You haven't heard of this historian because he was an Israeli Jew hebrew speaker who in his youth was part of the Labour Zionist movement, who while remaining a leftist was able to apply critical thinking to its' flaws and the wider failings of the leftist movements in America and Europe from his youth that lead to the rise of neoconservatism. His greatest reason for obscurity though was his well informed and intellectually honest criticism of Israel and calls for a one state policy that lead to him becoming a persona non grata among the US Pro-Israel lobby who ensured the only mentions of him were deeply negative.
Read a sort of obituary for this guy here
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