This is Avi Shlaim. He is Britain's foremost historian, academic and author on Israel. But guess what? Not once has the BBC invited him on to any of their programmes.

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I am one of the UK’s best known genocide scholars (3 books, lifetime award, have written on genocide and Palestine) and I have the same experience. I’m invited to comment by news organisations across the world, but not British.

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This is Avi Shlaim. He is Britain's foremost historian, academic and author on Israel. But guess what? Not once has the BBC invited him on to any of their programmes. He lives in Oxford. https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-10-09/avi-shlaim-israeli-british-historian-netanyahu-wants-to-drag-the-us-into-a-confrontation-with-iran.html…

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