 2009 -- In recent weeks, Likud MK Ayoub Kara has visited Syrian officials in Washington, met with Egyptian officials in Israel and is considering an invitation to visit Amman from a Jordanian official.

The Druse lawmaker boasts that he is in contact with officials throughout the Arab world, from Mauritania, which recently cut ties with Israel, to Morocco, Qatar, Algeria and even Lebanon.

"They know my ideas," Kara said over the weekend. "They know I'm more ...

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