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In this conversation, recorded recently at the Palestine Center in Washington DC, Rashid Khalidi discusses the content of his latest book,The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017.

Khalidi, a Palestinian-American, is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, and director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. His past books include Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East; The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood; Under Siege: PLO Decisionmaking During the 1982 War; Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East; and numerous others.