Biography
Professor Eran Eldar is the author of four academic books: After ’77: The Labor Party Between Political Rivalry, Ethnicity, and Violence, on the Road to the Tenth Knesset Elections, 1977–1981 (Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House, 2025); Attrition: Army and Civilians on the Northeast Front, 1967–1970 (Bar-Ilan University Press, 2022), which won the Moldovan Prize for Military Literature, received a special mention of excellence from the Yitzhak Sade Prize for Military Literature, and was included on Haaretz’s list of the best books of the year; The Road to ’77: The Collapse of the Hegemony of the Labor Party, 1965–1977 (Am-Oved, 2018); and By Its Own Efforts: The Urban Development of Tel Aviv in the Twilight of the British Mandate and the First Decades of the State of Israel (Resling, 2013).
He is also co-author of The History of Tel Aviv, vol. 3, A Rejuvenating City (Ramot, Tel Aviv University). Eldar received his Ph.D. in Jewish History from Tel Aviv University. Most recently, he published a chapter titled “Between Holiness and Secularity: Jerusalem Versus Tel Aviv—Image, Relations, and Economy” in Jerusalem Book 1948–1973 (Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem, 2023). He has served as a visiting professor at many universities in Israel, Europe, Canada, and the United States, including Tel Aviv University, Paris 8 University, the University of Calgary, and the University of Maryland. He has published many academic articles in English, Hebrew, and French that have been highly praised in academic journals.
Interests
Professor Eldar is an interdisciplinary researcher in the field of Israel studies. His primary research interests include the geographical, social, cultural, and political history of the State of Israel and the Middle East. He also studies the military history of Israel and the connections among the military, the government, and society in Israel. His publications reflect a particular interest in the urban development of Israel, Israeli politics, and communication in Israel. Professor Eldar also studies the Middle East more broadly, including relations among Middle Eastern countries in the 1960s and 1970s, military confrontations between Israel and the Arab states in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the military history of the region.