Personal

- Born in Israel, 1943.
- Married + 4 children (aged: 21, 24, 27, 30).
- Lives in Haifa, 24 Freud St. phone no. 972-4-8247757.
- Served as a career officer in the IDF 1961-1974, mostly in paratroopers' units and Officers' Training School. Lt. Colonel (res.).
- Academic and military assistant to the Agranat State Commission of Inquiry, the Yom Kippur (1973) war, November 1973 - February 1975.
- Member of the State Commission of Inquiry into the murder in 1933 of Chayim Arlosoroff, head of the political department of the Jewish Agency (April 1982). Resigned in protest against the government's refusal to appoint another State Commission to investigate the incidents of Sabra and Shatila in Beirut (September 1982).
- Member of the Board of Israel National Parks and Nature Preservation's Authority 1998-2002 (Acting Chairman, August 1998 - May 1999).

Academic

- Studied world and Jewish history in the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, for all three degrees (B.A. - 1967-8; M.A. - 1972-4; [both Summa cum Laude] Ph.D. - 1975-7).

- Instructor in the department of Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheba (1975-1977).
- Associate Professor at Haifa University, Department of Land of Israel Studies, 1983-1987.
- Full Professor since 1987.
- Head of the Strochlitz Institute for research and study of the Holocaust (1985-1996), and concurrently Head of the Herzl Institute for research and study of Zionism since 1987 (both institutes of Haifa University).
- Chair, The Department of Land of Israel Studies, University of Haifa (1999-2001).
- Chair, Haifa University's School of History (2000-2003).

- Member of the editorial board of Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi (1978-1991, 2002-2003).
- Member of the Academic Council of Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi (2002-2003).
- Coordinator of Yad Vashem's 24 planned volumes project: The Comprehensive History of the Holocaust (1978-1998).
- Member of Yad Vashem`s scientific committee (1980-1997).
- Member of the Academic Committee, Jabotinsky Institute (1990-).
- Member of the Academic Council, Oranim College (2001-).

- Visiting professor at the Seminario Rabinnico Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires, 1993.
- Visiting professor at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill. 1996.
- Visiting Professor at the Lipinsky Institute, San Diego State University, 1997.

- Winner of Izhak Ben-Zvi Prize for research in the history of the Land of Israel, 1986.
- Winner of Arthur Ruppin Prize for research in Jewish history, 1990.
- Winner of Izhak Sade Prize for military literature, 1993.

Publications

Books

1. Jewish Palestinian Volunteering in the British Army during the Second World War, Vol. I: Volunteering and its Role in Zionist Policy 1939-1942, (Hebrew, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 1979).
2. Jewish Palestinian Volunteering in the British Army during the Second World War, Vol. II, The Struggle for a Jewish Army, (Hebrew, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 1981).
3. Jewish Palestinian Volunteering in the British Army during the Second World War, Vol. III. The Standard Bearers - The Mission of the Volunteers to the Jewish People, (Hebrew, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 1983).
4. Jewish Palestinian Volunteering in the British Army during the Second World War, Vol. IV, Jewish Volunteers in British Units, (Hebrew, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 1984).
5. The Emergence of a Jewish Army - The Veterans of the British Army in the IDF (Hebrew, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem 1986);
6. Why the Palmach Was Disbanded? - The Jewish Military Force in the Transition from a Yishuv to a State 1947-1949 (Hebrew, Schocken, Tel-Aviv 1986);
7. With W. Goldstern: Emigration deutsch-sprachiger Ingenieure nach Palaestina 1933-1945 (VDI Verlag, Duesseldorf, 1988).
8. Massada - The Defense of Palestine in the Second World War (Hebrew, Bar-Ilan University Press, Ramat-Gan, 1990).
9. A New Homeland - The Immigration from Central Europe and its Absorption in Eretz Israel 1933-1948 (Hebrew, Leo Baeck Institute and Yad Izhak Ben- Zvi, Jerusalem 1990).
10. The History of Israeli Intelligence, Part I: Growing a Fleur-de-Lis: The Intelligence Services of the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine, 1918-1947 (Hebrew, Israel Ministry of Defense Publications), 2 Vols. Tel Aviv 1992.
11. Jewish-Transjordanian Relations, 1921-1948 (English, Frank Cass, London & Portland 1996).
12. The History of Israeli Intelligence, Part II: Budding a Fleur-de-Lis: Israeli Intelligence in the War of Independence, 1947-1949 (Hebrew, 2 vols. Israel Ministry of Defense Publications, Tel Aviv 2001).
13. The History of Israeli Intelligence, Part III: 1949-1953, Vol. I-III (Hebrew, Classified edition, an IDF publication, 1999-2000).
14. Palestine 1948: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton & Portland 2001.
15. Independence Versus Nakbah: The Arab–Israeli War of 1948 (forthcoming, Zmora-Bitan, Hebrew, 2004).
16. Israeli-Jordanian Dialogue, 1948-1953: Cooperation, Conspiracy, or Collusion? (Forthcoming, Sussex Academic Press, May 2004).
17. History, Memory and Propaganda (in work, Hebrew).

