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The opening as it read in 2015

Yoav Gelber ( ) (born September 25, 1943) is a professor of history at the University of Haifa , and was formerly a visiting professor at The University of Texas at Austin. He was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1943 and studied world and Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is an expert on the history of the Israel Defense Forces . Yoav Gelber is also known to have been a vocal opponent of Ilan Pappé when the latter was employed by the University of Haifa. In 1973 Gelber served as the academic and military assistant to the Agranat Commission , and in 1982 participated in the official inquiry into the 1933 death of Haim Arlosoroff . Tom Segev : His colleagues call him a traitor ( Haaretz , 23 May 2002).¹ Neri Livneh: Post-Zionism only rings once ( Haaretz , 20 September 2001).

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The opening as it stood in 2010

Yoav Gelber ( ) (born September 25, 1943) is a professor of history at the University of Haifa , and was formerly a visiting professor at The University of Texas at Austin. Gelber was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1943 and studied world and Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . Gelber is an expert on the history of the Israel Defense Forces . Politically, Gelber supports the secular right-wing party Tzomet . He was a vocal opponent of Ilan Pappé when Pappe was employed by the University of Haifa. Tom Segev : His colleagues call him a traitor ( Haaretz , 23 May 2002). Neri Livneh: Post-Zionism only rings once ( Haaretz , 20 September 2001).

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The opening as it stood in 2020

Yoav Gelber ( ; born September 25, 1943) is a professor of history at the University of Haifa , and was formerly a visiting professor at The University of Texas at Austin. He was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1943 and studied world and Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is an expert on the history of the Israel Defense Forces . Yoav Gelber is also known to have been a vocal opponent of Ilan Pappé when the latter was employed by the University of Haifa. In 1973 Gelber served as the academic and military assistant to the Agranat Commission , and in 1982 participated in the official inquiry into the 1933 death of Haim Arlosoroff . Tom Segev : His colleagues call him a traitor ( Haaretz , 23 May 2002). Neri Livneh: Post-Zionism only rings once ( Haaretz , 20 September 2001).

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Israeli historian Yoav Gelber ( ; born September 25, 1943) is a professor of history at the University of Haifa , and was formerly a visiting professor at The University of Texas at Austin. He was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1943 and studied world and Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is an expert on the history of the Israel Defense Forces . Gelber is also known to have been a vocal opponent of Ilan Pappé when the latter was employed by the University of Haifa, and a defender of the Alexandroni Brigade in the Tantura massacre case. In 1973 Gelber served as the academic and military assistant to the Agranat Commission , and in 1982 participated in the official inquiry into the 1933 death of Haim Arlosoroff . Tom Segev : His colleagues call him a traitor ( Haaretz , 23 May 2002). Neri Livneh: Post-Zionism only rings once ( Haaretz , 20 September 2001).

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Israeli historian (born 1943) Yoav Gelber ( Hebrew : יואב גלבר ; born September 25, 1943) is a professor of history at the University of Haifa , and was formerly a visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1943 and studied world and Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is an expert on the history of the Israel Defense Forces . Gelber is also known to have been a vocal opponent of Ilan Pappé when the latter was employed by the University of Haifa, and a defender of the Alexandroni Brigade in the Tantura massacre case. In 1973 Gelber served as the academic and military assistant to the Agranat Commission , and in 1982 participated in the official inquiry into the 1933 death of Haim Arlosoroff . Neri Livneh: Post-Zionism only rings once ( Haaretz , 20 September 2001).

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