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READING NOT REQUIRED - just be curious!
Next up: Rashid Khalidi's The Hundred Years' War on Palestine, the 2020 book that argues the Israeli-Palestinian conflict isn't simply a tragic struggle between two peoples claiming the same land, but a century-long colonial campaign against Palestinians, backed first by Britain & later by the United States.
Khalidi, a Palestinian-American historian at Columbia, tells the story through six turning points, beginning with the 1917 Balfour Declaration & moving through the creation of Israel, the wars that followed, & the failures of the peace process. Drawing on historical archives & his own family's experiences, he makes a provocative argument: that Palestinians have never been negotiating on equal terms, & that understanding the conflict as a dispute between two competing national movements obscures the enormous imbalance of power between them. It's a forceful challenge to conventional accounts of Israel's founding, Zionism, & America's role in the region, & one that raises uncomfortable questions about nationalism, colonialism, & self-determination.
Show up even if you only got through a chunk. We'll talk about where Khalidi's account is most convincing, where it leaves out important context, whether Zionism is best understood as a colonial movement or a national liberation movement, & what his interpretation of the past means for the possibility of peace today.
UNMUTED is a discussion forum for the politically curious. Accessible. Engaging. Social. Open-minded is the name of the game. Join your people.
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