Armed historian

This armed Israeli soldier has been cited in US media as an "independent observer of Arab-Israeli issues." "Michael Oren, a senior research fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem and an expert on the Middle East, says that despite some media reports he has not been asked to serve as Israel's next ambassador to the United States. "I heard the rumors and the press reports but I have not received an offer," Oren said this week. "If I am called I will serve, just as I serve when I am called up for military reserve duty," he added." (thanks May)