The Iron Cage
by Rashi Khalidi
Buy on AmazonRashid Khalidi The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for StatehoodA lucid and compelling examination of the Palestinian dilemma by "the foremost U.S. historian of the modern Middle East"In Resurrecting Empire, Rashid Khalidi dissected the failures of colonial policy over the entire span of the modern history of the Middle East, predicted the meltdown in Iraq that we are now witnessing with increasing horror, and offered viable alternatives for achieving peace in the region. His newest book, The Iron Cage, hones in on Palestinian politics and history.…
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"This is part of the Islamic story. The Khalidi book is about the contemporary struggle of Palestinians. But Arab attachment to Jerusalem, and why Palestinians are fierce in their attachment to it – it all goes back to the 7th-century arrival of Muslims in Jerusalem."
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