Walid Khalidi
Walid Khalidi | |
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Born | 1925 (age 98–99) |
Occupation | Historian |
Parent | Anbara Salam Khalidi (step-mother) |
Relatives | Tarif Khalidi (half-brother) Usama al-Khalidi (half-brother) Rashid Khalidi (cousin) |
Walid Khalidi (
Khalidi's first teaching post was at
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has been influential in scholarship, institutional development and diplomacy. His academic work in particular, according to Rashid Khalidi, has played a key role in shaping both Palestinian and broader Arab reactions to the loss of Palestine, and in outlining ways for the former to ensure that they remain visible as a presence within the Middle East map.[2]
Life and career
Khalidi was born, one of five children, in Jerusalem. His father, Ahmad Samih Khalidi, was dean of the Arab College of Jerusalem, and hailed from a family with roots in pre-Crusader Palestine. His step mother, Anbara Salam Khalidi (4 August 1897–May 1986), was a Lebanese feminist, translator and author, who significantly contributed to the emancipation of Arab women. Khalidi's early tutor was the director of Education in Palestine, G. B. Farrell.[3] His half-brothers are the historian Tarif Khalidi and biochemist Usama al-Khalidi.
Khalidi graduated with a B.A. from the
Under his guidance the Institute of Palestine Studies, established in 1963, produced a long series of monographs in English and Arabic and several important translations of Hebrew texts into Arabic: 'The History of the
Khalidi was critical of the Palestinian involvement in the Lebanese Civil War, recalling an argument with Yasser Arafat in which he told the Palestinian leader that the PLO "had no business" taking sides in the conflict.[6]
Position on the Palestine question
Khalidi's stated position on the Palestine question is for a two-state solution.[7][8] In Foreign Affairs: "A Palestinian state in the occupied territories within the 1967 frontiers in peaceful coexistence alongside Israel is the only conceptual candidate for a historical compromise of this century-old conflict. Without it the conflict will remain an open-ended one."[9]
Khalidi was a Palestinian representative to the Joint Palestinian–Jordanian delegation to the Middle East peace talks launched at the Madrid Conference, prior to the Oslo Agreements. He holds no office in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) or any of its bodies.[10]
Awards
At the Palestinian Heritage Foundation's 15th Anniversary banquet, Khalidi was presented with an award for his commitment to the Palestinian cause, the Arab-American community, and the Arab nation.[11]
Reviews
Moshe Brawer, professor of geography at Tel Aviv University wrote that Khalidi's encyclopedic work All that Remains suffers from "inadequate field research." Brawer criticized Khalidi's over-reliance on a modified version of the Village Statistics, which Khalidi acknowledged provide only rough estimates, while not making use of other sources such as the Village Files or RAF aerial photographs which would have yielded more accurate estimates.[12]
Ann M. Lesch of Villanova University wrote that "As scholarly documentation, All That Remains will become the definitive source for research into the Palestinian displacement in 1948."[13]
Published works
- (1959) Why Did the Palestinians Leave? Middle East Forum, 24, 21–24, (July 1959). Reprinted as 'Why Did the Palestinians Leave Revisited', 2005, Journal of Palestine Studies, XXXIV, No. 2, 42–54.
- (1959) The Fall of Haifa. Middle East Forum, 35, 22–32, (December 1959).
- (1961) Plan Dalet: The Zionist Master Plan for the Conquest of Palestine. jstor, Middle East Forum, 37(9), 22–28, (November 1961).
- From Haven to Conquest: Readings in Zionism and the Palestine Problem Until 1948. ISBN 978-0-88728-155-6.
- (1974) Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Annotated Bibliography. Institute for Palestine Studies.
- (1978) Thinking the unthinkable: A sovereign Palestinian State. Foreign Affairs, 56(4), 695–713.
- (1981) Regiopolitics: Toward a U.S. Policy on the Palestine Problem. Foreign Affairs.
- (1983) Conflict and Violence in Lebanon: Confrontation in the Middle East. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-16075-4
- (1984) Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History of the Palestinians, 1876–1948. Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-144-3
- (1985) A Palestinian Perspective on the Arab–Israeli Conflict. Journal of Palestine Studies, 14(4) (Summer, 1985), pp. 35–48.
- (1987) From Haven to Conquest: Readings in Zionism and the Palestine Problem until 1948.. Institute of Palestine Studies, Washington DC.
- (1988) Toward Peace in the Holy Land. Foreign Affairs
- (1989) At a Critical Juncture: The United States and the Palestinian People. Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University.
- (1991) The Gulf Crisis: Origins and Consequences. Journal of Palestine Studies, 20(2) (Winter, 1991), pp. 5–28.
- (1992) All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- (1992) Palestine Reborn. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 1-85043-563-4
- (1993) Benny Morris and Before Their Diaspora. Journal of Palestine Studies, 22(3) (Spring, 1993), pp. 106–119.
- (1993) The Jewish-Ottoman Land Company: Herzl's Blueprint for the Colonization of Palestine. Journal of Palestine Studies, 22(2) (Winter, 1993), pp. 30–47.
- (1996) Islam, the West and Jerusalem. Center for Contemporary Arab Studies & Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding, Georgetown University.
- (1996) Revisiting the UNGA Partition Resolution. Journal of Palestine Studies, 27(1) (Autumn, 1997), pp. 5–21.
- (1998) Khamsuna 'aman a'la taqsim Filastin. Fifty years since the Partition of Palestine (1947–1997), Dar al-Nahar, Beirut. (Arabic).
