![Yehoshua Porath, 1938-2019](https://israeled.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Historical-Porath_Yehoshua-by-Tzachi-Lerner-via-Wikimedia-Commons.jpg)
Porath specialized in the history of Palestinian nationalism as a professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include “Palestine Jewry and the Arab Question, 1917-1925” and “In Search of Arab Unity, 1930-1945.” He ran for the Knesset with left-wing party Meretz in 1992 but opposed the 1993 Oslo Accords and supported Likud in 1996.
Photo: Tzachi Lerner via Wikimedia Commons