Later Morris would give interviews and make statements that not only were unabashedly Zionist, but he went so far as to argue that any expulsions by Israel of any Arabs that took place in 1948 were entirely justified. He largely apologized for and repudiated his early claims about Palestinian “refugees,” pleading that he had not had access to the right documents when he wrote his early book. Today he is opposed to the so-called “Two State Solution,” which would create a Palestinian state, arguing that it is not viable.
As a result of all this, in recent years Morris is the Israeli historian that the moonbats and the anti-Semites most love to hate. They have special contempt for him because, after all, he used to be one of them and “betrayed” them.
Morris is frequently singled out for the venom of the barbarians. When invited a few months back to speak at Cambridge, the local anti-Semites made a fuss and insisted that Morris be dis-invited because he is a “racist.” After all, anyone thinking Israel has the right to defend itself is considered a “racist” in such circles. His talk was canceled. This is academic freedom in Britain.
This past week, Morris was invited to speak at the London School of Economics, which - despite its name – is an institutions crawling with leftist varmints. On the way to the talk he was almost lynched by a mob of leftists and jihadists.
That full story was published in Israel’s Makor Rishon, June 24, 2011. It describes the attack on Morris as a virtual attempt at lynching. It describes how Morris was accosted on his way to the building in which the lecture was to be held by a mob of anti-Israel “activists” from the local BDS movement of economic aggression against Israel (BDS stands for “boycott, divest and sanctions”) and by local radical Islamists. They pushed and cursed him. They had gathered in the area around the building earlier and were handing out fliers accusing Morris of being an “old racist.” The paper cites Morris: “As soon as they saw me I was surrounded by a mob of Moslem hooligans, screaming and cursing at me as I advanced toward the building.” Morris added,
“I had the feeling that I was surrounded by Nazis, except that instead of black shirts these were wearing Arab scarves on their heads. They were unambiguously Islamofascists. Some of them screamed in their broken foreign English that the UK should never have allowed me into the country. I am no racist, but that term could be correctly applied to the inciters and critics I ran across at LSE.”
Once he reached the hall, the lecture proceeded, under heavy security and with police guards. Morris managed to escape and under heavy security presence he did give a talk to 300-400 students at LSE. A gay conservative blogger describes the harassment of Morris by the pro-terrorists and leftists thus:
As I walked down Kingsway, a major London thoroughfare, a small mob—I don’t think any other word is appropriate—of some dozen Muslims, Arabs and their supporters, both men and women, surrounded me and, walking alongside me for several hundred yards as I advanced towards the building where the lecture was to take place, raucously harangued and bated me with cries of “fascist,” “racist,” “England should never have allowed you in,” “you shouldn’t be allowed to speak.” Several spoke in broken, obviously newly acquired, English. Violence was thick in the air though none was actually used. Passersby looked on in astonishment, and perhaps shame, but it seemed the sight of angry bearded, caftaned Muslims was sufficient to deter any intervention. To me, it felt like Brownshirts in a street scene in 1920s Berlin—though on Kingsway no one, to the best of my recall, screamed the word “Jew.”
The Jewish Chronicle, the main Jewish weekly in the UK, described how anti-Zionists in LSE kept attacking Morris as a “racist”, “theologian” and a “social darwinist.” It describes how Morris held his own and made monkeys of those attempting to discredit him during the lecture. In particular, he silenced the trolls by documenting the fact that there was no Israeli policy at all in 1948-9 to expel “Palestinians.” His full lecture and performance can be viewed here.
What does the one-time Post-Zionist and one-time “New Historian” Morris make of almost being lynched for being a Zionist?
I do not know, but I would like to think that the odds are good that he is rededicating himself to expunging his old propaganda and doing real research that promotes the truth, or what some pseudo-academics prefer to call the “Zionist narrative.”
what morris did initially was base his "history" on partial archival records
he wasnt given access to the entirety of israeli records…and no access to arab records…
most historians would have at least noted that…but not morris
when he was given access…that was when he changed his narrative…and he also begain noting that he has yet to be given access to any of the arab archives
what is amazing about morris, is that to write his original history, he was forced to deny eyewitness and newspaper accounts
and you are right…if there is a right of return for the fakestinians…then there must be a right of return for all ethnic germans
The Arab records are not available for there aren't any.
Except for the Koran, and it's more than enough as a record of Islamic Arab deeds.
How about a return of ethnic Poles to Eastern Poland driven out in a campaign of ethnic cleansing by the Soviet Union? http://www.stalinsethniccleansing.com/nextnn.htm
If Benny Morris was a liar in the beginning who cleaned him up made him righteous in the end? A matter of fact Morris did not take back most of what he found in his research but changed his opinion and reasoning saying what Israel was unavoidable and justified
Yes, this is true. He believed ethnic cleansing in this case was an evil necessary for the survival of the State of Israel and the prevention of perennial conflict.
When he got it wrong he was a hero. When he corrected that he was a monster. I've known of certain religious groups here in the US that when a convert recants, the members of the "church" harass the apostate at home and at work. You can't get away from these nuts.
And the Muslims, kill you.
Our own David Horowitz has spent the second half of his life atoning for the first. He is a splendid example of the (rapidly disappearing) human capacity for self-reflection and acceptance of personal responsibility. If only we were all as predisposed to righting our wrongs, the world wouldn't be the cesspool of hatred that it is.
In "Defending the West", Ibn Warraq discusses what Chezwick_mac describes as "human capacity for self-reflection and acceptance of personal responsibility" under the rubric of "self-criticism", one of three attributes of Western culture (the other two being rationalism and universalism). It's thus not a "human" capacity as some cultures (Islamic most prominently) seem to have little capacity for self-criticism. If something turns out badly it's either God's will (insh'allah) or the fault of someone else – most commonly colonialists, "Crusaders", the West, or Jews.
"If anyone abandons anti-Israel partisanship, kill him."
But I'm paraphrasing.
Morris' evolution in thought is like that of David Horowitz, Christopher Hitchens and too few others who tempered their youthful passion with experience and observation and came to understand. Liberalism is like bed wetting and thumb sucking, entirely age appropriate but life patterns best left behind as one matures.
Prof. Benny Morris "was almost lynched by a mob of leftists and jihadists", "they pushed and cursed him", they accuse him of being "an old racist" .. ze b'seder Now, at last, he has experienced a little reality instead of talking his head off about something he knew nothing about.
What a blessing from G-D for Benny Morris that he now speaks the truth about Israel! G-D bless and protect him!
Muslim immigrant mob:“fascist,” “racist,” “England should never have allowed you in,” “you shouldn’t be allowed to speak.”
It is these Muslims who England should NEVER have allowed in! They are cursing Britain. They are vehemently against TRUTH. Vehemently against free speech. Send them back to their countries now!
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Good piece. But it is "jibe" not "jive" (you jive turkey)
a piece of garbage !!! plaut and dershowitz are the reasons finkelstein still sells his books.
morris is morris. he's his own man and does not need to be put in a mold specially not from
an unknown business professor whose only outlet is frontpage mag.
Anti-semitism is why Norman the Neonazi Finkelstein finds people to buy his "books."
Plaut is hardly unknown.
Josh on the other hand is a horse's arse
Lets hope more people wake up and change their ways to do good for mankind instead of destroy it.
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Ugh, a nest of zionist racists!! we need to do an exorcism or something
An article and video of the actual 'lynching' of Benny Morris outside the LSE
http://www.inminds.co.uk/article.php?id=10514
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Please learn the difference between "jibe" and "jive". This is one of the worst grammatical errors around!