- (1998) Selected Documents on the 1948 Palestine War. Journal of Palestine Studies. 27(3), 79.
- (1999) Dayr Yasin: al-Jum'a, 9 April 1948. Dayr Yasin: Friday, 9 April 1948. Institute for Palestine Studies. Beirut. (Arabic).
- (2000) The Ownership of the U.S. Embassy Site in Jerusalem. Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-277-6
- (2005) "On Albert Hourani, the Arab Office, and the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry 1946", Journal of Palestine Studies vol 35, no. 1 (autumn 2005): 60–79
- (2014) "Palestine and Palestine Studies: One Century after World War I and the Balfour Declaration." Center of Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London First Annual Lecture, 6 March 2014
See also
- Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel
References
- ^ Hirsch & Housen-Couriel, 1995, p. 98.
- Facts on File, rev.ed. 2005 pp.280-284.
- ^ a b Rashid Khalidi, 'Walid Khalidi,' in Philip Mattar (ed.),Encyclopedia of the Palestinians, Infobase Publishing, 2005 pp.280-284.
- ^ a b Camille Mansour and Leila Fawaz (eds.),Transformed Landscapes: Essays on Palestine and the Middle East in Honor of Walid Khalidi, American University in Cairo Press, 2009 pp.ix-xiii.
- ^ See for example See translation by Walid Khalidi here
- ^ Karsh, Efraim (2014). "No Love Lost". The Myth of Palestinian Centrality: 27–29.
- JSTOR 20039986.
- ISBN 978-90-411-0077-1. Retrieved 4 October 2013.of Israel. # The two states would agree to arrangements for "freedom of residence between two capitals." # Both parts of the city would be "demilitarized in part or wholly for essential internal security forces." Holy Places # Extraterritorial status would be granted to the Holy Places of Jerusalem in East Jerusalem, and freedom of access to them should be guaranteed. # An "interfaith council" would be set up, composed of senior representatives of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. The council will be chaired by a representative of the U.N. or by rotating chairmanship among the members. # The council "could oversee the special interests, Holy Places and institutions of each religion and act as an arbitration and conciliation body for disputes or claims arising with regard to them." Municipal Administration # Two "separate municipalities of each sovereign state" would provide services to the city's residents. # "A joint inter-state great municipal council would operate and supervise certain essential common services."
Proposal by Dr. Walid Khalidi Date: 1978, 1988 Source: W. Khalidi, "Thinking the Unthinkable: A Sovereign Palestinian State," 56 Foreign Affairs 695, 1978. idem, "Toward Peace in the Holy Land," 66 Foreign Affairs 71, 1988. Background: Walid Khalidi was professor of Political Studies at the American university of Beirut until 1982 and currently is a Research Fellow at the Harvard Center for International Affairs. In the past he was a member of the Palestinian national Council and carried out various political missions for the Palestinian Liberation Organization. National Aspirations # East Jerusalem will be the capital of "Arab Palestine," and West Jerusalem
- ^ Khalidi, Walid. "Toward Peace in the Holy Land", Foreign Affairs , Spring 1988.
- ^ Hansard Records, 13 April 1983 vol 40 c407W.
- ^ "Palestine Heritage news letter". Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
- ^ Brawer, M. (1 December 1994). All that remains? Israel Affairs, 1, 2, 334-345.[1] limited access
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Notes
- Hirsch, Moshe and Housen-Couriel, Deborah (1995). Whither Jerusalem?: Proposals and Positions Concerning the Future of Jerusalem. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 90-411-0077-6
External links
- Journal of Palestine Studies, Institute for Palestinian Studies
- Vol 18 no. 1, (Aut. 88): pp. 51–70. Erskine Childers, Walid Khalidi, and Jon Kimche 1961 Correspondence in The Spectator on "Why the Refugees Left" [Originally Appendix E of Khalidi, Walid, "Plan Dalet Revisited: Master Plan for the Conquest of Palestine".
- Journal of Palestine Studies Vol 134, no. 2 (Win. 05): pp. 42–54. Khalidi, Walid "Why did the Palestinians Leave, Revisited".
- Journal of Palestine Studies Vol 21, no. 1 (Aut. 91): pp. 5–16. Khalidi, Walid "The Palestine Problem: An Overview".
- Journal of Palestine Studies Vol 27, no. 3 (Spring, 98): pp. 60–105.[permanent dead link] Khalidi, Walid "Selected Documents on the 1948 Palestine War".
- Journal of Palestine Studies Vol 35, no. 1 (Autumn 2005): pp. 60–79.[permanent dead link] Khalidi, Walid "On Albert Hourani, the Arab Office, and the Anglo-American Committee of 1946".
- Journal of Palestine Studies Vol 27, no. 1 (Aut. 1997): pp. 5–21.[permanent dead link] Khalidi, Walid "Revisiting the 1947 UN Partition Resolution".
- Journal of Palestine Studies Vol 22 no. 3 (Spring 93): 106–119.[permanent dead link] Khalidi, Walid "Benny Morris and Before their Diaspora".
- Journal of Palestine Studies Vol 2 no. 2 (Win. 73): 3–32 Nasser's Memoirs of the First Palestine War Author(s): Gamal Abdul Nasser and Walid Khalidi
- Walid Khalidi, The Reconquista of Mandatory Palestine Under British Rule on YouTube, 2014.