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A. Books:

 

  1. The Quest for Hegemony in the Arab World: The Struggle over the Baghdad Pact. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995. 281 pages.
  2. The Quest for Hegemony in the Arab World: The Struggle over the Baghdad Pact. Tel Aviv: Ministry of Defense, 1996. 341 pages. [Hebrew]
  3. The Decline of Arab Unity: The Rise and Fall of the United Arab Republic. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 1999. 303 pages.
  4. The Arab-Israeli Conflict in Israeli History Textbooks, 1948-2000. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey (Greenwood), 2002. 201 pages.
  5. Al-Sira' al-'Arabi-al-Isra’ili fi Kutub al-Ta’rikh al-Madrasiyya al-Isra’iliyya, 1948-2000 (Ramallah: Madar – Markaz Filastini lil-Dirasat al-Isra’iliyya, 2006). [Arabic version of No. 5, translation Walid Abu Baker]
  6. Celebrating the Nation: The Politics of Commemorations in the Arab World. Manuscript Completed.

B. Edited Books:

 

  1. Rethinking Nasserism: Revolution and Historical Memory in Modern Egypt (with Onn Winckler). Gainseville: University Press of Florida, 2004.
  2. Arab-Jewish Relations: From Conflict to Resolution? (with Asher Kaufman). Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2006.
  3. Britain in the Middle East: From Imperial Power to Junior Partner (With Zach Levey). Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2008.

 

C. Edited Journals:

 

  1. (With Haim Gerber), State and Society in the Middle East. Hamizrah Hehedash, Vol. 41 (2000), 215 pages. [Hebrew]
  2. (With Haim Gerber), Religion and State in Islam. Hamizrah Hehadash, Vol. 42 (2001), 296 pages. [Hebrew]
  3. (With Haim Gerber), Jewish-Arab Relations in Eretz Israel/Palestine. Hamizrah Hehadash, Vol. 43 (2002), 382 pages. [Hebrew]
  1. Historiography in the Middle East. Hamizrach Hehadash (Journal of the Israeli Oriental Society), Vol. 45 (2005). [Hebrew]
  2. Egypt and the Sudan. Hamizrach Hehadash, Vol. 47 (2008). [Hebrew]

 

D. Chapters in Collections:

 

  1. "Egypt," in Ami Ayalon (ed.), Middle East Contemporary Survey, Vol. 17, 1993. Boulder: Westview, 1995, pp. 282-316.
  2. "Ending an Age-Old Rivalry: The Rapprochement between the Hashemites and the Saudis, 1956-1958,” in Asher Susser and Arie Shmuelevich (eds.), The Hashemites in the Modern Arab World: Essays in Honor of the Late Professor Uriel Dann. London: Frank Cass, 1995, pp. 85-108.
  3. "The Arab-Israeli Peace Process," in Ami Ayalon and Bruce Maddy- Weitzman (eds.), Middle East Contemporary Survey, Vol. 18, 1994. Boulder: Westview, 1996, pp. 46-78.
  4. "Regaining Lost Pride: The Impact of the Suez Affair on Egypt and the Arab World," in David Tal (ed.), The 1956 War: Collusion and Rivalry in the Middle East. London: Frank Cass, 2001, pp. 209-224.
  5. "History and Collective Memory in the Education System: The Portrayal of the Arab-Israeli Conflict in Israeli History Textbooks," in Avner Ben- Amos (ed.), History, Identity and Memory: Past Images in Israeli Education. Tel Aviv: Ramot, 2002, pp. 69-100.
  6. "The Perils of Ambiguity: The United States and the Baghdad Pact," in David Lesch (ed.), The Middle East and the United States, 3rd Ed. Boulder: Westview, 2003, pp. 80-100.
  7. "Nasserism as a Form of Populism," in Elie Podeh and Onn Winckler, Rethinking Nasserism: Revolution and Historical Memory in Modern Egypt. Gainseville: University Press of Florida, 2004, pp. 1-42.
  8. "Demonizing the Other: Israeli Perceptions of Nasser and Nasserism" in Elie Podeh and Onn Winckler, Rethinking Nasserism: Revolution and Historical Memory in Modern Egypt. Gainseville: University Press of Florida, 2004, pp. 72-99.
  9. "The Right of Return versus the Law of Return: Contrasting Historical Narratives in Israeli and Palestinian Textbooks," in Ann M. Lesch and Ian S. Lustick (eds.), Exile and Return: Predicaments of Palestinians and Jews. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005, pp. 41-56.
  10. "Israel in the Middle East or Israel and the Middle East: A Reappraisal," in Elie Podeh and Asher Kaufman (eds.), Arab-Jewish Relations: From Conflict to Resolution? Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2006, pp. 93-113.
  11. "Israel in the Mirror: The Portrayal of the Arab-Israeli Conflict in Egyptian History Textbooks, 1952-1998," in David Menashri (ed.), Religion and State in the Middle East: Essays in Honor of Prof. Shimon Shamir (Tel Aviv: The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle East and African Studies, 2006), pp. 219-250. [Hebrew]
  12. "Normal Relations without Normalization: The Evolution of Egyptian-Israeli Relations, 1979-2006 – the Politics of Cold Peace," in Edwin Corr, Joseph Ginat and Shaul Gabbay, (eds.), The Search for Israeli-Arab Peace: Learning from the Past and Building Trust. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2007, pp. 107-129.
  13. "Teaching Islam and Christianity in the Jewish Education System in Israel," in Moshe Ma'oz (ed.), The Meeting of Civilizations: Muslim, Christian and Jewish (Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2008), pp. 144-176.
  14. "Iraq and the Arab System in the Post-2003 War Period: A Persisting Marginality." Forthcoming in Amnon Cohen and Noga Efrati (eds.), title and publisher not yet clear.
  15.  "The Summer that Would Never Return": Commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Suez 1956 in the Middle East." Forthcoming in Ron Prussen in a collection on the 1956 War by Toronto University Press.

