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'''Ilan Pappé''' ({{lang-he|אילן פפה}} {{IPA|he|iˈlan paˈpe| }}; born 7 November 1954) is an Israeli historian, [[Political science|political scientist]], and former politician. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the [[University of Exeter]] in the United Kingdom, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies. Pappé was also a board member of the Israeli political party [[Hadash]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Ettinger |first=Yair |date=26 November 2002 |title=A new candidate for the Hadash coalition: Attorney Dov Hanin of Tel Aviv |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=235340&contrassID=2&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605022818/http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=235340&contrassID=2&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=0 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |access-date=17 May 2012 |newspaper=Haaretz |language=he}}</ref> and was a candidate on the party list in the [[1996 Israeli legislative election|1996]]<ref>{{cite web |title=List of candidates רשימת מועמדים |url=http://www.idi.org.il/elections_and_parties/Documents/%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA%20%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA%20%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D%2014/%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%AA%2014-%20%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526143627/http://www.idi.org.il/elections_and_parties/Documents/%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA%20%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA%20%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D%2014/%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%AA%2014-%20%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9.pdf |archive-date=26 May 2012 |access-date=20 May 2012 |publisher=Israel Democracy Institute}}</ref> and [[1999 Israeli legislative election|1999]]<ref>{{cite web |title=(List of candidates) רשימת המועמדים |url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/elections/asp/party.asp?id=6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008191058/http://www.knesset.gov.il/elections/asp/party.asp?id=6 |archive-date=8 October 2012 |access-date=20 May 2012 |publisher=Knesset}}</ref> Israeli legislative elections.

 

 

With regard to the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], Pappé supports a one-state solution, advocating for a unitary state for both [[Palestinians]] and [[Israelis]].<ref name="Ynet2008">{{cite news |last=Negev |first=Ayelet |date=15 March 2008 |title=Ilan Pappe: I'm not a traitor |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3516193,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607034334/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3516193,00.html |archive-date=7 June 2019 |access-date=18 May 2012 |newspaper=[[Yedioth Ahronoth]] |quote=&#91;T&#93;here needs to be one state here that isn't Jewish nor Palestinian, but a state of all its citizens, like in the US}}.</ref> He argues that the term "[[Israeli–Palestinian peace process|peace process]]," commonly used in Western media, should be replaced with "decolonisation of Palestine [[from the river to the sea]]."<ref name=":3" /> According to Pappé, while national movements generally deserve a state of their own, this principle does not apply to Jews, whom he views as a religious group rather than a nation. However, it could apply to Zionists, as a national movement, if that movement did not infringe upon the rights of Palestinians.<ref name=":2">{{cite interview |last=Pappé |first=Ilan |interviewer=Eli Hassell |title=There Will Be a Palestinian Uprising! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiWHkdVEO8M&t=1893s |access-date=3 July 2024 |date=16 June 2024}}</ref> He has called for replacing terms like "Iran-backed terror group" when referring to [[Hamas]] with "Palestinian resistance"<ref name=":3" /> and asserted that the goal of Zionists "has always been, and it still remains, to have as much of [[State of Palestine|Palestine]] as possible with as few Palestinians in it as possible."<ref>{{cite journal |date=Winter 2004 |title=Power and History in the Middle East: A Conversation with Ilan Pappe |url=http://www.logosjournal.com/pappe.htm |url-status=dead |journal=[[Logos (journal)|Logos]] |volume=3 |issue=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519060303/http://www.logosjournal.com/pappe.htm |archive-date=19 May 2012 |access-date=27 October 2005}}</ref> He has [[Legitimacy of the State of Israel|blamed Israel's existence]] for the lack of peace in the [[Middle East]], arguing that [[Zionism]] is more dangerous than [[Jihadism|radical Islam]], and has called for an [[Academic boycott of Israel|international boycott of Israeli academics]].<ref name="Wilson">{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Scott |date=11 March 2007 |title=A Shared History, a Different Conclusion |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/10/AR2007031001252.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615045430/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/10/AR2007031001252.html |archive-date=15 June 2019 |access-date=17 May 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref name="CSM2005">{{cite news |last=Lynfield |first=Ben |date=12 May 2005 |title=British Boycott Riles Israeli Academics |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0512/p06s01-wome.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724061520/https://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0512/p06s01-wome.html |archive-date=24 July 2019 |access-date=17 May 2012 |newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor}}</ref>