Avi Shlaim is a professor emeritus of international relations at the University of Oxford and a fellow of the British Academy. His books include “War and Peace in the Middle East: A Concise History” (1995); “The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World” (2014); “Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace” (2007); and “Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations” (2009).