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careinthelibrary's review
Graphic: War, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, Genocide, and Death
Moderate: Antisemitism, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, and Islamophobia
eslsilver's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: War, Islamophobia, and Colonisation
stormborn_13's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation
Moderate: War and Islamophobia
maregred's review
4.0
Moderate: Islamophobia, Colonisation, Racism, Death, War, and Gun violence
ndpmclean's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Genocide, Colonisation, Hate crime, and Islamophobia
rachelfayreads's review
4.0
Graphic: Islamophobia, Violence, Antisemitism, War, Colonisation, and Xenophobia
amandakitz's review against another edition
5.0
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.
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.crybabybea's review against another edition
5.0
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.
Graphic: Colonisation, Islamophobia, Death, War, and Genocide
Minor: Confinement and Torture
shellybelly108's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Islamophobia, and War
zombiezami's review
4.0
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