Against those who speak this truth joining me in the studio to discuss this colonial project is rashid holiday the edward cited professor of modern arab studies at Columbia University and the author of the 100 years war on palestine the history of settler colonization and resistance 1917 to 2017 so you pull from the historical record from documents and make i think absolutely compelling case that from the moment of zionist settlement in palestine they knew exactly what they were doing they knew what the end gold was which theyve largely achieved. And that was surprising for me as you know from what you dug up in their store of whole record how frank you know how clear sighted they were from the beginning haim weissman and others and so talk about that well they were clear sighted and they were fraying but they were more frank in private than they well public because in public they were quite disingenuous really right i mean the british restricted them to a formulation called a National
Their will yet to state this incontrovertibly fact of jewish colonization supported by a numerable documents official statements exhaustive reports at Historical Records and events sees israels defenders leveled charges of Eddie Semitism and racism against those who speak this truth joining me in the studio to discuss this colonial project is rashid holiday the edward cited professor of modern arab studies at Columbia University and the author of the 100 years war on palestine the history of settler colonization and resistance 1917 to 2017 so you pull from the historical record from documents and make i think absolutely compelling case that from the moment of scientist settlement in palestine. They knew exactly what they were doing they knew what the end gold was which theyve largely achieved and that was surprising for me as you know from what you dug up in their store of whole record how frank you know how clear sighted they were from the beginning haim weissman and others and so tal
[applause] good evening everybody, i am bradley graham, coowner of politics and prose along with my wife and on behalf of everybody here, welcome and thank you for coming. Its really great to welcome back to the store Rashid Khalidi who is among the worlds foremost scholars on palestinian identity and nationalism. Hes been a professor of arab studies at Columbia University now for 17 years and before that taught at the university of chicago for a decade and ahalf. He is also editor of the journal of palestine studies, the author of sevenprevious books on the middle east. His newest work , the hundred years war on palestine covers some aspects of palestinian history that he has written about before butthis is a more personal book and a more provocative one. Personal because rashid merges scholarship with personal stories drawn from generations of his own family members who were present at some key events and provocative because he offers a very different take on the Israeli Palestinian
World leaders alike. The conference of president probably count among the 53 organizations. [applause] together, we have enjoyed productive partnership, most recently under the leadership of chairman and ceo howard. Congratulations also, betsy, like most people have heard, has been elected to the executive council and we look forward to working closely with betsy as well. By the way, fabulous speech yesterday. [applause] for more than 30 years, its been led by one of the great jewish leaders of our time. The one and only. [applause] as ceo, markham shaped history through his visionary leadership. Thank you, malcolm, for all you have done and continue to do for the jewish people. [applause] we are grateful that malcolm will continue to provide us with leadership and strategic guidance in the works of our new chief executive, william. [cheering and applauding] william is well known for his past experience and drive and we look forward to his resolute leadership. Its more than these excep
The conference of president probably count among the 53 organizations. [applause] together, we have enjoyed productive partnership, most recently under the leadership of chairman and ceo howard. Congratulations also, betsy, like most people have heard, has been elected to the executive council and we look forward to working closely with betsy as well. By the way, fabulous speech yesterday. [applause] for more than 30 years, its been led by one of the great jewish leaders of our time. The one and only. [applause] as ceo, markham shaped history through his visionary leadership. Thank you, malcolm, for all you have done and continue to do for the jewish people. [applause] we are grateful that malcolm will continue to provide us with leadership and strategic guidance in the works of our new chief executive, william. [cheering and applauding] william is well known for his past experience and drive and we look forward to his resolute leadership. Its more than these exceptional leaders that m