Yehuda Bauer

Yehuda Bauer is the world’s leading Shoah scholar. He is professor of Holocaust Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Preserving historical integrity: a call to avoid politicising the Holocaust

We are academics concerned over a growing tendency to ignore fundamental tenets of scholarship in order to attack Israel

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 15: Members of Columbia University's faculty hold a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech on the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023 in New York City. The university suspended two student organizations, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voices for Peace, for violating university policies. The tense atmosphere at many college campuses has increased as student groups, activists and others have protested both in support of Israel and Palestine (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Poland’s new Holocaust law is an act of collusion

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This law’s makers are not defending Poland

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Jews have contributed to the state of relations with Poland

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The problem with the Polish legislation

Poland is misrepresenting the reality

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February 8, 2018 14:03

The myth of Jewish power

Beyond Balfour: Where did Western leaders get the notion that Jewry wields global influence?

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January 25, 2018 12:28

We're fighting Radicals, not Muslims

Yehuda Bauer says that Western politicians don't understand the enemy they face in the war on terror

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September 7, 2017 11:46

The Israeli government can be seen as radically anti-Zionist

The aim of Zionism aim is the establishment, development, and growth of a state in which Jews are a solid majority and the non-Jewish minority has equal rights

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August 7, 2017 13:09

The Israeli government can be seen as radically anti-Zionist

Trump flirting with triumph and disaster

None of the major players have any interest in the Israel-Palestine conflict continuing. Only Iran profits from it.

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June 15, 2017 10:18

Trump flirting with triumph and disaster

A hopeless fight by the very young

The Warsaw ghetto uprising should not be used by politicians when discussing contemporary events, argues Yehuda Bauer