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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

18 reviews

bookish_afrolatina's review

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

This was an incredibly personal and yet measured and succinct book on Palestinian struggles since 1917. I learned so much about the creation of Israel, the failings of past Palestinian freedom movements, and the current state of affairs. 

Khalidi’s conclusion is powerful and offers ways to move towards peace. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Religious bigotry, Racism, Genocide, Colonisation, and Murder

craigpwmoroney's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This is a challenging read/listen. It has lived experience of the author and thier family in the book. It gives an balance and comprehensive examination and experience of the colonisation of Israel and Palestinian life. 

This is a must read for anyone who wants to know about the history of the Palestine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Hate crime, Genocide, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

bellaw15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Death, Genocide, and Police brutality

Minor: Racism, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia

tashtasher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Genocide, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Murder, War, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Violence

bookdragonkatie's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

4.5

Definitely think this is one I’ll need a physical copy of to reread and take notes. The narrator was fantastic, but it was very dense and without the ability to easily flip back and forth, I know I missed a lot of information. Still, highly recommend and believe this is an informative and necessary history for all to read and learn about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, War, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Death, and Genocide

jengoertz's review

challenging informative tense slow-paced

4.0

An in depth analysis of the events and politics that have plagued the Palestinian people over the last 100 years. 

A bit dense to get through if you don't frequently read historical non-fiction, but worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Religious bigotry, Deportation, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War

ndpmclean's review

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

I am giving this 5.0 not necessarily because I enjoyed the read, because it was tough and slow going. But I am giving it 5.0 because I think it has given me confidence in knowing more about the historical context that makes our current global situation so temultuous. This is essential reading.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Genocide, Colonisation, Hate crime, and Islamophobia

morethanmylupus's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

This was so informative and filled in a lot of knowledge gaps I had about Palestine and how we got to where we are now. It's dry reading, but Khalidi filled in his own family's history and that gave it a bit more narrative structure beyond the dry historical info. I wish I'd read this when it first published as it would have helped me speak more knowledgeably on the subject, particularly during the past few months. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, War, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Colonisation, and Violence

bergha1998's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

This is a heavy and important book. It was hard to see how many lies I’d been told as an American and just fully believed until October of 2023. I really liked the personal stories mixed in by the author; they did an excellent job of framing it in humanity better than if the whole book was just focused on the history. 

History, Warfare and Colonialism

“The surest way to eradicate a people’s right to their land is to deny their historical connection to it.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Police brutality, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Child death, Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gore, Grief, and War

amandakitz's review

challenging hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Rashid Khalidi's history of the occupation in Palestine demonstrates his skills as a scholar as well as the importance of proximity to the conflict to bypass propaganda. Israel and the U.S. had strengths not only in sheer military force in the region but in their PR and propaganda campaigns, turning the world against the Palestinian cause. Khalidi's work counters that narrative skillfully through personal experience, interviews, scholarship, and proximity to the conflict. 

Through the eyes of Khalidi, whose family, friends, and homeland in the Occupied Territories and in the diaspora were impacted severely by the Israeli occupation, we see an accounting of history from someone who has lived it. In his accounts of his father's and his own work in the UN and the contacts he had with the Fatah and the PLO, we see that he is not merely writing through personal experience as a Palestinian nor through pure scholarship as a leading historian in Palestinian Studies, but also as an advisor and envoy in peace talks with key leaders and politicians throughout the latter decades of the conflict. The personal, professional, and scholarly influences on his perspective form a well-rounded, clear picture of the situation and the factors at play.

Khalidi's writing style is far from dry and makes the complicated history of various Palestinian resistance groups and organizations easy to follow. The book was extremely well-organized, well-researched, and well-written, a masterclass in providing depth of scholarship without compromising accessibility. For those beginning the work of seeking the truth behind the propaganda, this is an excellent book I can easily recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Genocide, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, and Islamophobia

Crucial history of war necessarily contains descriptions of war, and crucial history of violent oppression and colonization necessarily contains descriptions of colonial violence, oppression, intentionally targeting civilians, and genocidal rhetoric, policies, and military campaigns. Engage with the understanding that, depending on your background, additional self-care and pacing may be required.