Editorship

1. A. Cohen, Y. Gelber and S. Wardi (eds.): Comprehending the Holocaust, Frankfurt-New York 1988.
2. A. Cohen, Y. Cochavi and Y. Gelber (eds.), Dapim - Studies on the Shoah, New York 1991.
3. A. Cohen, Y. Cochavi and Y. Gelber (eds.), The Shoah and the War, New York 1992.
   

1. 'Zionist Policy and the Fate of European Jewry, 1939-1942` in: Yad Vashem Studies, XIII, 1979, pp. 169-210.
2. 'Palestinian Jewish PoWs in German Captivity`, in: Yad Vashem Studies, XIV, 1981, pp. 89-137.
3. 'Zionist Policy and the Fate of European Jewry, 1943-1944` in: Studies in Zionism, 7, Spring 1983, pp. 133-167.
4. 'The Negotiations between the Jewish Agency and Transjordan, 1946-1948` in: Studies in Zionism, 11, Spring 1985, pp. 53-84.
5. 'Partners and Adversaries: Jewish Survivors of World War II, the Jewish Agency and Britain`, in: R. Cohen (ed.): Vision and Conflict in the Holy Land, Jerusalem-NewYork 1985, pp. 274-308.
6. 'The Mission of the Jewish Parachutists from Palestine in Europe in World War II`, in: Studies in Zionism, 13, Spring 1986, pp. 51-76.
7. 'The Reaction of the Zionist Movement to the Nazi Rise to Power`, in: Yad Vashem Studies, XVIII, 1987, pp. 41-101.
8. 'The Defense of Palestine in World War II`, in: Studies in Zionism, Vol.8, No.1, Spring 1987, pp. 51-82.
9. 'Deutsche Juden in dem politischen leben des jüdischen Palästina, 1933-1948`, in: Leo Baeck Institute Bulletin, 76, 1987, pp. 51-72.
10. 'Moral y realismo: Los aliados y el holocausto', in: Rumbos, 20 (1987), pp. 86-100.
11. 'The Origins of Youth Aliya', in: Studies in Zionism, Vol. 9 no. 2 (1988), pp. 147-171.
12. 'La politica sionista y el destino de los judios de Europa', Rumbos, 21 (1988), pp. 117-148.
13. 'Moralist and Realist Approaches to the Study of the Allies` Attitude to the Holocaust', in: A. Cohen, Y. Gelber and S. Wardi (eds.): Comprehending the Holocaust, Frankfurt-New York 1988, pp. 107-123.
14. 'Ben-Gurion and the Establishment of the IDF`, in: The Jerusalem Quarterly, 50, Spring 1989, pp. 56-80.
15. 'The Attitude of World Jewry and the Yishuv to the Holocaust in the Mirror of Historiography', in: The Historiography of the Holocaust Period (the proceedings of Yad Vashem 5th international conference, Jerusalem 1983), Jerusalem 1989, pp. 571-584.
16. 'The Meeting between the Jewish Soldiers from Eretz Israel and the Surviving Remnant', in: She`erit Hapletah, 1944-1948 - Rehabilitation and Political Struggle (the proceedings of Yad Vashem 6th international conference, Jerusalem 1985), Jerusalem 1990, pp. 60-79.
17. 'Central European Jews from Palestine in the British Forces in World War II', in: Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook, 1990, pp. 321-332.
18. 'The Hebrew Press in Palestine on the Annihilation of the Jews of Europe (1941-1942)', in: A. Cohen, Y. Cochavi and Y. Gelber (eds.), Dapim - Studies on the Shoah, New York 1991, pp. 165-202.
19. 'Anti-Terror Warfare and its influence on Regular Warfare', in: Y. Alexander, Y. Ne'eman and E. Tavin (eds.), Future Terrorism Trends, Washington 1991, pp. 55-65.
20. 'Ben-Gurion and the Formation of the Israeli Defence Forces, 1947-1948', in: R. Zweig (ed.), David Ben-Gurion - Politics and Leadership in Israel, London & Jerusalem 1991, pp. 193-215.
21. 'The Antecedents of the Jewish-Druz Alliance in Palestine, 1930-1947', in: Middle Eastern Studies, April 1992, pp. 352-373.
22. 'Some reflections on the Yishuv during the Shoah', in: A. Cohen, Y. Cochavi and Y. Gelber (eds.), The Shoah and the War, New York 1992, pp. 337-355.
23. 'The Historical Role of the Central European Immigration to Israel', Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook, 1993, pp. 323-339.
24. 'The Jewish Agency, Amir Abdullah and the Peel Commission's Partition Plan', in: The Journal of Israeli History, 15 (1), Spring 1994, pp. 17-51.
25. 'Jewish-Arab Talks during the War of Independence', in: The Journal of Israeli History, 15 (3), Autumn 1994, pp. 283-312.
26. 'Jews and Druze in the War of 1948', in: Middle Eastern Studies, 31 (2), April 1995, pp. 229-252.
27. 'The Shaping of the "New Jew" in Eretz Israel', in: I. Gutman (ed.), Major Changes within the Jewish People in the Wake of the Holocaust (Proceedings of Yad Vashem's 9th International Historical Conference), Jerusalem 1996, pp. 443-462.
28. 'The Jewish Brigade in Belgium', in: D. Michman (ed.), Belgium and the Holocaust, Jerusalem 1998, pp. 477-482.
29. 'Reuven Shiloach's Contribution to the development of Israeli Intelligence', in: H. Carmel (ed.), One Man's Mossad, Frank Cass, London 1999, pp. 16-29.
30. 'Die Geschichtsschreibung des Zionismus: Von Apologetik zu Verleugnung', in: B. Schäfer (Hg.), Historiker-Streit in Israel - Die "neuen" Historiker zwischen Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit, Campus, Frankfurt/New York 2000, ss. 15-44.
31. 'The Historical Background' in: J. Ginath and E.J. Perkins (eds.), The Palestiniann Refugees: Old Problems - New Solutions, Brighton & Portland 2001, pp. 17-33.
32. 'The Status of Zionist and Israeli History in Israeli Universities' in: The Journal of Israeli History, 20/2-3 (Autumn 2001), pp. 121-154.
    Also in: A. Shapira and D. Penslar (eds.), Israeli Historical Revisionism - From Left to Right, London & Portland 2002, pp. 121-154.
33. Transfroming Israeli Society, in Shlomo Sharan (ed.), Israel and the Post-Zionists: A Nation at Risk, Brighton and Portland 2003, pp. 12-25.
34. The History of Zionist Historiography: From Apologetics to Denial, in B. Morris (ed.) Israeli Historiography (I.B.Tauris, Forthcoming).
35. L'état de l'historiographie en Israël, dans: T. Friling (ed.) Une response á une colleague post-sioniste (forthcoming).
36. The Israeli-Arab War of 1948: History vs. Narratives, in: Mordechai Bar-On (ed.), Israel Wars (Prager, forthcoming).
    

