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The Palestinian people's struggle history: How did Khalidi reinterpret this colonial war?
In 2020, Rashid Khalidi published "The Hundred Years of War in Palestine: The History of Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017", in which Khalidi elaborates on the dominant role of Western imperialism on Palestinians and its impact on the Palestinian people.He pointed out that the war should be understood as a colonial war against the indigenous peoples, rather than a fight between two equal national movements.
This battle is not only a battle for land, but a ruthless deprivation of the sovereignty of the Palestinian people.
Khalidi's book begins with a 1890 letter from Yusuf Diya ad-Din Pasha al-Khalidi, Mayor of Jerusalem, in which he expressed concerns about the impact of the Jewish community in establishing a state in Palestine to Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism.Herzel downplayed these concerns.
Herzel's response shows that Zionism is fundamentally a colonial plan, and the voice of the Palestinian people has never been taken seriously.
The first declaration of war: 1917-1939
The first chapter of the book focuses on the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which shows that Britain's support for the establishment of a "state house" in Palestine and ignored the rights and interests of the Arabs, establishing a Palestinian trusteeship controlled by the British, which was formed after the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire.
The second declaration of war: 1947-1948
With the United States replaced Britain as the main imperial force in 1947, the chapter discusses the partition resolution adopted by the United Nations, which supported the establishment of a Jewish state on Arab majority lands, resulting in the escape and expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
The Third Declaration of War: 1967
Chapter III emphasizes the United States' role in supporting Israel in the 1967 Middle East War, when Israel's preemptive attacks on Egypt, Jordan and Syria, and the subsequent simple UN Security Council resolution 242 even abandoned the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
The Fourth Declaration of War: 1982
With the US support of Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982, Chapter IV dissects how Washington and Tel Aviv conspired to eliminate the Palestinian Liberation Group and reveals the Israeli government's responsibility for the cause of the Sabra and Shatila massacres.
The fifth declaration of war: 1987 to 1995
Chapter V shows Israel's strong counterattack against the first uprising and how the Oslo agreement failed to resolve the fundamental problem of Palestine, which is essentially another declaration of war on the Palestinian people.
The sixth declaration of war: 2000 to 2014
In Chapter 6, Khalidi mentioned Israel's military operations in the 2000s, deeply revealing the ruthless harm caused to the Palestinians by these violence and the advanced weapons systems provided by the United States behind them.
The Palestinian story of resistance and disenfranchise should be taken seriously, because this is not only history, but also a continuation of current politics.
Khalidi's Hundred Years' War presents readers with a less-provided Palestinian perspective, which presents the most important conflict in history and has attracted academic and broader social attention.This book leads us to an important discussion aspect, exploring how to re-understand and resolve this lasting conflict?
