This Egyptian wants an Israeli to head the IMF

"I worked closely with Mr. Fischer at the IMF in the 1990s, and followed his careers both before and after that – as a brilliant member of MIT’s renowned economics faculty, as a thoughtful and inspirational chief economist at the World Bank, and as a successful governor of Israel’s central bank. On this basis I strongly believe that he ticks every box when it comes to IMF suitability – professional, cultural and personal.   Mr Fischer is a world-class economist, and among the very few that applies a sharp, and well-trained analytical mind to both policy and academic challenges. He is exceptional in another, and even more unusual way. He uses his brilliance to engage rather than intimidate. Indeed, he starts his interactions with other people on the assumption that they can enlighten him; and they feel at ease sharing their insights and interacting with him."  Isn't Al-Arian the guy who was fired by the Harvard Corporation for his mismanagement of the Harvard endowment?  (thanks Jamal)