Palestina

Introducing Palestina Book: A groundbreaking historical account of the hundred years of war against the Palestinians, told by the leading American historian of the Middle East and narrated through crucial events and family history.

In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, the mayor of Jerusalem, deeply concerned about the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter addressed to Theodore Herzl: the country had an indigenous people who would not easily accept their own displacement. He warned of the impending dangers and concluded his note by saying, "in the name of God, Palestine should be left in peace". Thus, Rashid Khalidi, al-Khalidi's great-grandson, initiates this extensive history, the first comprehensive account of the conflict from an explicitly Palestinian perspective.

This remarkable book challenges accepted interpretations of the conflict, which often describe a tragic clash between two peoples claiming the same territory. Drawing on a wealth of previously unexplored archival material and reports from generations of family members - mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists - 'The Hundred Years War in Palestine' traces a century of colonial warfare against the Palestinians, first waged by the Zionist movement and later by Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the major powers of the time.

From the Balfour Declaration of 1917 to the destruction of Palestine in 1948, from the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 to the endless and futile peace process, key episodes of this colonial campaign are highlighted. This authoritative work offers an original and important perspective by reevaluating the forces arrayed against the Palestinians, presenting a new and enlightening vision of a conflict that persists to this day.

‘The Hundred Years War in Palestine’ is not a chronicle of victimhood, nor does it whitewash the mistakes of Palestinian leaders or deny the emergence of national movements on both sides. It is a balanced and fair assessment of a complex history.

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