Supervision

Completed PhD Dissertations

1. Ne'ima Barzel, The impact of the Holocaust on the attitude of Israeli society to Germany, 1945-1965 (1991).
2. Moti Golani, The Sinai war of 1956 (1993, later published as a book in Hebrew, English and French)
3. Esther Ashkenazi, Betar movement in Eretz Israel (1994, published later as a book in Hebrew)
4. Yigal Eyal, The repression of the Arab revolt by the British army, 1936-1939 (1994, published later as a book under the title "The First Intifada")
5. Hanan Schwarz (1995, Hebrew University Jerusalem),
6. Shimon Golan, The impact of the Cold War on shaping Israel's defence doctrine (1996, published later as a book)
7. Naomi Shiloach, The liberal right wing in the Yishuv, 1929-1939 (with Dr. Y. Goldstein, 1997, published as a book, 2003).
8. Nachman Tal, Security considerations in shaping Israel's policy towards its Arab minority, 1948-1967 (2001, with Prof. Y. Ginat)
9. Ya'acov Tubi, Israel's policy in the Palestinian refugee problem, 1949-1956 (2002, with Prof. Natan Yanai)
10. Dani Asher, How the Egyptains prepared the 1973 war (2002).
11. Shimon Avivi, The Druze in Israel, 1948–1967 (with Prof. Y. Ginat), (2003)
12. Arye Cohen, The immigration from Syria and its absorption from 1949 to the present (2003)
13. Chaim Nadel, Israeli military thinking between 1967 and 1973 (2003).
14. Eldad Harouvi, The CID in Palestine, 1918-1948 (with Prof. S. Aronson), 2003
15. Israel Bendor, The development of the Arab enemy’s image in Israeli society, 1947-1956 (with Dr. ‘Oz Almog), 2003
16. Lea Teicher, The prison’s role in the Yishuv’s struggle for independence, 2003

Under Evaluation

1. Shlomo Lezer, Polish-Jewish Relations in Cracow and the Vicinity, 1918-1925 (submitted 2003)
2. Yossi Ben-Ari, The role of Israeli intellectuals and orientalists in shaping the intelligence "conception" prior to the 1973 war (with Prof. Gabi Ben-Dor, submitted 2004)

Currently written PhD dissertations

1. Daniella Ran, The history of the Israeli navy, 1949-1956
2. Ruth Kimchi, The Zionist movement in Egypt
3. Nurit Gilat, The attitude of Israeli society to women's military service (with Dr. R. Katz)
4. Yossi Ahronson, The development of judicial handling of accidents in the IDF from 1949 to the present
5. Merav Goldwin, Settlement As Idea and Practice, 1967–1973
6. Gil'ad Haskin, Moral and Ethical Considerations in Using the Military Power of the Haganah and the IDF, 1936-1956 (with Prof. Ya'acov Goldstein)