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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

25 reviews

bookdragonkatie's review

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

shay43geek's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Gaslighting, Genocide, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Torture and Death

careinthelibrary's review

informative sad slow-paced

I enjoyed the parts about the author's life and family most, but the historical context was also enlightening. A bit dense, but consequently full of information.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: Antisemitism, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, and Islamophobia

maregred's review

dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Islamophobia, Colonisation, Racism, Death, War, and Gun 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

crybabybea's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

Well researched and detailed. Rashid Khalidi offers a unique perspective as somebody whose family has been involved in Palestinian political activism for decades, and whose uncle was an active member of the United Nations and the Reform Party's representative on the Arab Higher Committee. Khalidi presents archives of his uncle's work and research, his own experience in negotiations and activism, and other anecdotal evidence from his peers and colleagues. The combination of sources used makes for a very thorough and persuasive analysis of Palestinian history.

In The Hundred Years' War on Palestine, Khalidi makes the argument that Palestine has been under siege from different opposing forces (but all connected to Zionism) since the Balfour Declaration in 1917. He explains how Zionism, with help from not only the Western powers, but further powered from the failure of the USSR and other Arab nations, resulted in an ongoing, hundred-year-long war against Palestine and its people. 

I appreciated Khalidi's expansive analysis, and the fact that he attempted to check his own biases by explaining how Palestinian leaders and leaders of other Arab nations failed to take the necessary moves to help Palestine and its people. He also thoroughly explored just how severely the Palestinian people were set up to fail by powers around the world, and were never given a fighting chance or any authority over their future. I also thought it was interesting how Khalidi touched on how class differences affected the future of Palestine, as those of a higher class in Palestine and other Arab nations somewhat abandoned the Palestinian cause in favor of their own safety and privilege.

The actual text is quite dry and academic, made worse by my severely lacking knowledge of West Asia, its history, and its leading figures (I was googling something every 2 sentences), which made for very slow reading, but I believe the knowledge I gained thanks to the incredible research done by Rashid Khalidi makes up for the struggle I had.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Islamophobia, Death, War, and Genocide

Minor: Confinement and Torture

zombiezami's review

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

A bit dry, but very important information. I like how the author included his own experiences and family history in the narrative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Confinement, Classism, Xenophobia, Death, Murder, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Violence, Genocide, Police brutality, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Child death, Deportation, Grief, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death of parent

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

an incredibly important book, especially right now. this gave a comprehensive look into the history of Palestine, most of which i wasn’t incredibly familiar with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Colonisation, Murder, Child death, Classism, Death, Grief, and Violence

rorikae's review

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

5.0

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi is an essential book for anyone interested in learning more about Palestine. Khalidi breaks down a hundred years worth of history into digestible chapters that explore different historical moments (many of violence) in Palestine. From Britain’s colonial project to the creation of the State of Israel to the Nakba and Trump declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel, Khalidi explores each important moment with care and personal reflection. As someone who has deep ties to Palestine and saw some of these moments firsthand, Khalidi’s commentary is important and necessary. I think everyone should read this book to be more informed about what is happening in Gaza. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, Violence, War, Grief, Gun violence, and Genocide

krispyyk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

Great introduction to the history of Palestinian resistance with an emphasis on global engagement, policy, and media coverage. Mostly read like a history book, but the addition of direct experiences recounted by the author helped demonstrate the actual effects of policy and politics. I particularly appreciated the dialogue on the influence that US citizens have, it gives me hope that better days are coming for Palestinians with this new wave of American media attention

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, War, Violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Genocide, Death, Colonisation, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Religious bigotry