Ilan Pappe

Ilan Pappé is an Israeli-British historian and political scientist who is one of the most prominent — and controversial — 'New Historians' of Israel. He is a professor at the University of Exeter and the director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies. A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict provides a concise account of the conflict from its origins to the present. Pappé's other works include The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine and Ten Myths About Israel. His scholarship has been praised by supporters for its moral courage and criticised by detractors for its political framing. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers a concise, accessible account of one of the world's most complex and contested conflicts.