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Yehoshua Porat Yehoshua Porath ( ) is an Israeli historian, a former politician and Professor Emeritus of Middle East History (formerly Associate Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies), and a lecturer in the History of Muslim Countries at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He specialized in the history of the Palestinian nationalist movement and related issues. Porath was on the Meretz list in the 1992 Israeli elections for the Knesset . He later changed his political views and became a supporter of the right. He opposed the Oslo accords between PLO and Israel. In the 1996 elections he participated in the campaign of the Likud party and supported Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister. יהושע פורת, המנדט המפוקפק של תום שגב , תכלת 9, אביב התש"ס / 20001
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The opening as it stood in 2005
He specializes in the history of the Palestinian nationalist movement and related issues. v t e
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Yehoshua Porath Yehoshua Porath ( ) is an Israeli historian and professor emeritus of Middle East history.
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"פרופ' יהושע שוקה פורת ז"ל" . אבלים (in Hebrew). 25 November 2019 .
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Israeli historian and academic (1938–2019) Prof.Yehoshua Porat Yehoshua Porath ( ; January 13, 1938 – November 24, 2019) was an Israeli historian and professor of Middle East history. "פרופ' יהושע שוקה פורת ז"ל" . אבלים (in Hebrew). 25 November 2019 .
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Israeli historian and academic (1938–2019) Prof. Yehoshua Porat Yehoshua Porath ( Hebrew : יהושע פורת ; January 13, 1938 – November 24, 2019) was an Israeli historian and professor of Middle East history. "פרופ' יהושע שוקה פורת ז"ל" . אבלים (in Hebrew). 25 November 2019 .
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professor emeritus of middle east history at the hebrew university of jerusalem
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israeli historian and professor of middle east history
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