Historians Against War

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• 9-7-15
  

  Deja Vu: Historians will once again be debating a resolution about Israel at the annual AHA convention

  by Rick Shenkman

  This year the group sponsoring the resolution is coming prepared, correcting last year's mistake, when they failed to give sufficient advance notice.

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• SOURCE: Weekly Standard
  1-9-15
  

  "The radical historians lose again"

  by Ron Radosh

  The young radicals of the 1960s and ’70s received their Ph.D.s and began their “long march through the institutions.” They now dominate the profession.

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• 1-6-15
  

  Quotes: What Historians Are Saying About the Controversy at the AHA About Israel

  Quotes that have appeared in media and blogger accounts.

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• 1-4-15
  

  Historians Decide NOT to Debate Resolutions Critical of Israel

  by Rick Shenkman

  At the annual Business Meeting the members voted overwhelmingly not to suspend the rules to allow debate on two resolutions that had been submitted after the requisite deadline. 

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• 1-3-15
  

  Spirited Argument Breaks Out at Roundtable on Resolutions Critical of Israel (Video)

  by Rick Shenkman

  The AHA is being petitioned to vote on two resolutions critical of Israel.  

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• 1-3-15
  

  How Should Historians Teach the Palestine-Israel Conflict? (Video)

  by Barbara Weinstein

  Even when teaching a class about Brazilian history, it can help to teach by analogy--and that can mean bringing in an example from history involving Israel. 

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• 1-3-15
  

  Historians Should Pressure Congress to Limit Aid to Israel (Video)

  by Linda Gordon

  The United States gives billions more to Israel than is acknowledged.

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• 1-3-15
  

  Israelis and Palestinians Can't Agree on History Because of the Power Imbalance Between Them (Video)

  by Joel Beinin

  Israel's offenses include the confiscation of the intellectual property of Palestinians -- and that's something historians need to debate.

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• 1-3-15
  

  It's Time for Historians to Explode the Myth of Israeli Exceptionalism (Video)

  by Leena Dallasheh

  To really understand Israel we need to remember it won its independence in a period of decolonization. 

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• 1-3-15
  

  What is the Responsibility of Historians Regarding the Israel/Palestine Conflict? (Video)

  by Carolyn Eisenberg

  Many historians share a common concern about Israel, but differ over what to do.