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Place of Birth: Ein HaHoresh, Central District, Israel
About Benny Morris
- Benny Morris (Hebrew: ??? ?????; born 8 December 1948) is an Israeli historian.
- He was a professor of history in the Middle East Studies department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the city of Beersheba, Israel.
- He is a member of the group of Israeli historians known as the "New Historians," a term Morris coined to describe himself and historians Avi Shlaim and Ilan Pappé.Morris's work on the Arab–Israeli conflict and especially the Israeli–Palestinian conflict has won praise and criticism from both sides of the political divide.
- Regarding himself as a Zionist, he writes, "I embarked upon the research not out of ideological commitment or political interest.
- I simply wanted to know what happened."
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