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Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and a leading historian of the Middle East. He has written extensively on Palestinian identity, nationalism, and U.
Known for: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
A landmark historical account that reframes the Israeli–Palestinian conflict as a century-long war against the Palestinian people. Drawing on personal family archives and diplomatic records, Rashid Khalidi traces the evolution of settler colonialism and Palestinian resistance from the Balfour Declaration of 1917 through the twenty-first century. The book offers a deeply informed narrative of dispossession, occupation, and resilience, challenging dominant Western perspectives on the conflict.
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The Balfour Declaration (1917): Imperial Promises and the Seeds of Dispossession
The story begins with Britain’s imperial ambition at the height of World War I. When I examine the Balfour Declaration, I see not a simple diplomatic statement but a document drenched in colonial arrogance. Britain promised a 'national home for the Jewish people' in Palestine—a land that was already...
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The Mandate Period (1920–1948): Bureaucracy of Colonization and the Birth of Resistance
Under British rule, Palestine was transformed both administratively and demographically. From Jerusalem to Jaffa, the British Mandate operated as a colonial apparatus designed to implement the Balfour Declaration while maintaining an illusion of civil governance. I describe in the book how the Manda...
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About Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and a leading historian of the Middle East. He has written extensively on Palestinian identity, nationalism, and U.S. policy in the region, and is recognized for his scholarly and public contributions to unders...
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Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and a leading historian of the Middle East. He has written extensively on Palestinian identity, nationalism, and U.S. policy in the region, and is recognized for his scholarly and public contributions to unders...
Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and a leading historian of the Middle East. He has written extensively on Palestinian identity, nationalism, and U.S. policy in the region, and is recognized for his scholarly and public contributions to understanding the Arab–Israeli conflict.
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