Breaking the Iron Wall: How Avi Shlaim Came to Reject Zionism

Why the left must be anti-Zionist.

Celebrated historian Avi Shlaim, once a committed Zionist, reveals the personal and historical journey that led him to reject Zionism. From his childhood as an Arab Jew in Iraq to his response to the genocide in Gaza, Shlaim dismantles long-held myths about Israel’s creation.

He also exposes how he has been excluded from interviews on mainstream platforms including the BBC in the UK throughout the duration of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Avi Shlaim is an historian and author, and is a Emeritus Fellow of St Antonys College and a Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford.

Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza.