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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
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99/100Author:
Rashid Khalidi
Publisher:
Metropolitan Books
Date:
January 28, 2020
A history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict told from the Palestinian perspective, arguing the period since the Balfour Declaration of 1917 has amounted to 100 years of colonial war against the Palestinians.
What The Reviewers Say
All of this can read like a chronicle of never-ending struggle.
[Khalidi] skillfully balances his professional analysis of historical and diplomatic documents with insights of his own and his relatives who had leadership roles throughout the 20th century.
Khalidi is one of the world’s foremost academic scholars on the topic of Palestinian identity and nationalism. Beyond its provocative title and occasional sharp insight, however, his Hundred Years’ War on Palestine feels a rather thin achievement.
Khalidi tells the story of the colonised well. Less complete is his depiction of the coloniser. He acknowledges that Israel differs from other colonial projects, but hesitates to explore the matter deeply.
