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July 27, 2026

An Israeli-American Historian Jettisons Scholarship to Libel His Homeland

Omar Bartov: what went wrong?

In his recent book, Israel: What Wrong?, Omar Bartov—a highly regarded kibbutz-born historian of World War II—declares that the Jewish state has committed genocide in Gaza, its entire citizenry is guilty, and Zionism is a failure. Bartov has just penned a second piece for the New York Times using his authority as a “genocide scholar” to back up his claims, but the truth is he was among those champing at the bit to equate Israelis to Nazis since at least November of 2023.

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