Rashid Khalidi

Una historia de referencia sobre los cien años de guerra contra los palestinos de la mano del principal historiador estadounidense de Oriente Medio, contada a través de acontecimientos cruciales y de la historia familiar En 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, alcalde de Jerusalen, alarmado por el llamamiento sionista a crear un hogar nacional judio en Palestina, escribio una carta dirigida a Theodore Herzl: el pais tenia un pueblo indigena que no aceptaria facilmente su propio desplazamiento. Advirtio de los peligros que se avecinaban y termino su nota diciendo: "en nombre de Dios, que se deje a Palestina en paz". Asi, Rashid Khalidi, tataranieto de al-Khalidi, comienza esta amplia historia, el primer relato general del conflicto contado desde una perspectiva explicitamente palestina. Basandose en una gran cantidad de material de archivo sin explotar y en los informes de generaciones de miembros de la familia -alcaldes, jueces, eruditos, diplomaticos y periodistas-, ?La Guerra de los Cien Años en Palestina? pone en entredicho las interpretaciones aceptadas del conflicto, que tienden, en el mejor de los casos, a describir un tragico enfrentamiento entre dos pueblos que reclaman el mismo territorio. En su lugar, Khalidi traza cien años de guerra colonial contra los palestinos, librada primero por el movimiento sionista y luego por Israel, pero respaldada por Gran Bretaña y Estados Unidos, las grandes potencias de la epoca. Destaca los episodios clave de esta campaña colonial, desde la Declaracion Balfour de 1917 hasta la destruccion de Palestina en 1948, desde la invasion israeli del Libano en 1982 hasta el interminable e inutil proceso de paz. Original, autorizada e importante, ?La guerra de los cien años en Palestina? no es una cronica de victimismo, ni blanquea los errores de los dirigentes palestinos ni niega la aparicion de movimientos nacionales en ambos bandos. Al reevaluar las fuerzas desplegadas contra los palestinos, ofrece una nueva y esclarecedora vision de un conflicto que continua hasta nuestros dias.

Begun as the United States moved its armed forces into Iraq, Rashid Khalidi's powerful and thoughtful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the region and analyzes the likely outcome of our most recent Middle East incursions. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the political and cultural history of the entire region as well as interviews and documents, Khalidi paints a chilling scenario of our present situation and yet offers a tangible alternative that can help us find the path to peace rather than Empire.We all know that those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Sadly, as Khalidi reveals with clarity and surety, America's leaders seem blindly committed to an ahistorical path of conflict, occupation, and colonial rule. Our current policies ignore rather than incorporate the lessons of experience. American troops in Iraq have seen first hand the consequences of U.S. led "democratization" in the region. The Israeli/Palestinian conflict seems intractable, and U.S. efforts in recent years have only inflamed the situation. The footprints America follows have led us into the same quagmire that swallowed our European forerunners. Peace and prosperity for the region are nowhere in sight.This cogent and highly accessible book provides the historical and cultural perspective so vital to understanding our present situation and to finding and pursuing a more effective and just foreign policy.

Rashid Khalidi's powerful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the Middle East and analyzes the likely outcomes of the U.S.A's most recent incursions in the region. Begun as the United States and Britain moved their forces into Iraq, and specially updated for this U.K.

Winner of the 2014 Lionel Trilling Book AwardAn examination of the failure of the United States as a broker in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, through three key historical moments For more than seven decades the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people has raged on with no end in sight, and for much of that time, the United States has been involved as a mediator in the conflict. In this book,acclaimed historian Rashid Khalidi zeroes in on the United Statess role as the purported impartial broker in this failed peace process. Khalidi closely analyzes three historical moments that illuminate how the United States involvement has, in fact, thwarted progress toward peace between Israel and Palestine. The first moment he investigates is the Reagan Plan of 1982, when Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin refused to accept the Reagan administrations proposal to reframe the Camp David Accords more impartially. The second moment covers the period after the Madrid Peace Conference, from 1991 to 1993, during which negotiations between Israel and Palestine were brokered by the United States until the signing of the secretly negotiated Oslo accords. Finally, Khalidi takes on President Barack Obamas retreat from plans to insist on halting the settlements in the West Bank. Through in-depth research into and keen analysis of these three moments, as well as his own firsthand experience as an advisor to the Palestinian delegation at the 1991 preOslo negotiations in Washington, DC, Khalidi reveals how the United States and Israel have actively colluded to prevent a Palestinian state and resolve the situation in Israels favor. Brokers of Deceit bares the truth about why peace in the Middle East has been impossible to achieve: for decades, US policymakers have masqueraded as unbiased agents working to bring the two sides together, when, in fact, they have been the agents of continuing injustice, effectively preventing the difficult but essential steps needed to achieve peace in the region.

