The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine is a non-fiction history book written by historian and professor Rashid Khalidi, published in January 2020. The book describes the Nakba, or the Palestinian political experience, from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 onward—when the British government effectively declared a colonial war effort on Palestine by endorsing the Zionist project—and continues through to 2017, with ongoing support from the United States.

Khalidi was born in New York City, received his undergraduate degree from Yale, and earned his PhD from Oxford before traveling to Lebanon to teach at the American University of Beirut. While serving as a professor in Beirut during a time of conflict in Lebanon, he was deeply involved in politics, acting as an independent political consultant to the PLO and as a valuable source for global media outlets. He returned to the United States in the 1980s, teaching at both Yale and the University of Chicago before joining Columbia University, where he currently holds the Edward Said Professorship of Modern Arab Studies.

Editor's Note: 

​​This book is a piece of non-fiction political history that approaches the issue of aggression toward Palestine from that perspective. Khalidi pays little attention to the theological arguments that continue to be used as justification for the slaughter of thousands of innocent people. Instead, he illustrates the issue through a modern, political, academic lens, arguing that the foundation of Israel was a British colonial project launched too late for global acceptance when all is said and done. I tend to agree with Dr. Khalidi. This book and the facts presented within it are invaluable for understanding the conflict in Palestine and should serve as a foundation for any discussion of the myriad atrocities that have plagued the Palestinian people for over a hundred years.

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