Yoav Gelber (Hebrew: יואב גלבר; born September 25, 1943) is a professor of history at the University of Haifa, and was formerly a visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
Yoav Gelber
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Yoav Gelber, September 2021
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Born | (1943-09-25) September 25, 1943 (age 80) |
Education | Hebrew University |
Occupation | Historian |
He was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1943 and studied world and Jewish history at the Hebrew UniversityofJerusalem and is an expert on the history of the Israel Defense Forces.[1] Gelber is also known to have been a vocal opponent of Ilan Pappé when the latter was employed by the University of Haifa, and a defender of the Alexandroni Brigade in the Tantura massacre case.[1][2][3]
In 1973 Gelber served as the academic and military assistant to the Agranat Commission, and in 1982 participated in the official inquiry into the 1933 death of Haim Arlosoroff.[4]
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