Zvi Elpeleg

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Zvi Elpeleg was Israel's ambassador to Turkey from 1995 to 1997.^[1] He was the military governor of Gaza,^[2] and was Israel's first military governor of the West Bank.^[3] He later entered academia, becoming an Arabist at the Dayan Institute.^[3] He authored a biography of Mohammad Amin al-Husayni.^[4]

[edit] Mufti's biography

According to Eric Rouleau, specialist of the Middle-East and former ambassador of France in Tunisia and Turkey^[5], the work of Elpeleg as well as the biography published at the same period by Palestinian historian Philip Matar are, in his own quotes, «objective ». Elpeleg « rehabilitates [the Mufti] in pointing out the services he gave to the Palestinian cause » and pictures the Mufti « in the years 20 and 30 as the first of the anti-imperialist of the area because he fought (...) Great-Britain, Mandatory power and lead the (...) 1936-1936 uprising whose main purpose was to gain the independence of Palestinian people. ». For Elpeleg, « Haj Amin is a man "out-of-norm", comparable to Chaim Weizmann, David Ben Gurion or even Theodor Herzl. » Eric Rouleau concludes in stating that : « Former military governor at Gaza and in Cisjordan, who were formerly considered as a "hawk", Zvi Elpeleg testifies the evolution of minds in Israel where his book received the best welcome in media ».^[6]

[edit] External links

Zvi Elpeleg, Why was 'Independent Palestine' Never Created in 1948 ?, published in The Jerusalem Quarterly, 50, Spring 1989, retrieved from Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, January 6, 2008.

[edit] References

^ Nachmani, Amikam (2003). Turkey: Facing a New Millenniium : Coping With Intertwined Conflicts. Manchester University Press, 209. ISBN 0719063701.
^ Fisk, Robert (2001-06-01). Obituary: Faisal Husseini. The Independent (London).
^ ^a ^b Teitelbaum, Sheldon (January 2000). One on One: Portrait of Michal Snunit. Hasassah Magazine.
^ Zvi Elpeleg, The Grand Mufti: Haj Amin Al-Hussaini, Founder of the Palestinian National Movement, Frank Cass Publishers, 1991. ISBN 0714641006.
^ Françoise Germain-Robin, Eric Rouleau donne son opinion sur le Proche-Orient ("Eric Rouleau gives his mind on the Middle-East"), L'Humanité, December 1, 1993, retrieved from the newspaper website January 6, 2008.
^ Eric Rouleau, Qui était le Mufti de Jérusalem ("Who was the Mufti of Jerusalem"), published in Le Monde diplomatique, august 1994, p.8; retrieved from the review's website on January 6, 2008.