Avi Shlaim is an emeritus professor of international relations at Oxford University and the author of The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World.
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Published in: HomeThe neophyte president, Netanyahu, and Palestine
Trump is unencumbered by any knowledge of the Palestinians, their history, their politics, or their legitimate...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Labour Party, Israel, and antisemitism
The key question, given that antisemitism along with other forms of racism has had a continuing presence in British...
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Published in: HomeThe perils and pitfalls of patriotic history
War is said to be too serious a business to be left to the soldiers. By the same token, military history is too...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAriel Sharon’s legacy
Sharon was the unilateralist par excellence. His main aim when he came to power in 2001 was to eliminate the...
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Published in: HomeAn 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
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Published in: HomeIsrael’s “new history” and the Palestinians
A rethinking by Israeli historians enlarges understanding of the bitter events of 1948, including the Palestinian...