The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
First edition
AuthorRashid Khalidi
LanguageEnglish
Subject20th–21st century history of Palestine
GenreHistory
Published2020
PublisherMetropolitan Books
ISBN978-1-627-79855-6
OCLC1150009229

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 is a 2020 book by Rashid Khalidi, in which the author describes the Zionist claim to Palestine in the century spanning 1917–2017 as late settler colonialism and an instrument of British and then later American imperialism,[1] doing so by focusing on a series of six major episodes the author characterizes as "declarations of war" on the Palestinian people.[2][3][4] In the book, Khalidi—historian and Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University—argues that the struggle in Palestine should be understood, not as one between two equal national movements fighting over the same land, but rather as "a colonial war waged against the indigenous population, by a variety of parties, to force them to relinquish their homeland to another people against their will."[3][4]

In addition to the more traditional sources and methods employed by a historian, Khalidi draws on family archives, stories passed down through his family from generation to generation, and his own experiences, as an activist in various circles and as someone who has been involved in negotiations among Palestinian groups and with Israelis.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b Anderson, Lisa (September–October 2020). "The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 (Review)". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. ^ Anderson, Scott (28 January 2020). "Is There Any Way to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b Rubner, Michael (June 2020). "The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017". Middle East Policy. 27 (2). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell: 173–177. doi:10.1111/mepo.12504. ISSN 1061-1924. S2CID 225827969.
  4. ^ a b c Hughes, Matthew (7 May 2020). "The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi review – conquest and resistance". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2022.