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About Colin Shindler

Colin Shindler is emeritus professor of Israeli studies and Pears senior research fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He is the founding chairman of the European Association of Israeli Studies. His most recent book is Israel and the European Left: Between Solidarity and Delegitimization (Continuum, 2012). His earlier books include A History of Modern Israel (Cambridge University Press, 2008) and The Triumph of Military Zionism: Nationalism and the Origins of the Israeli Right (IB Tauris, 2005 / 2009)

Articles by Colin Shindler

Wednesday 8th February

The Left and Israel: a tortured path

Colin Shindler, 8 February 2012
The attitudes of the political left, including left-wing Jews, to Israel have varied greatly across the state's six decades. Loyalties acquired before or independent of Israel's foundation - to the Soviet Union, or to the idea of revolution - have often played a part in shaping them, says Colin Shindler.
Monday 23rd February

Israel’s rightward shift: a history of the present

Colin Shindler, 23 February 2009
A withered left, fissured right, stagnant polity, frozen peace: ingredients of a bleak election
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