HIS 2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Simha Flapan, Avi Shlaim, Plan Dalet

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: History
• Course: HIS 2160
• Professor: Ryme Seferdjeli

Document Summary

The 1948 war and the birth of israel: the nakbah or the war of independence. First phase (dec. 1947 to may 1948): inter-communal violence. Second phase (may 1948 to jan. 1949): Early 1980s: emergence of a new" historiography. Historical accounts of the 1948 war up to the 1980s. Avi shlaim (history professor at oxford university) Benny morris (history professor at ben gourion university) Ilan papp (history professor at the university of exeter) The zionist account: the seven myths according to simha flapan (1987) Zionists accepted the un partition plan and planned for peace. Arabs rejected the un partition plan and launched the war. The arab states had united to expel the jews. After the war, israel wanted peace but not the arabs. Simha flapan, the birth of israel: myths and realities, new york: pantheon books, 1987. New history point of view: old historiography is unable to make a difference between history and propaganda.