Why Denise loves this book
This book provided important historical grounding on the current Israeli war on Gaza. It demonstrated the throughlines in Israeli Settler Colonialism and the heavy price Palestinians have paid. This book shows that the current crisis is part of a longer attack on Palestinians.
7 authors picked The Hundred Years' War on Palestine as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Shortlisted for the 2020 Cundill History Prize
'Riveting and original ... a work enriched by solid scholarship, vivid personal experience, and acute appreciation of the concerns and aspirations of the contending parties in this deeply unequal conflict ' Noam Chomsky
The twentieth century for Palestine and the Palestinians has been a century of denial: denial of statehood, denial of nationhood and denial of history. The Hundred Years War on Palestine is Rashid Khalidi's powerful response. Drawing on his family archives, he reclaims the fundamental right of any people: to narrate their history on their own…
