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	Avi Shlaim: No peaceful solution \| From Occupied Palestine
		Among the new historians, Avi Shlaim is the most "classical." Benny Morris began as a journalist with a conscience, served time in a military prison for refusal to serve in Lebanon, and from this starting-point, came to write the "new history" about the creation of the refugee problem.
		Shlaim was born in Baghdad in 1945, to a wealthy family with a magnificent three-story house and 10 servants, including a special servant who went to the market to do the shopping.
		Shlaim claims that the retaliation operations in the 1950s, Dayan's baby, led to a deterioration, to an intensification of the hatred and to a distancing of the chance for dialogue.
	www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org /node.php?id=1566 (4202 words)

	TNR Online \| The Past Is Not a Foreign Country by Anita Shapira
		Shlaim is basically interested in political and diplomatic history, and minimizes his account of the wars; Morris treats the military operations in copious detail, in the War of Independence and in later conflicts.
		Shlaim's tendency to assume an air of objectivity toward Arab actions and to point a scolding finger at Israel is also conspicuous in his account of the deterioration that led to the Six-Day War.
		Shlaim argues that the bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1982 was not carried out for electoral reasons; the timing of the Israeli action, he explains, was owed to Begin's genuine anxiety about Israel's future, to fears rooted in his own experience in the Holocaust.
	ontology.buffalo.edu /smith/courses01/rrtw/Shapira.htm (9008 words)

	Amazon.ca: Iron Wall: Books: Avi Shlaim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In this far-ranging history, Avi Shlaim analyzes that question in remarkable detail, tracing the shifting policies of Israel toward the Palestinians and the Arab world at large.
		Shlaim (War and Peace in the Middle East, etc.) is a leader among revisionist historians who are challenging Israel's most cherished myths about itself: that it has been a peaceful nation forced into war by bellicose Arab neighbors incapable of accepting its existence.
		Shlaim ably sets out the belief, shared by Israeli leaders of all political stripes, that the country had to build up an "iron wall" of strength and security in order to bring Arab leaders to the negotiating table (Shlaim himself thinks the iron wall was a mistake).
	www.amazon.ca /Iron-Wall-Avi-Shlaim/dp/0140288708 (572 words)

	Avi Shlaim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Avi Shlaim (born October 31, 1945 in Baghdad) is an Israeli-British dual citizen and historian and identifies ethnically as an Iraqi Jew.Don Attapattu (June 16, 2004).
		Interview with Middle East Scholar Avi Shlaim: America, Israel, and the Middle East.
		Shlaim's approach to the study of history is informed by his belief that "The job of the historian is to judge."
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Avi_Shlaim (287 words)

	Reviews in History:
		Shlaim describes one cabinet meeting where the ministers were like ‘polite and frightened children in a kindergarten’ reduced to hesitantly raising hands before asking questions against the ‘overpowering’ authority of Ben-Gurion.
		Rather, Shlaim sees Israel’s version of the war as the propaganda of the victors, and the image of the war as a ‘striking example of the way in which history can be manipulated to serve nationalist ends.’ (p.185) The hard-liners had failed to topple Nasser but they had succeeded in toppling Sharett.
		Shlaim does, however, pick up the ‘iron wall’ theme after 1967 suggesting that the sweeping territorial gains made in June 1967 proved that peace could only be obtained from a position of strength.
	www.history.ac.uk /reviews/paper/hughesMat2.html (2903 words)

	Human Rights: Avi Shlaim on Israel’s Various Histories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Shlaim, a professor of international relations at Oxford University, is the editor of The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948 and the author of, among other works, The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World and Collusion Across the Jordan: King Abdullah, the Zionist Movement, and the Partition of Palestine.
		Shlaim called the 1982 invasion of Lebanon a “watershed” because, unlike previous wars that were—according to the mainstream Zionist narrative—wars of ain brera (no choice), the incursion into Lebanon, culminating in the Sharon-enabled massacres at Sabra and Shatila in Beirut, was different.
		According to Shlaim, the main bones of contention between mainstream and “new” historians were: (1) British policy toward the establishment of Israel; (2) the military balance between Israel and its neighboring states; (3) the cause of the Palestinian exodus; (4) Arab states’ war aims; and (5) the persistence of political deadlock after the 1948 war.
	wrmea.com /archives/jan_feb_2004/0401071.html (3693 words)

