Rashid Khalidi: Where They Stand on Israel

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Documented record

• 2024: In a Nov 29, 2024 Al Jazeera "UpFront" interview, Columbia University historian Rashid Khalidi (Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies) described Israel's campaign in Gaza as a genocide "worse than any phase" of Palestinian history he could recall, without mentioning the Oct 7, 2023 Hamas attack that preceded the war. This is a systematic attempt to make Gaza unlivable, to immiserate that population." ... "It's a continuation of the Nakba, of ethnic cleansing but it's actually worse than any of the episodes that I can think of." ... "A larger part of the Palestinian population was displaced in 1948 during the Nakba but what has been done during this genocide in terms of the punishment that the civilian population is being exposed to is actually worse than any phase that I can recall of Palestinian history. Source 1 Source 2

Where Galil stands

Our opinion: We won't pour our cup for a telling of this war that erases October 7 and the hostages taken that day entirely — a history missing half its facts isn't one we serve.

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Sources manually reviewed 2026-07-27. Corrections and later context will be appended to this page.