Ilan Pappé is an Israeli historian and socialist activist. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter, director of the university’s European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies. His latest book is Ten Myths About Israel. His books also include “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine” and “The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge”. Pappé’s research focuses on the modern Middle East and in particular the history of Israel and Palestine.