	Australian Jewish Democratic Society - Articles from the Israeli Peace Movement - Shlaim
		Avi Shlaim was born in Baghdad in 1945.
		Shlaim is married to a British woman of Welsh descent who works as a family therapist.
		Shlaim says that David Ben-Gurion was the first prime minister to reject peace agreements with the Arabs, and missed several opportunities to pursue negotiations.
	www.labyrinth.net.au /~ajds/intifada/shlaim.htm (3099 words)

	Amazon.de: The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World: English Books: Avi Shlaim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In this far-ranging history, Avi Shlaim analyses that question in remarkable detail, tracing the shifting policies of Israel toward the Palestinians and the Arab world at large.
		Although Shlaim is considered a "revisionist" historian (meaning he uses primary sources regarding the formation of the state of Israel instead of cultivated propaganda), this book is still definitely written from an Israeli perspective.
		The Iron Wall by Avi Shlaim is the first book on Israel and it's relations with the Arab world (that I have read and I have read many) that is unbiased and updated to include documentational and archival information that has only come to see the light of day recently.
	www.amazon.de /Iron-Wall-Avi-Shlaim/dp/0140288708 (1247 words)

	Avi Shlaim (biographical details)
		Avraham ("Avi") Shlaim is a Fellow of St Antony's College and a Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford.
		He was born in Baghdad in 1945 into a prosperous Jewish family with long and deep roots in Iraq.
		Avi Shlaim is based at the Middle East Centre at St Antony's College and his main research interest is the Arab-Israeli conflict.
	student.cs.ucc.ie /cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/authors.php?auid=4 (691 words)

	The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World \| Shlaim, Avi
		A comprehensive examination of the "Arab question"--how the Zionist movement should deal with the Arab population of Palestine and, secondarily, with the Arab world at large.
		Shlaim follows the question from the first days of Zionism to the present.
		While intended to yield to a stage where Israel, strong enough, could negotiate a satisfactory settlement with the Arabs, Shlaim documents why Israel has been unable--or unwilling--to move to this end.
	www.middleeastbooks.com /html/books/shlaim-i.html (118 words)

	Israel and the Arab Coalition in 1948 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Avi Shlaim is a fellow of St Antony's College and a professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford.
		Shlaim was born in Baghdad on 31 October 1945, and grew up in Israel where he did national service in 1964-1966.
		Professor Shlaim is a frequent contributor to the newspapers and commentator on radio and television on Middle Eastern affairs.
	www.fathom.com /course/72810001/contributors.html (189 words)

	Amazon.com: The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World: Books: Avi Shlaim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Although Shlaim does not draw conclusions (he only accounts for the background and tells the facts), the book is very 'intelligent' as it helps analyze the problem in a way different from all the other accounts of the Arab Israeli conflict.
		Avi Shlaim is a rare authority of the kind who honestly portrays the truth.
		Avi Shlaim has done an outstanding job of presenting the brief history of Zionism and the formation of the State of Israel.
	www.amazon.com /Iron-Wall-Israel-Arab-World/dp/0393321126 (2484 words)

	The War for Palestine - Cambridge University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Avi Shlaim is a Professor of International Relations and Fellow of St. Anthony's College, University of Oxford, and he is also the Director of Graduate Studies in International Relations.
		Professor Shlaim is a frequent contributor to newspapers and a media commentator on Middle Eastern affairs.
		Israel and the Arab coalition in 1948 Avi Shlaim; 5.
	www.cambridge.org /us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521794765 (784 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World: Books: Avi Shlaim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Shlaim is an Israeli-Jew who believes in a two state solution to the conflict, and this comes across in his writing.
		Shlaim is sometimes supportive of Israel, and often critical, but his focus is generally Israel.
		Suffice as to say Shlaim's research is impeccable and he challenges many myths central to the founding of the State of Israel and the claims of many 'mainsteam' Middle East commentaries.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Iron-Wall-Israel-Arab-World/dp/0140288708 (1793 words)