Neste artigo, Rashid Khalidi analisa a guerra em curso em Gaza no contexto da história de mais de cem anos de guerra contra a Palestina. Longe de ser uma disputa ancestral entre religiões ou povos, t

Selon une opinion largement répandue, les Palestiniens ont tiré leur identité comme peuple de leur conflit avec le mouvement sioniste. Leur position récurrente de perdants de l’histoire a évidemment

Begun as the United States moved its armed forces into Iraq, Rashid Khalidis powerful and thoughtful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the region and analyzes the likely outcome of our most recent Middle East incursions. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the political and cultural history of the entire region as well as interviews and documents, Khalidi paints a chilling scenario of our present situation and yet offers a tangible alternative that can help us find the path to peace rather than Empire.We all know that those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Sadly, as Khalidi reveals with clarity and surety, Americas leaders seem blindly committed to an ahistorical path of conflict, occupation, and colonial rule. Our current policies ignore rather than incorporate the lessons of experience. American troops in Iraq have seen first hand the consequences of U.S. led "democratization" in the region. The Israeli/Palestinian conflict seems intractable, and U.S. efforts in recent years have only inflamed the situation. The footprints America follows have led us into the same quagmire that swallowed our European forerunners. Peace and prosperity for the region are nowhere in sight.This cogent and highly accessible book provides the historical and cultural perspective so vital to understanding our present situation and to finding and pursuing a more effective and just foreign policy.

A brilliant and sobering critique of the Palestinian failure to achieve statehood, by a major Palestinian historian and political commentatorAt a time when a lasting peace between Palestinians and Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of the longest-running conflict in the Middle East is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In "The Iron Cage", Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the Middle East, examines the Palestinians struggle for statehood, presenting a succinct and insightful history of the people and their leadership throughout the twentieth century. Ranging from the Palestinian struggle against colonial rule and the establishment of the State of Israel, through the eras of the PLO, the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas, this is an unflinching and sobering critique of the Palestinian failure to achieve statehood, as well as a balanced account of the odds ranged against them. Lucid yet challenging, Rashid Khalidis engrossing narrative of this tortuous history is required reading for anyone concerned about peace in the Middle East.

Quiconque veut comprendre les origines profondes et les dynamiques actuelles de la question palestinienne devrait lire Cent ans de guerre contre la Palestine. Peu douvrages offrent une vision aussi complete et accessible dun conit qui a commence bien avant le 7 octobre 2023 et dont la n nest pas previsible. Sappuyant sur des archives jusqualors inexploitees et sur les recits de plusieurs generations de membres de sa famille, lhistorien Rashid Khalidi bouleverse les interpretations communement admises qui tendent, au mieux, a decrire le conit israelo-palestinien comme un affrontement tragique entre deux peuples revendiquant la meme terre. Il semploie plutot a retracer un siecle de guerre coloniale menee contre une population autochtone, dabord par le mouvement sioniste, puis par Israel, soutenu par la Grande-Bretagne et les Etats-Unis. Il met en lumiere les episodes cles de cette campagne coloniale, de la declaration Balfour de 1917 a la destruction de la Palestine en 1948, de linvasion du Liban par Israel en 1982 aux echecs des processus de paix contemporains. Loin de tout recit victimaire, louvrage de Rashid Khalidi nocculte ni les erreurs des responsables palestiniens, ni le role des dirigeants arabes, ni celui de lemergence de mouvements nationaux. Contribution majeure a lhistoriographie du Moyen-Orient, Cent ans de guerre contre la Palestine nous permet de comprendre comment des evenements de toutes sortes a lechelle locale, regionale et surtout internationale se sont conjugues pour deposseder progressivement les Palestiniens de leur pays. Il offre un regard original et passionnant sur le conit le plus inextricable du Moyen-Orient.

Quiconque veut comprendre les origines profondes et les dynamiques actuelles de la question palestinienne devrait lire Cent ans de guerre contre la Palestine. Peu douvrages offrent une vision aussi complete et accessible dun conit qui a commence bien avant le 7 octobre 2023 et dont la n nest pas previsible. Sappuyant sur des archives jusqualors inexploitees et sur les recits de plusieurs generations de membres de sa famille, lhistorien Rashid Khalidi bouleverse les interpretations communement admises qui tendent, au mieux, a decrire le conit israelo-palestinien comme un affrontement tragique entre deux peuples revendiquant la meme terre. Il semploie plutot a retracer un siecle de guerre coloniale menee contre une population autochtone, dabord par le mouvement sioniste, puis par Israel, soutenu par la Grande-Bretagne et les Etats-Unis. Il met en lumiere les episodes cles de cette campagne coloniale, de la declaration Balfour de 1917 a la destruction de la Palestine en 1948, de linvasion du Liban par Israel en 1982 aux echecs des processus de paix contemporains. Loin de tout recit victimaire, louvrage de Rashid Khalidi nocculte ni les erreurs des responsables palestiniens, ni le role des dirigeants arabes, ni celui de lemergence de mouvements nationaux. Contribution majeure a lhistoriographie du Moyen-Orient, Cent ans de guerre contre la Palestine nous permet de comprendre comment des evenements de toutes sortes a lechelle locale, regionale et surtout internationale se sont conjugues pour deposseder progressivement les Palestiniens de leur pays. Il offre un regard original et passionnant sur le conit le plus inextricable du Moyen-Orient.