  

E. Conference Proceedings:

 

  1. "From Fahd to ‘Abdallah: The Saudi Peace Plans," in Amnon Cohen (ed.), Democracy, Islam and the Middle East. Jerusalem: The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, 2005, pp. 99-108.
  2. "Syria in the Arab System," in Whither Syria? Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University/BESA Center, 2005, pp. 15-21. [Hebrew]
  3. "Israel and the Peace Process: Lessons and Possible Scenarios, 1993-2006," in Nobuko Nagasaki, Hisashi Nakamura and Tosei Sano (eds.), The International Context of Conflicts in the Middle East and Asian Approaches to Conflict Resolution, Afrasia Symposium Series 1 (Ryukoku University: Afrasian Center for Peace and Development Studies, 4-5 March 2006), pp. 29-36.
  4. "The Forgotten Hero: Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli-Egyptian Relations," in Peace – Dream or Vision: A Decade since the Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Netanya: Netanya Academic College, 2007, pp. 71-78.
  5. "In Favor of Multi-Bilateralism," in Kobi Michael (ed.), The Arab Peace Initiative – A Historic Opportunity? Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 2007, pp. 75-80. [Hebrew]

 

F. Refereed Articles:

 

  1. "The Cold War in the Middle East: The Western Quest for Regional Defense Organization, 1945-1953," Orient, Vol. 33, No. 2 (1992), pp. 265-277.
  2. "The Struggle over Arab Hegemony after the Suez Crisis, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 29, No. 1 (1993), pp. 91-110.
  3. "In the Service of Power: The Ideological Struggle in the Arab World - the Gulf Crisis (1990-1991)," Journal of Conflict Studies (formerly Conflict Quarterly), Vol. 14, No. 4 (1994), pp. 5-25.
  4. "The Drift towards Neutrality: Egyptian Foreign Policy in the Early Nasserist Era," Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 32, No. 1 (1996), pp. 159-178.
  5. "Egypt’s Struggle against the Militant Islamic Groups,” Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 8, No. 2 (1996), pp. 43-61. Reprinted in B. Maddy- Weitzman and E. Inbar (eds.), Religious Radicalism in the Greater Middle East. London: Frank Cass, 1997, pp. 43-61.
  6. "The Portrayal of the Arab-Israeli Conflict in Israeli History and Civics Textbooks, 1953-1995," Gitelson Peace Publications, No. 9 (Jerusalem: The Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, 1997). 99 pages.
  7. "Rethinking Israel in the Middle East," Israel Affairs. Vol. 3, Nos. 3-4 (1997), pp. 336-354. Reprinted in E. Karsh (ed.), From Rabin to Netanyahu: Israel’s Troubled Agenda. London: Frank Cass, 1997, pp. 280-295.
  8. "Israel in the Middle East: A Reconsideration of Its Regional Status," Medina, Mimshal Vihasim Benleumiyim, Vol. 41-42 (1997), pp. 280- 295. [Hebrew]
  9. "The Emergence of the Arab State System Reconsidered," Diplomacy and Statecraft, Vol. 9, No. 3 (1998), pp. 50-82.
  10. "Politics, Ideology and the Role of the Leader in the Jewish Yishuv and Young Israel," Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 2 (1999), pp. 16-21.
  11. "The Desire to Belong Syndrome: Israel and Middle Eastern Defense, 1949-1954," Israel Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2 (1999), pp. 121-149.
  12. "A Crystallization of the Arab State System: A Reconsideration," Hamizrah Hehadash, Vol. 41 (2000), pp. 86-106. [Hebrew]
  13. "History and Memory in the Israeli Educational System: The Portrayal of the Arab-Israeli Conflict in History Textbooks (1948-2000)," History and Memory, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2000), pp. 65-100.
  14. "The Dilemma and Challenge of Writing the History of the Contemporary Middle East: Review Article," Hamizrah Hehadash, Vol. 42 (2001), pp. 249-264. [Hebrew]
