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Walid Khalidi (born in 1925 in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

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) is an Oxford University educated Palestinian historian who has written extensively on the Palestinian exodus. He is also the General Secretary and co-founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies
Institute for Palestine Studies

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 established in Beirut in December 1963 as an independent research and publishing center; focusing exclusively on the Palestinian problem and the Arab-Israeli conflict. He was born in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

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 and graduated with a B.A., from the University of London
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, in 1945 and then studied at University of Oxford
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 gaining a M.Lit.






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Walid Khalidi (born in 1925 in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
) is an Oxford University educated Palestinian historian who has written extensively on the Palestinian exodus. He is also the General Secretary and co-founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies
Institute for Palestine Studies

The Institute for Palestine Studies is a non-profit Arab research organization. According to the Institute, it was established to promote a better understanding of the question of Palestine , and claims to be the only institute in the world exclusively devoted to documentation, research, analysis, and publication on Palestinian affairs and th...
 established in Beirut in December 1963 as an independent research and publishing center; focusing exclusively on the Palestinian problem and the Arab-Israeli conflict. He was born in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 and graduated with a B.A., from the University of London
University of London

Based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom, the University of London is a federal mega university made up of 31 affiliates: 19 separate university institutions, and 12 research institutes....
, in 1945 and then studied at University of Oxford
University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
 gaining a M.Lit. in 1951.

Khalidi's first teaching post was at Oxford, he resigned this position in 1956 in protest at the British invasion of Suez
Suez Crisis

The Suez Crisis, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression, was a military attack on Egypt by United Kingdom, France, and Israel beginning on 29 October 1956....
. Walid Khalidi was Professor of Political Studies at the American University of Beirut
American University of Beirut

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 until 1982 and thereafter a research fellow at the Harvard Center for International Affairs
Harvard University

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. He has also taught at Princeton University
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Khalidi was co-founder of the Royal Scientific Society of Amman
Royal Scientific Society

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. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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.

Position on the Palestine Question

Professor Walid Khalidi stated position on the Palestine question is for a two state solution:-

"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."


"Toward Peace in the Holy Land," Foreign Affairs, Spring 1988

Also Professor Walid Khalidi is a Member of Joint Palestinian-Jordanian delegation to the Middle East peace talks as a representative of the Palestinian people. He holds no office in the PLO or any of its bodies.

Awards

At the Palestinian Heritage Foundation 15th Anniversary presented Professor Walid Khalidi with an award in appreciation for his unwavering commitment to the Palestinian cause, the Arab-American community and the Arab nation.

External links

  • 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”.
  • Khalidi, Walid “Why did the Palestinians Leave, Revisited”.
  • Khalidi, Walid "The Palestine Problem: An Overview".
  • Khalidi, Walid “Selected Documents on the 1948 Palestine War”.
  • Khalidi, Walid “On Albert Hourani, the Arab Office, and the Anglo-American Committee of 1946”.
  • Khalidi, Walid “Revisiting the 1947 UN Partition Resolution”.
  • Khalidi, Walid “Benny Morris and Before their Diaspora”.
  • Nasser's Memoirs of the First Palestine War Author(s): Gamal Abdul Nasser and Walid Khalidi

Further reading

  • Khalidi, Walid (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.
  • Khalidi, Walid (1959). The Fall of Haifa. Middle East Forum, 35, 22-32, (December 1959).
  • Khalidi, Walid (1961). . Middle East Forum, 37(9), 22-28, (November 1961).
  • Khalidi, Walid (1974). Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Annotated Bibliography. Institute for Palestine Studies.
  • Khalidi, Walid (1978). . Foreign Affairs, 56(4), 695-713.
  • Khalidi, Walid (1981). . Foreign Affairs.
  • Khalidi, Walid (1983). Conflict and Violence in Lebanon: Confrontation in the Middle East. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674160754
  • Khalidi, Walid (1984). Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History of the Palestinians, 1876-1948. Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0887281443
  • Khalidi, Walid (1985). . Journal of Palestine Studies, 14(4) (Summer, 1985), pp. 35-48.
  • Khalidi, Walid (1987). From Haven to Conquest: Readings in Zionism and the Palestine Problem Until 1948. Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0887281559
  • Khalidi, Walid (1988). . Foreign Affairs.
  • Khalidi, Walid (1989). At a Critical Juncture: The United States and the Palestinian People. Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University.
  • Khalidi, Walid (1991). . Journal of Palestine Studies, 20(2) (Winter, 1991), pp. 5-28.
  • Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0887282245
  • Khalidi, Walid (1992). Palestine Reborn. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 1850435634
  • Khalidi, Walid (1993). . Journal of Palestine Studies, 22(3) (Spring, 1993), pp. 106-119.
  • Khalidi, Walid (1993). . Journal of Palestine Studies, 22(2) (Winter, 1993), pp. 30-47.
  • Khalidi, Walid (1996). Islam, the West and Jerusalem. Center for Contemporary Arab Studies & Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University.
  • Khalidi, Walid (1996). . Journal of Palestine Studies, 27(1) (Autumn, 1997), pp. 5-21.
  • Khalidi, Walid (1998). . Journal of Palestine Studies. 27(3), 79.
  • Khalidi, Walid (2000). The Ownership of the U.S. Embassy Site in Jerusalem. Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0887282776