Ilan Pappé

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إيلان بابيه

Haifa

Israeli historian (born 1954 in Haifa), a leading figure among the New Historians. He is professor at the University of Exeter, where he directs the European Centre for Palestine Studies; his The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006) argues that the 1948 Palestinian exodus was a planned expulsion.

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Historian
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Levant & Iraq · al-Andalus & Europe
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    Haifa

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    Izz ad-Din al-Qassam· Sadhij Nassar· Haifa

    Sources

    • Ilan Pappé — English Wikipedia
    • Ilan Pappé — Wikidata
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