  15. "The 'Big Lie': Inventing the Myth of British-US Involvement in the 1967 War," The Review of International Affairs, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2002), pp. 1-23. Reprinted as "The Lie That Won‘t Die: Collusion, 1967," Middle East Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2004), pp. 51-62; and Reprinted in Ahron Bregman (ed.), Warfare in the Middle East since 1945 (London: Ashgate, 2008), pp. 87-109.
  16. "An Arab Look into the 20th Century: The Shattering of a Dream: Review Article," Hamizrah Hehadash, Vol. 43 (2002), pp. 327-346. [Hebrew]
  17. [With Onn Winckler], "The Boycott that Never Was: Egypt and the Arab System, 1979-1989," Durham Middle East Papers, No. 72. University of Durham, Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, December 2002. [90 pages]
  18. "To Unite or Not to Unite: That is Not the Question: The 1963 Tripartite Talks Reassessed," Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 39, No. 1 (2003), pp. 150-185.
  19. "Suez in Reverse: The Arab Response to the Iraqi Bid for Kuwait, 1961-1963," Diplomacy and Statecraft, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2003), pp. 103-130.
  20. "From Fahd to 'Abdallah: The Origins of the Saudi Peace Initiatives and Their Impact on the Arab System and Israel," Gitelson Peace Publications, No. 24 (Jerusalem: The Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, 2003), 45p.
  21. "Recognition without Legitimization: Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict in Egyptian History Textbooks," Internationale Schulbuchforschung/ International Textbooks Research, Vol. 25, No. 4 (2003), pp. 371-98.
  22. "Making a Short Story Long: The Construction of the Suez- Mediterranean Oil Pipeline in Egypt, 1967-77," Business History Review, Vol. 78, No. 1 (2004), pp. 61-88.
  23. "Between Stagnation and Renovation: The Arab System in the aftermath of the Iraq War," Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 9 (September 2005), pp, 51-72.
  24. "The Final Fall of the Ottoman Empire: Arab Discourse over Turkey's Accession to the European Union," Turkish Studies, Vol. 8, No. 3 (September 2007), pp. 317-328. Reprinted in Nimrod Goren and Amikam Nachmani (eds.), The Importance of Being European: Turkey, the EU and the Middle East (Jerusalem: the European Forum at the Hebrew University, 2007), pp. 178-192]
  25. "Hegemon, Leader or Primus Inter Pares: Egypt's Role in the Arab System (1936-2006), Hamizrah Hehadash, Vol. 47 (2008), pp. 188-215. [Hebrew]
  26. "From Indifference to Obsession: The Role of National State Celebrations in Iraq, 1921-2003," British Journal of Middle East Studies, Forthcoming.
  27. "The Bay‘a: Modern Political Uses of Islamic Ritual in the Arab World," Die Welt des Islams, Forthcoming.

 

G. Other Articles:

 

  1. "A Year after Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait: The Impact of the Crisis in the Gulf on the Arab System, Data and Analysis. Tel Aviv: The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle East and African Studies, 1991. 19 pages.
  2. "Al-Nazra ila al-Akhar fi al-Kutub al-Madrasiyya al-Isra’iliyya li-Nizam al-Ta‘lim al-Yahudi" (The View of the Other in Israeli Textbooks in the Jewish Education System), al-Liqa’, Vol. 16, Nos. 1-2 (2001), pp. 107-172. [Arabic: a study of Islam and Christianity in Israeli history textbooks - not connected with the other study on the Arab-Israeli conflict in Israeli textbooks]
  3. "We Are All Orientalists: On the Origins of the 'Orientalist' Phenomenon in Israeli Society," East Wind, No. 4 (Summer 2006), pp. 11-15. [Hebrew]
  4. "The Arab Peace Plan – A Missed Opportunity?" Palestine-Israel Journal, Vol. 14, No. 4 (2007), pp. 5-11.