Conversation with a leading Palestinian historian

 

 

Beinart Notebook

On January 19, we hosted an online discussion entitled “Rashid Khalidi on This Moment in Palestinian History.” 

We were joined by special guest and Columbia Professor Rashid Khalidi, America’s most eminent historian of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian struggle. 

Khalidi talked about this latest iteration of what Rashid’s called “The Hundred Years' War on Palestine”— what’s new and what’s old since October 7. 

Khalidi also talked about where the Palestinian national movement goes from here, why Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for progressive activists, and what the crackdown on that activism means for America’s universities.

Check out Khalidi's book entitled The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017.