	"The Debate About 1948" by Avi Shlaim \| TPMCafe
		Avi Shlaim is a self-described new or revisionist Israeli hisotrian who descirbes himself as on the left side of the political spectrum.
		He makes the point that most of the conflict in Israel, as of 1985 when the article was written, was among the left in Israel, in particular between the biographer of Ben-Gurion, Shabbta Teveth, a member of Israel's communist party, and the newer historians who are more crticial of Ben-Gurion.
		Morris found, and Shlaim endorses the view that the refugee problem was not deliberately created by either the Arabs nor the Jews.
	www.tpmcafe.com /node/27658 (564 words)

	Israel's "New Historians" Laying Foundations for New Realities
		However, Morris, Kimmerling, Shlaim, Pappe or Segev are far from being in agreement on major scholarly or political issues.
		Shlaim and other "New Historians" studied "missed opportunities" for peace in the history of the Israeli-Arab conflict.
		He suggested, for example, that Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, rejected overtures for peace from several Arab leaders and was instrumental in creating the conditions for the escalation of tensions that led to the outbreak of Egyptian-Israeli military encounters, and eventually to the 1956 Suez War.
	www.wrmea.com /backissues/1194/9411016.htm (945 words)

	DavidFarer.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It is shloppy thinking, Shlaim, to describe the dislike of any particular group as racism, unless that group is a race, and unless the hostility expressed towards it is based on that racial principle.
		Shlaim: "His {Sharon's} plan for withdrawal from Gaza is called 'the unilateral disengagement plan.' It is not a peace plan but a prelude to the annexation of large chunks of the West Bank to Israel.
		Shlaim: "This perception of Israel is a major factor in the recent resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe and in the rest of the world.
	davidfarer.com.cob-web.org:8888 /?page=0&id=40 (5271 words)

	Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World - PowerBookSearch!
		Sidestepping anti-Israel manifestations in the UN and Europe, Shlaim writes that ``Israel had won wide acceptance, not only in the United States, for its version of the Arab-Israeli dispute: the violence of its opponents was terror; its own was legitimate self-defense.
		Shlaim's usual appreciation for complexities and contradictions and his keen sketches of the principal Israeli actors make this very readable book one of the best and most illuminating accounts of Arab-Israeli relations in years.
		Shlaim (international relations, Oxford U., England and one of the early "revisionist" or new historians of Israel) offers a chronological account and evaluation of the first 50 years of Israeli policy towards the Arab world.
	www.powerbooksearch.com /booksearch0393321126.html (1511 words)

	Amazon.ca: The War for Palestine : Rewriting the History of 1948: Books: Eugene L. Rogan,Avi Shlaim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Rogan and Shlaim, prime proponents of the "revisionist" school among historians of the Arab-Israeli conflict, have assembled a series of essays that seek to dispel many of the "myths" surrounding the events of 1948, which created both the Israeli state and the Palestinian diaspora.
		In this book, Benny Morris, Avi Shlaim, Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said consider Jewish conduct in the 1947 and 1948, how the Jewish people defeated seven Arab armies, if the Jewish people were outnumbered and if they intended to expel the Arabs.
		"Shlaim himself admits that the Arab states sent only a small portion of their armies" to Palestine and could have sent far more had they wished.
	www.amazon.ca /War-Palestine-Rewriting-History-1948/dp/0521794765 (2360 words)

	Iron Wall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		What was promulgated as an "iron-wall" strategy—dealing with the Arabs from a position of unassailable strength—was meant to yield to a further stage where Israel would be strong enough to negotiate a satisfactory peace with its neighbors.
		In this penetrating study, Avi Shlaim examines how variations of the iron-wall philosophy have guided Israel’s leaders; he finds that, while the strategy has been successful, opportunities have been lost to progress from military security to broader peace.
		Avi Shlaim is professor of international relations at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University.
	www.wwnorton.com /catalog/fall00/032112.htm (169 words)

