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About Avi Shlaim

Avi Shlaim is a professor of international relations at the University of Oxford and the author of Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations (Verso, 2009).

Articles by Avi Shlaim

Friday 28th May

An Open Letter to Barack Obama

Please take a few moments to reflect on the relations between the United States and Israel in the light of a recent incident
Wednesday 4th November

Israel’s “new history” and the Palestinians

A rethinking by Israeli historians enlarges understanding of the bitter events of 1948, including the Palestinian "nakba" (catastrophe). It thus creates a foundation for addressing their consequences in the present, says Avi Shlaim.
Wednesday 7th January

Israel and Gaza: rhetoric and reality

The historical record of Israel's dealings with Gaza sheds essential light on its true aims there   
Thursday 8th May

Israel at 60: the “iron wall” revisited

Israel has reached a landmark anniversary. But the ideological project underpinning its existence has brought it to a strategic impasse
Tuesday 13th November

Israel, free speech, and the Oxford Union

How open dialogue is vulnerable to closed minds
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