The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917--2017

By: Rashid Khalidi

Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi, Rashid Khalidi - introduction

Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

This program includes an introduction read by the author.

A landmark history of 100 years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.

In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore Herzl: the country had an indigenous people who would not easily accept their own displacement. He warned of the perils ahead, ending his note, “in the name of God, let Palestine be left alone.” Thus Rashid Khalidi, al-Khalidi’s great-great-nephew, begins this sweeping history, the first general account of the conflict told from an explicitly Palestinian perspective.

Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members - mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists - The Hundred Years' War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash between two peoples with claims to the same territory. Instead, Khalidi traces a hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age. He highlights the key episodes in this colonial campaign, from the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the destruction of Palestine in 1948, from Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon to the endless and futile peace process.

Original, authoritative, and important, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine is not a chronicle of victimization, nor does it whitewash the mistakes of Palestinian leaders or deny the emergence of national movements on both sides. In reevaluating the forces arrayed against the Palestinians, it offers an illuminating new view of a conflict that continues to this day.

Cover photograph © Amnon Bar Or--Tal Gazit Architects Ltd

©2020 Rashid Khalidi (P)2020 Macmillan Audio

critical history for all

crucial history not taught to the American public. we need to understand American interventionism and it's role in an unstable middle east

A concise history of the Conflict

An easy to understand summary of the region and the conflict. A very good book. 👍🏽

An Actual History from the Beginning

A sweeping history. Often difficult to follow the intricate factions, but well worth the effort to try.

Brilliant!

This work is an excellent account of the history of Israeli apartheid. It is great as an introductory text but also as a piece of historical scholarship.

Nice

Could have been longer. Could have been more pointed. But interesting history plus first hand account.

Holistic narration of the last 100 years

Covers a perspective that is missing in almost all media…the first 2 chapters are a bit underwhelming then transitions into an interesting narration of is taking place in the land.

This is by far the best summary of one of the most polarizing conflicts of our generation.

I recommend this to anyone wanting a deep understanding of how we got here. Connecting the dots to one of the most polarizing and important conflicts of our times. Understanding one of the last colonizing powers connecting humans to a very barbarous and uncivil pasts to a move civilized and equal future

Worth every minute

I learned about the Palestine oppression 40+ years ago. The outrage I felt for the Palestinian people has never faded. I have worked hard at being informed by reliable sources but found an avalanche about the Israeli perspective and very little from the Palestinian perspective. I will keep the book and listen to it many times. I have already recommended it to my daughter who recently heard something in a news source and asked me to tell her more. I am so happy this is coming to light. There is still time to save the Palestinian people. Thank you so much for writing this book.

Informative and Well-presented

Khalidi presents a thorough and coherent summation of a long and complicated history. He comes from a particular vantage point, of course, but even still, he does not shy away from the nuance, even when it’s challenging to his own “side.” Would recommend to anyone.

A Thought-Provoking, Educational & Gripping Read!

I am not a big non-fiction consumer of books. However, this is a MUST for all who wish to have a deeper understanding of the root cause of the Israel-Palestine struggle. It is an eye-opening, beautifully written, easy to follow historical narrative which I whole-heartedly recommend. Thank you for walking me through the history of this controversial tragedy about a persistent people who have lost and endured so much as the rest of humanity turned a blind eye and in many cases conspired against.