RICHARD LANDES

• Born: June 26, 1949
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Richard Allen Landes is an American historian and author. He coined the term "Pallywood" for what he considers the practice of staged filming of evidence against Israel for the benefit of the Palestinian people in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He currently serves as an associate professor in the Department of History at Boston University. Landes was the director of the now quiescent Center for Millennial Studies. Landes is the son of the late Harvard Professor of Economics and History David S. Landes.