Mordechai Nisan

Mordechai Nisan (Hebrew: מרדכי ניסן, born 24 June 1947) is an Israeli professor and scholar of Middle East Studies at the Rothberg International School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He taught also at Bar-Ilan University, the Open University, and the University of the Holy Land in addition to some Israeli colleges.

Academic career
Mordechai Nisan was a contributing expert to the Ariel Center for Policy Research and a research consultant for the Jerusalem Institute for Western Defense. Nisan has written extensively in English and Hebrew. He holds a Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal. He has been described as a proponent of the counter-jihadist worldview of Bat Ye'or.

Published works

 * "The Syrian occupation of Lebanon", NATIV, Ariel Center for Policy Research, Volume Thirteen, Number 3 (74), June 2000.
 * "The War of Islam Against Minorities in the Middle East," in Muhammad's Monsters, 2004
 * "Kadima's Treachery Must be Punished at the Polls" March 27, 2006
 * "Kadima's Treachery Must be Punished at the Polls" March 27, 2006


 * (1977): The Arab-Israeli Conflict, A Political Guide for the Perplexed. The Joshua Group.
 * (1978): Israel and the Territories A study in Control 1967-1977. Ramat Gan: Turtledove. ISBN 978-965-200-005-7.
 * (1982): American Middle East Foreign Policy: A Political Reevaluation. Griffin, GA: Dawn Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-9690001-1-2.
 * (1991): Toward A New Israel: The Jewish State and the Arab Question. New York: AMS Press. ISBN 978-0-404-61631-1.
 * (1999): Identity and Civilization: Essays on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-1356-9.
 * (2002): Minorities in the Middle East: A History of Struggle and Self-Expression (2nd ed.). McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-1375-1.
 * (2003): The Conscience of Lebanon: A Political Biography of Etienne Sakr (Abu-Arz). London: Routledge Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7146-8378-2.
 * (2011): Only Israel West of the River: The Jewish State and the Palestinian Question. Createspace.com. ISBN 978-1-4610-2726-3.
 * (2015) Politics and War in Lebanon: Unraveling the Enigma, Transaction Publishers.
 * (2019) The Crack-up of the Israeli Left, Mantua Books.