Benny Morris, recanting his, "New Historian/"revisionist" views, vs. Avi Shlaim, author of, "The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (2000), http://www.merip.org/mer/mer223/223_shlaim_interview.html , "Israel's Occupation Turns 35: Avi Shlaim on History and the Current Impasse."
Shlaim had one of the better pieces in, "The Saddam Hussein Reader, " taken from his brief, "War and Peace in the Middle East: A Concise History." http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,653417,00.html Peace? No chance
Benny Morris was the radical Israeli historian who forced his country to confront its role in the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. Later he was jailed for refusing to do military service in the West Bank. But now he has changed his tune. As the cycle of violence in the Middle East intensifies, he launches a vicious attack on the 'inveterate liar' Yasser Arafat - and explains why he believes a peaceful coexistence is impossible
Thursday February 21, 2002 The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,654054,00.html A betrayal of history
Yesterday in G2, Benny Morris said there was no chance of peace in the Middle East, and laid the blame at the door of Yasser Arafat and the Palestinians. Rubbish, says fellow historian Avi Shlaim - Morris's views have more to do with propaganda than with proper research
Friday February 22, 2002 The Guardian