"Ilan Pappe is Israel's bravest, most principled, most incisive historian."
--John Pilger
"One of the most prominent Israeli political dissidents living in exile ... He is also one of the few Israeli students of the conflict who write about the Palestinian side with real knowledge and empathy."
--Avi Shlaim, Guardian
"Along with Edward Said, Ilan Pappe is the most eloquent writer of Palestinian history."
--New Statesman

Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and socialist activist. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies.