In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli analyst of political and military affairs”. Today it says “israeli and british historian who is the founding director and emeritus professor of middle east and mediterran”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Efraim Karsh is an Israeli analyst of political and military affairs.1He is currently Professor of Mediterranean Studies at King's College London .2He is a vocal opponent of the New Historians , a group of Israeli scholars who have questioned the conventional Israeli narrative of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict .3
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Efraim Karsh ( ; born 1953) is professor and head of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King's College London .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Efraim Karsh ( ; born 1953) is founding director and emeritus professor of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King's College London .Since 2013, he serves as professor of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University (where he is also a senior research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies ).Furthermore, he is a principal research fellow (and former director) of the Middle East Forum , a Philadelphia-based think tank.He is regarded as a vocal critic of the New Historians , a group of Israeli scholars who have questioned the conventional history of the Arab-Israeli conflict .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Efraim Karsh ( ; born 1953) is an Israeli–British historian , the founding director and emeritus professor of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King's College London . Since 2013, he serves as professor of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University (where he also directs the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies ). He is also a principal research fellow and former director of the Middle East Forum , a Philadelphia -based think tank. He is a vocal critic of the New Historians , a group of Israeli scholars who have questioned the traditional Israeli narrative of the Arab–Israeli conflict .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli-British historian (born 1953) Efraim Karsh ( ; born 1953) is an Israeli–British historian who is the founding director and emeritus professor of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King's College London . Since 2013, he has served as professor of political studies at Bar-Ilan University (where he also directs the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies ). He is also a principal research fellow and former director of the Middle East Forum , a Philadelphia -based think tank. He is a vocal critic of the New Historians , a group of Israeli scholars who have questioned the traditional Israeli narrative of the Arab–Israeli conflict .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli–British historian (born 1953) Efraim Karsh ( Hebrew : אפרים קארש ; born 6 September 1953) is an Israeli and British historian who is the founding director and emeritus professor of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King's College London . Since 2013, he has served as professor of political studies at Bar-Ilan University (where he also directs the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies ). He is also a principal research fellow and former director of the Middle East Forum , a Philadelphia -based think tank. He is a vocal critic of the New Historians , a group of Israeli scholars who have questioned the traditional Israeli narrative of the Arab–Israeli conflict .
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israeli analyst of political and military affairs
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israeli and british historian who is the founding director and emeritus professor of middle east and mediterran
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