My grandfather got killed fighting the invading Iraqi army - 750 miles from their border, and 8 miles from his home. I need ‘progressives’ to tell me again who tried go commit genocide in that war, and who were the invaders. Swallowing the propaganda of the Free Palestine cult for decades didn’t make them right; it made them the useful idiots of Islamist terrorists.
You raise a number of very solid criticisms but I'm interested in why you didn't address the most important issue of all: The claim of indigineity. What is it that makes arabs living in the Gaza Strip a different ethnicity from arabs living outside of it? What makes arabs living on one side of the Jordan River a different ethnicity from those on the other side? When did this distinction occur? What defines it?
If you would define those ethnicity differences that would make a point/ not just saying they exist. I believe that prior to modern terms like Palestinian; the Arab population in the area were from Egypt, Trans Jordan and Syria.
This essay is Zionist propaganda dressed up as "there are two sides to every story". So many omissions and selective starting points. This is the kind of writing that is neither informative or helpful to the situation.
As long as Palestinians hang on to their hatred of Jews and Israel, and as long as they continue to seek revenge, their people will continue to find death and destruction.
They waste their lives.
They should take what they have and build it into human thriving.
I read this. Leaves out so much, including when writing about the war in Lebanon never mentions Christians. Writes like the PLO owned the country and Israel came to take it away. Interesting. No christians in a Christian country.
How Columbia University employs this idiot douchebag is beyond me. Single-handedly, Khalidi makes Columbia a lesser institution than it could be. He’s a stain on academia and intellectualism
This man is a raving anti semite. Plus he’s just historically wrong. He has been cosseted and pampered by anti semitic elites for too long. He should be fired for ignorance and teaching lies.
I read tome of excrement Khalidi wrote. Listened to it actually. I have nightmares of me trying to explain its presence in my Audible account. Know thy enemy… is what I say.
Thanks for the interesting backstory. Surprise surprise, Palestinian "intellectuals" are on par with the rest of those inbred goat sodomites, except they can read and write. I would say South Africa is the most relevant example of what a free Palestine state might look like. How's that working out for those nice folks? Somebody should teach the Palestinians that if they keep trying to provide a genocide, they will eventually succeed. In the meantime, they can enjoy living in rubble for another decade, while the smart ones ponder the wisdom of attacking smarter and heavily armed neighbors. But if their actual goal was to decimate Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Iranian power bloc in the area, I'd say Mission Accomplished!
First of all, no one has done more for Palestinians than Israel — they have been treated like completely expendable pawns by every Arab nation. Second, why do you think it is Israel’s job to promote democracy amongst the Palestinians? Israel pulled out in 2005, they immediately started attacking and held elections. They elected Hamas and had no problem when Hamas executed Fatah members. The UN doesn’t promote democracy there, neither does anyone else, but the country they are trying to destroy is supposed to work miracles?
Second, Israel responds when it is attacked and it will continue to do so. You seem to think that blowing up civilians and pursuing insane militants in war are equivalent and they are not. If the Palestinians wanted anything other than to wipe Israel and Jews off the map they would return the hostages. That’s not happening because they don’t want peace, they want a caliphate and the Jews are in the way — as thousands of minorities have been for 14 centuries.
Yep. And the grotesque misrepresentation of facts is unacceptable. If the Palestinians wanted a state and self governance they would have it. They have been offered it five times. I’m sorry many got displaced in war, but million have been displaced in war since WWII and they are resettled and stop being refugees. This is the ONLY group that does not. They lost the war in 48. MOVE ON.
It’s extremely curious and not a little ironic that the author here faults Khalidi for bringing up certain details and omitting others, and then does not a little of it himself.
The one that jumps off the page most is the mention and then quick dismissal of Salam Fayyad as “unable to do it himself.”
He might ask Fayyad why he was unable to do it himself. I suspect he won’t like the answer.
My grandfather got killed fighting the invading Iraqi army - 750 miles from their border, and 8 miles from his home. I need ‘progressives’ to tell me again who tried go commit genocide in that war, and who were the invaders. Swallowing the propaganda of the Free Palestine cult for decades didn’t make them right; it made them the useful idiots of Islamist terrorists.
