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Debunking myths about Israel

Debunking myths about Israel

Ilan Pappé, a Jewish historian and former IDF soldier, takes on Zionist propaganda about Israel's history and politics. He lays out 10 myths about how Israel was created, and together they show an artificial state with a very dark, uncomfortable foundation. What is true is true.

Ilan Pappé is an Israeli historian and professor, who served in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) during the 1970s, and studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, later completing his doctorate at Oxford University.

He’s known for his work on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and known as a prominent ‘New Historian’ (or revisionist), since he re-examines Israel’s history using declassified archives.

The Zionist project rests on ethnic cleansing—700,000 Arabs expelled in 1948 prove Israel’s roots are rotten.

— Norman Finkelstein, political scientist

He's written a lot of books

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