Ilan Pappe bio, the Israeli ideology of "Ethnic Cleansing" unfortunately subject to pervading biases in the state of Israel--respnding to Hugh's message with an article I found on the Internet
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Ilan Pappé (Hebrew: אילן פפה [iˈlan paˈpe]; born 7 November 1954) is an Israeli historian and political scientist, known for his work on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and as a leading figure among Israel's New Historians. He is a professor at the University of Exeter's College of Social Sciences and International Studies, where he directs the European Centre for Palestine Studies and co-directs the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies.
Pappé's research focuses on the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight, which he characterizes as a deliberate ethnic cleansing campaign, citing Plan Dalet as a blueprint.[1] His notable works include The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006), A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples (2003), and Ten Myths About Israel (2017).[2]
Born in Haifa, Israel, Pappé was a senior lecturer at the University of Haifa (1984–2007) and chaired the Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian and Israeli Studies (2000–2008).[3] He left Israel in 2008 after facing criticism in the Knesset and receiving death threats.[4]
Pappé was active in Israeli politics as a member of the Hadash party and ran in the 1996[5] and 1999 elections.[6] He advocates a single democratic state for Israelis and Palestinians[7] and supports the BDS movement, including an academic boycott of Israel.[8]
Early life and education
Pappé was born in Haifa, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jews. His parents were German Jews who had fled Nazi persecution in the 1930s.[4] At the age of 18, he was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and served in the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.[9] He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.[10] He then moved to England to study history at the University of Oxford, completing a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1984 under the supervision of British historians Albert Hourani and Roger Owen.[9] His doctoral thesis was titled "British foreign policy towards the Middle East, 1948-1951: Britain and the Arab-Israeli conflict"[11] and this became his first book, titled Britain and the Arab-Israeli Conflict.[8]