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As a result, then University of Haifa President [[Aaron Ben-Ze'ev]] called on Pappé to resign, saying: "it is fitting for someone who calls for a boycott of his university to apply the boycott himself."<ref name=Hatz2005/> He said that Pappé would not be ostracized, since that would undermine [[academic freedom]], but he should leave voluntarily.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/haifa-u-academic-remains-steadfast-in-support-of-boycott-1.157023 |last= Traubman |first= Tamara |date= 27 April 2005 |title= Haifa U. academic remains steadfast in support of boycott |newspaper= Haaretz |access-date= 17 May 2012 |archive-date= 24 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924221754/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/haifa-u-academic-remains-steadfast-in-support-of-boycott-1.157023 |url-status= live }}</ref> In the same year, Pappé initiated the annual Israeli Right of Return Conferences, which called for the unconditional [[Palestinian right of return|right of return of the Palestinian refugees]] who were expelled in 1948. According to Pappé, while national movements deserve a state of their own, this principle does not extend to Jews because they constitute a religious group rather than a nation.<ref name=":2" />
In August 2015, Pappé was a signatory to a letter criticising ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]''{{'}}s reporting of [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s association with alleged [[Antisemitism|antisemites]].<ref name=JC>{{cite news|last=Dysch|first=Marcus|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/142553/anti-israel-activists-attack-jc-challenging-jeremy-corbyn|title=Anti-Israel activists attack JC for challenging Jeremy Corbyn|newspaper=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]|date=18 August 2015|access-date=7 April 2018|archive-date=16 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916131617/https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/142553/anti-israel-activists-attack-jc-challenging-jeremy-corbyn|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, he described Israel as committing an "[[Palestinian genocide accusation|incremental genocide]]" of the Palestinian people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pappe |first=Ilan |date=2023-03-16 |title=Using the Right Language: The 'Incremental Genocide' of the Palestinians Continues |url=https://www.palestinechronicle.com/using-the-right-language-the-incremental-genocide-of-the-palestinians-continues/ |website=Palestine Chronicle |access-date=2 November 2023 |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102205934/https://www.palestinechronicle.com/using-the-right-language-the-incremental-genocide-of-the-palestinians-continues/ |url-status=live }}</ref> During the [[2023 Israel–Hamas war|2023- Israel-Hamas war]], Pappé reaffirmed his opposition to Zionism, writing that "this violence is not a new phenomenon," and called for a "de-zionised, liberated and democratic Palestine [[From the River to the Sea|from the river to the sea]]."<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2023-10-10 |title=My Israeli Friends: This is Why I Support Palestinians - ILAN PAPPE |url=https://www.palestinechronicle.com/my-israeli-friends-this-is-why-i-support-palestinians-ilan-pappe/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Palestine Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=12 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012145533/https://www.palestinechronicle.com/my-israeli-friends-this-is-why-i-support-palestinians-ilan-pappe/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He called for the Israeli government to conduct a [[prisoner exchange]] in order to release the [[Kidnappings during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war|hostages held by Hamas]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé on the Context Behind Current Violence |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/31/ilan_pappe_israel_invades_gaza |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Democracy Now! |language=en |archive-date=1 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101194443/https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/31/ilan_pappe_israel_invades_gaza |url-status=live }}</ref> Pappé's comments following the [[
In an op-ed to Al-Jazeera on 7 October 2024, Pappé argued that terms like "[[Iranian support for Hamas|Iran-backed]] terrorist group [[Hamas]]" or "peace process," commonly used by Western and U.S. media, are misleading. He suggested that it is more accurate to speak of "[[Palestinian political violence|Palestinian resistance]]" and the "decolonization of Palestine [[from the river to the sea]]." He mentioned that "mainstream academia and media still refuse to define the [[Zionism|Zionist]] project as a colonial, or as it is referred to more accurately a settler-colonial project", and further contended that the original Zionist vision "of planting a European Jewish state at the heart of the Arab world through the dispossession of the Palestinians was illogical, immoral and impractical from the onset."<ref name=":3">{{cite news |last1=Pappe |first1=Ilan |date=7 Oct 2024 |title=Israel after October 7: Between decolonisation and disintegration |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/10/7/israel-after-october-7-between-decolonisation-and-disintegration |agency=Al-Jazeera}}</ref>
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