Today, Sunday, Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi passed away. He was one of the most prominent figures of the Khalidi family in Jerusalem, and a leading researcher who contributed to documenting Palestinian history and Israeli occupation crimes.
The Palestinian official news agency reported that Khalidi died in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, at the age of 101.
Khalidi was the founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut, which has become a primary reference for research on the history of the cause since its establishment in 1963.
Khalidi was born in occupied Jerusalem on July 16, 1925. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 1951 and served as a lecturer in political studies at the American University of Beirut until 1982, then as a researcher at the Harvard Center for International Affairs, and also lectured at Princeton and Oxford Universities.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas mourned Khalidi, saying that he dedicated his life to defending the Palestinian historical narrative and documenting the history of Palestine and its people.
Walid Khalidi authored several books and works, including:
• "Before the Diaspora: A Pictorial History of the Palestinian People 1876-1948," published in Beirut by the Institute for Palestine Studies in 1987.
• "The Arab-Israeli Conflict and the New Mandate: Balance of Power and Main Parties," published in Beirut by the Arab Cultural Club in 1997.
• "Fifty Years on the 1948 War: The First Arab-Zionist War," published in Beirut by Dar al-Nahar for Publishing in 1998.
• "Zionism in a Hundred Years: From Lamenting Ruins to Dominating the Arab East 1897-1997," published in Beirut by Dar al-Nahar for Publishing in 1998.
• "Lest We Forget: Palestinian Villages Destroyed by Israel in 1948 and the Names of Their Martyrs," published in Beirut by the Institute for Palestine Studies in 1998.
• "Deir Yassin: Friday, April 9, 1948," published in Beirut by the Institute for Palestine Studies in 1999.
