Robert Tignor is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University. Professor Tignor teaches courses in African history and world history and has done research on British colonialism and its aftermath and the modern histories of Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya. Recently, Professor Tignor, along with a number of colleagues drafted a public statement calling for the complete denuclearization of the Middle East. And it has been signed by many concerned intellectuals and activists, including Ralph and past guests on this program, Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges.

“I think it’s becoming very, very difficult to call Israel a democracy, especially with the passage of this nationality law, which says Israel is a Jewish state. It basically disenfranchises the privileges of the non-Jews.” Princeton history professor Robert Tignor, co-author of a petition calling for the denuclearization of the Middle East.