Avi Shlaim

Iraqi-born Israeli-British historian of the Middle East; emeritus professor of international relations at St Antony's College, University of Oxford; associated with Israel's 'New Historians' and author of works on Israeli-Arab relations.

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  1. 1. Collusion Across The Jordan

    King Abdullah, the Zionist Movement, and the Partition of Palestine

    Using archival evidence, the book argues that in the years surrounding 1948 the Hashemite ruler of Transjordan pursued a series of covert understandings with Zionist leaders and elements of the British administration to advance his territorial ambitions in Palestine; these secret negotiations and pragmatic accommodations shaped military and diplomatic outcomes during the 1948 war, facilitated the annexation of parts of Palestine, and helped produce the displacement of many Palestinians, thereby reframing the conventional narrative of a unified Arab opposition to Zionism.