Protestors outside Egyptian Parliament in February 2011. Photo: wiki commons.

Ynet – Israel’s embassy in Cairo has been operating out of a temporary residence for the past seven months because Egypt is refusing to sell or rent out a building to Israel the London-based al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported Sunday, citing an  Egyptian security expert.

Sources told al-Sharq that Israel’s ambassador to Cairo Yaakov Amitai has been working out of his hotel room since Israel cleared out its embassy building in Egypt last week.

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