Yehoshua Porath
Yehoshua Porath (Hebrew: יהושע פורת) is an Israeli historian and professor emeritus of Middle East history.
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[edit] Academic career
Yehoshua Porath is a lecturer in the History of Muslim Countries at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] He specializes in the history of Palestinian nationalism.
[edit] Political views
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.[2] In 2010, he criticized Arab attempts to rewrite history claiming that Rachel's Tomb was a mosque. He said that in Arabic, the site was known as “Rachel’s Dome, a Jewish place of worship."[3]
[edit] Published works in English
- The Emergence of the Palestinian-Arab National Movement, 1918-1929, Cass (1974) ISBN 0714629391
- In Search of Arab unity, 1930-1945, Cass (1986) ISBN 0714632643
[edit] References
- ^ יהושע פורת, המנדט המפוקפק של תום שגב, תכלת 9, אביב התש"ס / 2000
- ^ PLO covenant fraud
- ^ Shragai, Nadav (November/December 2010). "Rachel’s Tomb, a Jewish Holy Place, Was Never a Mosque". Jerusalem Viewpoints. Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/uploads/documents/a95fbe52c54413fe88a90aa79e0d43fbdfaab1c7.pdf. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
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