Alexandroni Brigade
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The Alexandroni Brigade (the 3rd Brigade) was an Israeli brigade that fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
In 1998, Teddy Katz received an A+ grade from Haifa University for a master's thesis which claimed that the Alexandroni Brigade committed a massacre in the Arab village of Tantura during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The veterans of the brigade sued Katz for libel. During the court hearing Katz conceded by issuing a statement withdrawing his own work. He then tried to withdraw his statement, but the court disallowed it and ruled against him. Some of Katz's legal costs were paid by the Palestinian Authority. Meanwhile a committee at Haifa University found serious problems with the thesis, including "quotations" that were contradicted by Katz's records of interview. The university suspended his degree and asked him to resubmit his thesis. The new thesis was given a "second-class" pass.
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- Interview with Ilan Peppe about Teddy Katz and the AUT boycott (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/572912.html), Haaretz
- Teddy Katz affair (http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=203871&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y), Haaretz
- PLO Financed Academic Fraud at the University of Haifa (http://www.ourjerusalem.com/hotnews/story/hotnews20020903a.html), Dr. Aaron Lerner IMRA September 1, 2002