	TAP: Vol 11, Iss. 12. Post-Zionist Israel. Bernard Avishai. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Benny Morris, a professor of history at Ben-Gurion University, and Avi Shlaim, a professor of history at Oxford, have come to be thought of as mainstays among Israel's New Historians, a term reminiscent of America's Revisionist school, which came into its own during the late 1960s.
		For if Morris and Shlaim have an overriding interest in exploring how Israel's democratic values are faring in the context of its wars, one will have to look for this between the lines.
		For his part, Shlaim's earlier writing tended to focus on Israel's somewhat tortured diplomatic relations with the Jordanians; his point of departure here is the missed (or undermined) opportunities with Jordan after 1967 that might have relieved the plight of the Palestinians.
	www.prospect.org /print/V11/12/avishai-b.html (3048 words)

	Avi Shlaim - Penguin UK Authors - Penguin UK
		Avi Shlaim - Penguin UK Authors - Penguin UK home
		Avi Shlaim was born in Baghdad in 1945 and grew up in Israel where he did national service from 1964 to 66.
		His previous books include Collusion across the Jordan (winner of the 1988 Political Studies Association's W. Mackenzie Prize); The Politics of Partition (1990 and 1998); War and Peace in the Middle East: A Concise History (1995) and The Cold War and the Middle East (co-editor, 1997).
	www.penguin.co.uk /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000029826,00.html (137 words)

	Avi Shlaim: Sharon plans to drive down another road \| International \| The Observer
		Avi Shlaim: Sharon plans to drive down another road
		The peace summit hosted by King Abdullah II of Jordan in Aqaba may have been a turning point in the conflict between Jews and Arabs.
		· Avi Shlaim is a professor of International Relations at Oxford University and author of 'The Politics of Partition' and 'The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arabs'.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,972912,00.html (746 words)

	Middle East Report 223: Israel's Occupation Turns 35: Avi Shlaim on History and the Current Impasse
		Avi Shlaim, a well-known Israeli historian, teaches international relations at St. Antony's College, Oxford.
		Shlaim spoke with Elliott Colla in Oxford on May 10, 2002.
		In the US-led peace negotiations of the last few years, there has been an insistent denial that the past has, or should have, any bearing on the present.
	www.merip.org /mer/mer223/223_shlaim_interview.html (2537 words)

	CAMERA Update
		Shlaim is one of the so-called “new historians,” whose stock in trade is blaming Israel for all the ills of the Middle East, and specifically for the alleged mass expulsion of Palestinians during the Israeli War of Independence in 1948-49.
		Shlaim’s particular hobby horse is that Jordan and Israel colluded to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.
		In addition, Shlaim’s crystal ball is at best cloudy, as witnessed by his article in 1999 proclaiming that Ehud Barak’s election would bring peace with the Syrians and the Palestinians closer.
	world.std.com /~camera/docs/alert/shuster.html (2436 words)

	Avi Shlaim: Withdrawal is a prelude to annexation \| Guardian daily comment \| Guardian Unlimited
		Avi Shlaim: Withdrawal is a prelude to annexation
		Colluding in Sharon's selfish, uncivilised plan to destroy the Jewish homes in Gaza is not a historic step on the road to peace.
		· Avi Shlaim is a British Academy research professor at St Antony's College, Oxford, and author of The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World.
	www.guardian.co.uk /comment/story/0,3604,1511702,00.html (957 words)

	The Courage Of Teenage Refuseniks A Beacon Of Hope By Avi Shlaim
		The Courage Of Teenage Refuseniks A Beacon Of Hope By Avi Shlaim
		These objectors deserve all the sympathy and support they can get, for their struggle is not for themselves, but on behalf of a much higher ideal: recovering their country's humanity.
		Avi Shlaim is a professor of international relations at Oxford University and author of The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World
	www.countercurrents.org /pa-shlaim230304.htm (1156 words)

	Interview With Middle East Scholar Avi Shlaim
		He was born in Baghdad on October 31, 1945, and grew up in Israel, where he did national service in 1964-66.
		Professor Shlaim is the author of numerous books, most notably The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World, and is a regular contributor to The Guardian, the leading liberal British broadsheet.
		He is widely regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on the Israeli-Arab conflict.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20040628/attapatu (2578 words)

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