Israel picks historian Michael Oren as ambassador to U.S.
A New York-born and Princeton-educated historian and commentator on Middle East affairs has been chosen Israel's next ambassador to Washington, Israeli news media reported Saturday.
According to the online edition of the newspaper Haaretz, Michael B. Oren’s selection by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will be submitted to the Cabinet for approval at its meeting today. Oren would replace Sallai Meridor.
Oren is a senior fellow at Shalem Center, a conservative Jerusalem think tank. He is the author of several bestsellers, including "Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East," which won the L.A. Times Book Prize for history in 2003. His writings have appeared in The Times' Opinion and Book Review sections.
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According to the online edition of the newspaper Haaretz, Michael B. Oren’s selection by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will be submitted to the Cabinet for approval at its meeting today. Oren would replace Sallai Meridor.
Oren is a senior fellow at Shalem Center, a conservative Jerusalem think tank. He is the author of several bestsellers, including "Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East," which won the L.A. Times Book Prize for history in 2003. His writings have appeared in The Times' Opinion and Book Review sections.
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