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HARDtalk

Ilan Pappe - Professor of History, University of Exeter, UK

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: on BBC News

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is, at its heart, a story of two peoples and one land. Both see history as their justification. Which means a historian who appears to change sides inevitably becomes a figure of enormous controversy. HARDtalk speaks to Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe who says the record shows that the Jewish state is racist; born of a deliberate programme of ethnic cleansing. Not surprisingly he's widely reviled in his home country. Has his anti-Zionism undermined his academic integrity? Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest:
Ilan Pappe

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