Jim Gelvin

University of California, Los Angeles

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Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles and author of The Israel Palestine Conflict: 100 Years of War and The Modern Middle East: A History   

Jim Gelvin on KCRW

The nightmare scenario that Israel has feared since its establishment came true."

Has the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Entered a New Phase?

The nightmare scenario that Israel has feared since its establishment came true."

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On Sunday, Israel's 63rd anniversary, massed Palestinians approached the country's borders from Syria, Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Political Change and Continuing Conflict in the Middle East

On Sunday, Israel's 63rd anniversary, massed Palestinians approached the country's borders from Syria, Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

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Last week  UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said  the Israeli-Palestinian issue "carries a powerful symbolic and emotional charge...  like no other conflict in the world."  There was a…

Israel, the Palestinians and anti-Americanism in the Muslim World

Last week UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said the Israeli-Palestinian issue "carries a powerful symbolic and emotional charge...  like no other conflict in the world."  There was a…

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