Avi Shlaim

Avi Shlaim is an emeritus professor of international relations at the University of Oxford and the author of Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine

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Netanyahu’s forever war: Palestine, Israel, and the politics of perpetual conflict

Benjamin Netanyahu has evaded accountability by keeping Israel in a permanent state of conflict. From Gaza to Iran, his sixth government—the most extreme in Israel’s history—has escalated a cycle of destruction, ethnic cleansing, and regional war.

14 min read

Netanyahu’s forever war: Palestine, Israel, and the politics of perpetual conflict

Britain’s recognition of Palestine is pathetically little and a century late

PM Starmer’s acknowledgement of Palestinian statehood cannot obscure the country’s century-old complicity in dispossession and war.

9 min read

Britain’s recognition of Palestine is pathetically little and a century late