Summary Of The Hundred Years of War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi:A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917 - 2017 - A Comprehensive Summary #748916

The Hundred Years of War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine" by Rashid Khalidi, published in 2020, offers a historical analysis of the conflict in Palestine over a century, from 1917 to 2017. 

Khalidi, a historian and professor at Columbia University, frames the Zionist claim to Palestine as an instance of late settler colonialism, backed first by British and then American imperialism. He characterizes this period as involving six major "declarations of war" against the Palestinian people.
The book opens by examining an 1889 correspondence between Yusuf Diya ad-Din Pasha al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem and Khalidi's relative, and Theodor Herzl, a prominent figure in Zionism. 

This exchange is used to illustrate the colonial nature of Zionism from its inception, emphasizing the marginalization of Palestinian perspectives.