Talk:Benny Morris

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Superfluous and partisan details

There are a few phrases that seem out-of-place and seem to be agenda-pushing. An example is

1948 and After: Israel and the Palestinians (1990) is a collection of essays dedicated to the Palestinian exodus of 1948 and subsequent events. It analyses Mapai and Mapam policy during the exodus, the IDF report of July 1948 on its causes, Yosef Weitz's involvement in the events, and some cases of expulsions that occurred in the fifties. Although Morris dismisses the claim that the Palestinians were systematically expelled due to orders from Israeli officials, he nevertheless cites an IDF Intelligence Report that concludes that 70% of the exodus was caused by Israeli forces and Jewish dissidents.

This subsection is supposed to provide a brief overview of Morris' 1990 work. Instead, the last sentence takes a single source that Morris used, namely an IDF Intelligence Report, and uses it to challenge Morris' conclusions. This is both out-of-place and in bad faith. Amayorov (talk) 15:30, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

This paragraph is also unsourced – should we delete it?

In his first book, The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947—1949, Morris supported Israeli actions during 1948, such as the uprooting of 700,000 Palestinian Arabs, stating that the only alternative to expelling them was the genocide of the Jewish population in Israel. Some critics have alleged this book was biased against Israel, but Morris responded that they failed to read his book with moral detachment, assuming that when he described Israeli actions as cruel or as atrocities, he was condemning them.

Amayorov (talk) 15:58, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

I also think that this statement

Scholars have perceived an ideological shift in Morris's work and a departure from the critical scholarship of his New Historian colleagues starting around 2000 during the Second Intifada.

should be restated as

Scholars have perceived an ideological shift in Morris's work starting around 2000 during the Second Intifada.

"Departure from the critical scholarship" is questionable, as Morris has since published plenty of "critical" scholarly work since 2000, such as his discovery of the Haganah's involvement in well poisoning, published only a few years ago. Amayorov (talk) 22:59, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Edit request 13 May 2025

Template:Edit extended-protected Description of suggested change: "Morris" is spelled with an extra "r" Diff: Template:TextDiff 209.147.96.11 (talk) 07:43, 13 May 2025 (UTC) Kimmerling describes Morrris's views as "shocking"

Kimmerling describes Morris's views as "shocking"

File:Yes check.svg Done Cannolis (talk) 16:10, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 June 2025

Template:Edit extended-protected Make the subsection "List of publications" into its own section below "Awards and recognitions", as per MOS:ORDER EightAndNine (talk) 19:51, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Yes check.svg Done —Fortuna, imperatrix 11:26, 14 June 2025 (UTC)