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Avi Shlaim FBA (born 31 October 1945) is an Israeli and British historian of Iraqi Jewish descent. He is one of Israel's " New Historians ", a group of Israeli scholars who put forward critical interpretations of the history of Zionism and Israel.
Apr 1, 2024 · Historian Avi Shlaim: ‘I remain hopeful Israel will start to act rationally’. The Oxford professor, born to a Jewish family in Baghdad, argues that Joe Biden can force change by threatening to...
Avi Shlaim is an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College and a former Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford. He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2006. His main research interest is the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Nov 27, 2023 · Even scholars from the same school of Israeli history disagree on the Israel-Hamas war. Here, Avi Shlaim argues why a two-state solution was never what Israel wanted.
Feb 16, 2024 · British-Israeli historian Professor Avi Shlaim was born in Iraq to Jewish parents in 1945, and moved to the newly established State of Israel as a 5-year-old. He speaks to TRT World about how...
Jul 14, 2023 · Three Worlds, by the Oxford historian of the modern Middle East Avi Shlaim, is an often enchanting memoir of his childhood in Baghdad; in part it is a lament for this vanished world where a...
Oct 24, 2023 · For almost three weeks we’ve been riveted by the Israel-Hamas war and many people have formed strong opinions on either side of the conflict which they’ve unhesitatingly but often vehemen ...