Avi Shlaim

Avi Shlaim is an Israeli-British historian whose work examines the Arab–Israeli conflict and modern Middle Eastern history, including Israel’s relations with Arab states.

Arab–Israeli conflict: A political and military conflict involving Israel, Palestinians, and neighboring Arab states. This broad conflict is the central subject connecting much of Shlaim’s historical work.
Collusion Across the Jordan: Avi Shlaim’s study of relations between Zionist leaders and King Abdullah of Transjordan before and during the 1948 war. This book presents Shlaim’s influential archival argument about contacts over Palestine’s future.
Benny Morris: An Israeli historian known for archival research on the 1948 Palestinian exodus and Israel’s founding. Morris and Shlaim became prominent, sometimes sharply disagreeing, members of the New Historians.
Israeli historiography: The study and writing of Israel’s past, including debates over its founding and wars. Shlaim’s archival reinterpretations intervene in disputes within this historical tradition.
Zionism: A Jewish national movement supporting the establishment and preservation of a homeland in the historic Land of Israel. Shlaim’s histories examine Zionism’s role in Israel’s formation and relations with Palestinians and Arab states.
The Iron Wall: Avi Shlaim’s history of Israel’s relations with the Arab world from its establishment through the 1990s. It develops Shlaim’s account of Israeli strategy and diplomacy toward Arab states.
Ilan Pappé: An Israeli historian whose work examines Zionism, the 1948 war, and Palestinian displacement. Pappé shares the New Historians’ revisionist project while advancing distinct interpretations.
1948 Palestinian exodus: The flight and expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians during the 1948 war. Explanations for this exodus distinguish competing accounts of Israel’s founding that Shlaim evaluates.
Nakba: The mass displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 war and the destruction or depopulation of many Palestinian communities. Shlaim’s account of Israel’s founding engages the contested history of Palestinian displacement.
Three Worlds: Avi Shlaim’s memoir of growing up Jewish in Iraq and later living in Israel and Britain. The memoir connects Shlaim’s personal history to the regional histories he studies.

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