Ilan Pappe - distorter

The Academic Blacklisting of Israel

October 13, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20060219110306/https://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=22&x_article=991

Benny Morris March 17, 2011

Ilan Pappe: "One of the World's Sloppiest Historians"

Mar 16, 2011 · The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty: The Husaynis, 1700-1948 By Ilan Pappe (University of California Press, 399

The Liar as Hero

https://newrepublic.com/article/85344/ilan-pappe-sloppy-dishonest-historian 

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER GIVES PAPPÉ A PASS ON INVENTED BEN-GURION QUOTE

BY: DEXTER VAN ZILE FEBRUARY 3, 2012

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For one brief shining moment, it looked as if the University of Exeter was going to hold Ilan Pappé accountable for attributing a fake quote to David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister.

 

Those hopes were in vain. Not only did the university’s Ethics Committee fail to hold Pappé accountable for his fabrication, the committee accepted an explanation from the historian that is simply so byzantine and ludicrous that it raises questions about how seriously officials at the University of Exeter take the pursuit of truth and respect for the historical record.

In short, Pappé dug himself deeper into a hole when he responded to a challenge about the fake quote, and the Ethics Committee decided to shack up with the historian in the hole he dug...

https://www.camera.org/article/university-of-exeter-gives-pappe-a-pass-on-invented-ben-gurion-quote/

09/06/2018

Federation Statement Regarding Ilan Pappe’s Upcoming Forum at The City Club of Cleveland

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland is deeply disappointed that the City Club of Cleveland is hosting widely discredited historian Ilan Pappe on September 14th and have made our concerns known to City Club leadership.

Jewish Cleveland has unequivocally stood in defense of free speech and respectful discourse – but we also consistently stand against hate speech. We are saddened that the City Club would allow its civic platform to be co-opted by an anti-Semitic ideologue who seeks to delegitimize and demonize Israel.

Pappe has been described as “at best sloppiest, at worst one of the most dishonest” scholars who maliciously distorts research to appeal to Western audiences.1 He himself has said that his motivation is to “convince as many people as we can that our interpretation of the facts is the correct one, and we do it because of ideological reasons, not because we are truth seekers.”2

One does not have to look long or hard to find Pappe’s efforts to promote a hatred of Israel, Jewish Israelis, and Zionists everywhere. For example, he has propagated the false conspiracy theory that the Israeli government intends to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque3 – a blatant lie that has incited terrorist attacks against innocent Israeli civilians. He has also written that he dreams of a day “when Zionism will be defeated as the ideology that governs our lives between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea”.4

We as a Jewish people have stood up against anti-Semitism across the generations. Sadly, when speakers like Pappe find a platform at the City Club and at local universities, it is a painful reminder that our work to bridge cultural divides and foster mutual respect is far from done. We look forward to working with the leadership of the City Club to ensure it remains the citadel of free speech – not hate speech.

http://www.jewishcleveland.org/news/blog/federation_statement_regarding_ilan_pappes_upcoming_forum_at_the_city_club/

Two Narratives for Two Peoples: Why I Confronted Ilan Pappé

OCT 10, 2015, 9:47 PM

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Finally, following his keynote, I challenged Ilan Pappé himself directly—asking the leading anti-Israel Israeli historian if he was not, first of all, an activist dedicated to trying to stigmatize/“delegitimize” Israel, and a “historian” only second, picking his framework of interpretation—and his “facts”—to suit his political purposes. Did he have a roomful of supporters there to applaud his dismissive response (“who after all can claim to be purely objective…”)? Of course, we knew that going in. But we were there to make our voices heard. And that’s what we did. Of that, there can be no question.

Also beyond any doubt is the fact that had we not done so, yet another anti-Israel event on still another university campus would have gone ahead unchallenged and unopposed by any academically credible response. The room of 60 or so was for Pappé and company, and against us, with very few exceptions (maybe one or two). Still we made them think. At times you could see doubt creep into their minds as consternation showed on their faces, momentarily—before clichés, half-truths and falsehoods about the “Nakba” inevitably kicked in to dispel uncertainty.

We asserted a Zionist paradigm—with dignity, civility, and confidence that we were in the right. Changing their minds was never our mission. But setting a precedent and standing for principle was.

Dangerous Nonsense: Ignore It and It Will All Just Go Away?

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https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/two-narratives-for-two-peoples-why-i-confronted-ilan-pappe/