5 August 2020

Professor Rashid Khalidi's family has been part of the Palestinian struggle since 1899, when his great-great-great Uncle, the Mayor of Jerusalem tried to warn off the leader of the Zionist movement, Theodor Hertzl, to not choose Palestine for a homeland.

Now decades down the track, and many attempts at peace later, the mood is shifting towards a new era of the Palestinian struggle, known as the Palestinian rights movement. Although this movement is in nascent form, its focus is no longer just on a two-state solution.

Guests

• Professor Rashid Khalidi

  Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Department of History, Columbia University

  Former Palestinian adviser during the Madrid/Washington Peace Talks, 1991 - 1993