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Asaf Romirowsky
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “scholar of middle eastern studies and a fellow at the middle east forum”. Today it says “american historian of the middle east and political commentator”.
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Asaf Romirowsky is a scholar of Middle Eastern studies and a fellow at the Middle East Forum . Romirowsky, an Israeli , did his military service for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as an international relations liaison officer in the West Bank . He currently serves in the IDF reserves as an liaison officer to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan . Romirowsky is studying toward a PhD at King's College London .1
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scholar of middle eastern studies and a fellow at the middle east forum
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american historian of the middle east and political commentator
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