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A Palestinian historian’s account of a century of colonial war on Palestine, blending archival research with family history and pivotal events.
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A Palestinian historian’s account of a century of colonial war on Palestine, blending archival research with family history and pivotal events.
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A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore Herzl: the country had an indigenous people who would not easily accept their own displacement. He warned of the perils ahead, ending his note, “in the name of God,...
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Detailed accounts of wars, massacres, invasions, and mass civilian casualties
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Brief references, including a historical letter invoking God
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Central thesis on settler colonialism, imperialism, and Palestinian resistance
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Sustained focus on dispossession, exile, occupation, and civilian persecution
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