May 31, 2002

Critic of Israel May Face Discipline

By HAIM WATZMAN

Ilan Pappe, a tenured political scientist at the University of Haifa who is prominent in the "new historian" movement in Israel, says he is facing a disciplinary hearing to dismiss him because of his political views. He and others in the movement have been critical of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.

But Yossi Ben-Artzi, dean of the humanities, who is behind the hearing, says it is not Mr. Pappe's political views but his attacks on his colleagues that require his