Acclaimed historian and political commentator Rashid Khalidi presents the compelling case that U.S. and Soviet intervention in the Middle East not only exacerbated civil wars and provoked the breakdown of fragile democracies, but continues to this day to shape global conflict in the region. Examining the strategic interplay of cold war superpowers, Khalidi explains how the momentous events that have occurred over the last two decadesincluding two Gulf wars, the occupation of Iraq, and the rise of terrorismcan only be understood in light of this chilling legacy.

At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the Middle East, homes in on Palestinian politics and history. By drawing on a wealth of experience and scholarship, Khalidi provides a lucid context for the realities on the ground today, a context that has been, until now, notably lacking in our discourse.The story of the Palestinian search to establish a state begins in the mandate period immediately following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, the era of British control, when fledgling Arab states were established by the colonial powers with assurances of eventual independence. Mandatory Palestine was a place of real promise, with unusually high literacy rates and a relatively advanced economy. But the British had already begun to construct an iron cage to hem in the Palestinians, and the Palestinian leadership made a series of errors that would eventually prove crippling to their dream of independence.The Palestinians struggle intensified in the stretch before and after World War II, when colonial control of the region became increasingly unpopular, population shifts began with heavy Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe, and power began to devolve to the United States. In this crucial period, Palestinian leaders continued to run up against the walls of the ever-constricting iron cage. They proved unable to achieve their long-cherished goal of establishing an independent statea critical failure that set a course for the decades that followed, right through the eras of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas. Rashid Khalidis engrossing narrative of this torturous history offers much-needed perspective for anyone concerned about peace in the Middle East.

Um estudo sóbrio e bem documentado sobre a guerra centenária contra a Palestina.Este livro é um relato sóbrio e ao mesmo tempo pessoal de uma guerra sistemática que se arrasta por décadas. Guiando os leitores pelos episodios-chave da campanha colonial, como a Declaraço Balfour de 1917 (que comprometia a Inglaterra com a criaço de uma naço judaica e nem sequer mencionava os palestinos) e os confrontos de 1948 e 1967, o autor se vale de pesquisas de arquivo, material de familiares deputados, juizes, academicos, diplomatas e jornalistas e das proprias experiencias para revelar o pano de fundo historico que enquadra os acontecimentos atuais, explicando dinamicas subjacentes cruciais para uma compreenso adequada do presente."Uma obra fascinante e original, a primeira a explorar a guerra contra os palestinos com base numa profunda imerso na sua luta." Noam Chomsky

Una historia de referencia sobre los cien años de guerra contra los palestinos de la mano del principal historiador estadounidense de Oriente Medio, contada a través de acontecimientos cruciales y de la historia familiarEn 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, alcalde de Jerusalen, alarmado por el llamamiento sionista a crear un hogar nacional judio en Palestina, escribio una carta dirigida a Theodore Herzl: el pais tenia un pueblo indigena que no aceptaria facilmente su propio desplazamiento. Advirtio de los peligros que se avecinaban y termino su nota diciendo: "en nombre de Dios, que se deje a Palestina en paz". Asi, Rashid Khalidi, tataranieto de al-Khalidi, comienza esta amplia historia, el primer relato general del conflicto contado desde una perspectiva explicitamente palestina.Basandose en una gran cantidad de material de archivo sin explotar y en los informes de generaciones de miembros de la familia -alcaldes, jueces, eruditos, diplomaticos y periodistas-, La Guerra de los Cien Años en Palestina pone en entredicho las interpretaciones aceptadas del conflicto, que tienden, en el mejor de los casos, a describir un tragico enfrentamiento entre dos pueblos que reclaman el mismo territorio. En su lugar, Khalidi traza cien años de guerra colonial contra los palestinos, librada primero por el movimiento sionista y luego por Israel, pero respaldada por Gran Bretaña y Estados Unidos, las grandes potencias de la epoca. Destaca los episodios clave de esta campaña colonial, desde la Declaracion Balfour de 1917 hasta la destruccion de Palestina en 1948, desde la invasion israeli del Libano en 1982 hasta el interminable e inutil proceso de paz. Original, autorizada e importante, La guerra de los cien años en Palestina no es una cronica de victimismo, ni blanquea los errores de los dirigentes palestinos ni niega la aparicion de movimientos nacionales en ambos bandos. Al reevaluar las fuerzas desplegadas contra los palestinos, ofrece una nueva y esclarecedora vision de un conflicto que continua hasta nuestros dias.

Este libro, que fue escrito antes, durante e inmediatamente después de la guerra de Irak, es un alegato contra la actual política exterior estadounidense y la manipulación “tóxica” de los medios de c