Benny Morris

Benny Morris is a professor of history in the Middle East Studies Department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His most recent book is One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict (Yale University Press, 2009).


Reviews

Society

Qutb and the Jews

| 10.20.10

The conventional wisdom says Sayyid Qutb is the forefather of modern-day Islamic fundamentalism. What is less known is how the thinker's intense anti-Semitism and contempt for female sexuality contributed to this vulgar worldview.

Security

Revisionism on the West Bank

| 06.28.10

For many, Israel’s founding is shrouded in mysticism. But there is a battle raging among the historians of the Holy Land. The current stalemate is a story of bad actions on both sides. Beware those who rewrite narratives.

Commentary

Society

What Egyptians Really Want

| 02.11.11

Mubarak has fallen. Chants of "Democracy for Egypt" are plastered all over the Western media. But "Death to Israel" or "Death to America" might be the motto that wins out in the end. 

Society

Early 1920s WikiLeaks Continued

| 02.10.11

More dispatches from Angora. Hangings, mosquitoes and perambulations. What else could a diplomat ask for?

Society

Talking Turkey

| 02.09.11

A dispatch from 1920s Turkey proves that diplomats don't always live up to their straightlaced—and boring—reputations.

Society

Mubarak's End

| 01.31.11

In a post-Mubarak election, Egypt's fate—and perhaps the Middle East's—will be determined.

Society

Savagery and Respect

| 01.28.11

Notice how no one's protesting in Middle Eastern countries where brutal tactics are the norm.

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