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Can Palestinians be wrong? Yes, they have been making poor choices for decades and look where it’s gotten them
You raise a number of very solid criticisms but I'm interested in why you didn't address the most important issue of all: The claim of indigineity. What is it that makes arabs living in the Gaza Strip a different ethnicity from arabs living outside of it? What makes arabs living on one side of the Jordan River a different ethnicity from those on the other side? When did this distinction occur? What defines it?
If you would define those ethnicity differences that would make a point/ not just saying they exist. I believe that prior to modern terms like Palestinian; the Arab population in the area were from Egypt, Trans Jordan and Syria.
This essay is Zionist propaganda dressed up as "there are two sides to every story". So many omissions and selective starting points. This is the kind of writing that is neither informative or helpful to the situation.
All ears for your counter points on "omissions and selective starting points."
Who’s situation should it be helpful?🤨
Both obviously
As long as Palestinians hang on to their hatred of Jews and Israel, and as long as they continue to seek revenge, their people will continue to find death and destruction.
They waste their lives.
They should take what they have and build it into human thriving.
Palestinians are profoundly wrong. And until they get right, their miserable conditions of life will not change.
I read this. Leaves out so much, including when writing about the war in Lebanon never mentions Christians. Writes like the PLO owned the country and Israel came to take it away. Interesting. No christians in a Christian country.
How Columbia University employs this idiot douchebag is beyond me. Single-handedly, Khalidi makes Columbia a lesser institution than it could be. He’s a stain on academia and intellectualism
This man is a raving anti semite. Plus he’s just historically wrong. He has been cosseted and pampered by anti semitic elites for too long. He should be fired for ignorance and teaching lies.
I read tome of excrement Khalidi wrote. Listened to it actually. I have nightmares of me trying to explain its presence in my Audible account. Know thy enemy… is what I say.
The Arab Palestinians are most certainly wrong. Go and read the real history of the region.
Wrong would imply that they mean well and have not been engaging in the worst kind of propaganda for decades
https://marlowe1.substack.com/p/o-city-of-broken-dreams-the-stories
Palestinians have rejected every offer of peace and have cried genocide every time they have lost a war they started.
Thanks for the interesting backstory. Surprise surprise, Palestinian "intellectuals" are on par with the rest of those inbred goat sodomites, except they can read and write. I would say South Africa is the most relevant example of what a free Palestine state might look like. How's that working out for those nice folks? Somebody should teach the Palestinians that if they keep trying to provide a genocide, they will eventually succeed. In the meantime, they can enjoy living in rubble for another decade, while the smart ones ponder the wisdom of attacking smarter and heavily armed neighbors. But if their actual goal was to decimate Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Iranian power bloc in the area, I'd say Mission Accomplished!
First of all, no one has done more for Palestinians than Israel — they have been treated like completely expendable pawns by every Arab nation. Second, why do you think it is Israel’s job to promote democracy amongst the Palestinians? Israel pulled out in 2005, they immediately started attacking and held elections. They elected Hamas and had no problem when Hamas executed Fatah members. The UN doesn’t promote democracy there, neither does anyone else, but the country they are trying to destroy is supposed to work miracles?
Second, Israel responds when it is attacked and it will continue to do so. You seem to think that blowing up civilians and pursuing insane militants in war are equivalent and they are not. If the Palestinians wanted anything other than to wipe Israel and Jews off the map they would return the hostages. That’s not happening because they don’t want peace, they want a caliphate and the Jews are in the way — as thousands of minorities have been for 14 centuries.
Yep. And the grotesque misrepresentation of facts is unacceptable. If the Palestinians wanted a state and self governance they would have it. They have been offered it five times. I’m sorry many got displaced in war, but million have been displaced in war since WWII and they are resettled and stop being refugees. This is the ONLY group that does not. They lost the war in 48. MOVE ON.
Did you read the book that is being reviewed?
They are obviously wrong. Israel creates and produces. Palestinians burn and complain.
I'm curious if you read the book that is being reviewed
It’s extremely curious and not a little ironic that the author here faults Khalidi for bringing up certain details and omitting others, and then does not a little of it himself.
The one that jumps off the page most is the mention and then quick dismissal of Salam Fayyad as “unable to do it himself.”
He might ask Fayyad why he was unable to do it himself. I suspect he won’t like the answer.