Bernard Wasserstein
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Bernard Wasserstein (born 1948) is a professor of history. Wasserstein's area of interest is Jewish history. He is currently teaching at the University of Chicago, arguably the best educational institution in the United States, but has taught previously at the University of Glasgow, Oxford University, and Brandeis University. Nonetheless, his accent is quiet endearing and, according to many, he has a "wicked sense of humor."
He wrote the book The Israelis and the Palestinians -- Why do they fight? Can they stop? (September 2003), a work that looks at the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in five chapters: People, Society, Environment, Territory, and Dynamics of Political Change.
His previous book was Divided Jerusalem: Struggle for the Holy City (September 2001).
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- Referring to the Muslim attitude towards Jerusalem in the 10th-12th centuries: "as so often in the history of Jerusalem, heightened religious fervour may be explained in large measure by political necessity." (Divided Jerusalem, p11)
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