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Efraim Karsh

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Efraim Karsh is a writing fellow and emeritus professor of Middle East and Mediterranean studies at King's College London. He has held posts at Harvard, Columbia, Bar-Ilan, the Sorbonne and the London School of Economics, and has written 16 books and more than 100 scholarly articles.

Summarized from the MEF bio of Efraim Karsh, read October 4, 2026.

Writes on: Arab-Israeli conflict; history of the region; campus and Middle East studies; Israel; Palestinian territories.

Topics are this site's tags, assigned from the subjects of Efraim Karsh's bylined MEF pieces and the MEF bio.

MEF Work (73)

Bylined pieces published by the Middle East Forum, newest first, 2005 to 2023. Titles are quoted as MEF published them and link to the original on meforum.org.

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2020 (3)

June 1, 2020 Middle East QuarterlyHow San Remo Birthed the Jewish National Home
May 22, 2020 MEF articlesIsrael's Flight from South Lebanon 20 Years On with Gershon Hacohen
March 16, 2020 MEF articlesThe Struggle for Israel's Jewish Soul with Gershon Hacohen

2019 (1)

October 10, 2019 MEF articlesDistorting Ben-Gurion

2018 (8)

November 20, 2018 MEF articlesThe Depths to Which the Oslo Process Has Driven Israel
September 1, 2018 Middle East QuarterlyIsrael 25 Years after the Oslo Accords: Why Did Rabin Fall for Them?
August 5, 2018 MEF articlesAnticipating Israel's Nationality Law with Shaul Bartal
July 3, 2018 MEF articlesJewish West Bank Communities: The Kernel of a Tolerant Palestinian State with Rafael Castro
June 3, 2018 MEF articlesIt's Not Gaza's Economy, Stupid
June 1, 2018 Middle East QuarterlyThe Privileged Palestinian "Refugees"
April 16, 2018 MEF articlesHow Harry Truman Crossed His Own State Department to Recognize Israel
January 1, 2018 Middle East QuarterlyTurks and Arabs Welcomed the Balfour Declaration

2017 (4)

November 21, 2017 MEF articlesBelief in Palestinian Openness to Two-State Solution Amounts to Insanity
November 6, 2017 MEF articlesIsraeli Attitudes toward Egypt 40 Years after Sadat's Visit
November 3, 2017 MEF articlesMahmoud Abbas Should Endorse the Balfour Declaration
June 1, 2017 Middle East QuarterlyAn Inevitable Conflict

2016 (5)

September 14, 2016 MEF blogsThe Oslo Disaster: Executive Summary
September 1, 2016 Middle East QuarterlyWhy the Oslo Process Doomed Peace
July 17, 2016 MEF articlesTurkey's Manipulation of Europe, Then and Now
June 21, 2016 MEF articlesNo, Palestinian Terrorism Isn't a Response to 'Occupation'
January 1, 2016 Middle East QuarterlyObama's Middle East Delusions

2015 (4)

November 19, 2015 MEF articlesThe Tail Wags the Dog
September 18, 2015 Campus WatchThe Politicization of Middle East Studies with Asaf Romirowsky
May 13, 2015 MEF articlesReview of Eugene Rogan's 'The Fall of the Ottomans'
February 17, 2015 MEF articlesWhite House Delusions, Islamist Realities

2014 (8)

August 11, 2014 MEF articlesIt's Anti-Semitism, Stupid
July 21, 2014 MEF articlesPalestinian Suffering Used to Demonize Israel
July 8, 2014 MEF articlesThe Uses of Lydda
July 7, 2014 MEF articlesThe Myth of Palestinian Centrality
May 29, 2014 Middle East QuarterlyPalestinian Leaders Don't Want an Independent State
April 28, 2014 MEF articlesRunning Away from Statehood, Again
March 1, 2014 Middle East QuarterlyThe Palestinians' Real Enemies
January 30, 2014 MEF articlesMichael Oren misunderstands the obstacle to peace

2013 (3)

August 9, 2013 MEF articlesSeven Pillars of Fiction
January 1, 2013 MEF articlesIsrael's Arabs: Deprived or Radicalized?
January 1, 2013 Middle East QuarterlyAnkara's Unacknowledged Genocide

2012 (2)

August 22, 2012 MEF articlesThe war against the Jews
March 5, 2012 MEF articlesThe Middle East's real apartheid

2011 (17)

December 22, 2011 MEF articlesBetraying Ben-Gurion
December 16, 2011 MEF articlesHaaretz: The Paper for Thinking People?
November 7, 2011 MEF articlesFinnish delusions
October 11, 2011 MEF articlesThe revisionist history of Sari Nusseibeh
September 16, 2011 MEF articlesThere Is No Palestinian State
September 15, 2011 MEF articlesWhere is the Palestinian Ben-Gurion?
September 1, 2011 Middle East QuarterlyAzzam's Genocidal Threat with David Barnett
August 10, 2011 MEF articlesTexts, Lies and Videotape
August 5, 2011 MEF articlesLand for War with Asaf Romirowsky
July 24, 2011 MEF articlesA Chameleon, Nevertheless
July 10, 2011 MEF articlesIsrael's Human Chameleon Strikes Again
June 10, 2011 MEF articlesReclaiming a historical truth
May 20, 2011 MEF articlesAbbas's Fable
April 1, 2011 MEF articlesHow Many Palestinian Arab Refugees Were There?
March 23, 2011 MEF articlesThe pinnacle of incompetence
March 1, 2011 MEF articlesA legacy of violence
January 25, 2011 Podcasts and audioDoes the Arab World Truly Want a "Palestine"?

2010 (9)

October 25, 2010 MEF articlesAdrift in Arabia
September 1, 2010 Middle East QuarterlyHow the "Sons of Iraq" Stabilized Iraq with Mark Wilbanks
August 24, 2010 Podcasts and audioObama's Failed Middle East Policy
August 24, 2010 MEF articlesNot taking yes for an answer
August 16, 2010 MEF blogsJustice for Palestine
August 2, 2010 MEF articlesThe Palestinians, Alone
August 2, 2010 MEF articlesShimon Peres versus the Brits
July 20, 2010 MEF articlesWho's Against a Two-State Solution?
June 1, 2010 Middle East QuarterlyPalestine Betrayed

2008 (1)

January 1, 2008 Middle East QuarterlyDid Edward Said Really Speak Truth to Power? with Rory Miller

2007 (1)

September 1, 2007 Middle East QuarterlyIslamic Imperialism: A History

2005 (1)

March 1, 2005 Middle East QuarterlyBenny Morris's Reign of Error, Revisited