Perspective - Despite everything, 'the Palestinians have not given up', says historian Rashid Khalidi

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Apr 29, 2026 · 150 words · By Stuart Norval

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Claim 1: “He spoke to us in Perspective”

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The claim that he spoke on the program 'Perspective' is found only within the France 24 article. While it is a self-report from the network, there is no independent corroboration from other sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rashid Ismail Khalidi (Arabic: رشيد خالدي; born November 18, 1948) is a Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East and the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia Univ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_Khalidi

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Walid Khalidi (Arabic: وليد خالدي; 16 July 1925 – 8 March 2026) was a Palestinian historian who wrote extensively on the Palestinian exodus. He co-founded the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walid_Khalidi

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yusuf Dia Pasha al-Khalidi (Arabic: يوسف ضياء الدين باشا الخالدي, Yousef Ḍiya’ ad-Dīn Bāshā al-Khalidī; 1842–1906) was a prominent Ottoman politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem during several no…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yousef_al-Khalidi

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Claim 2: “Rashid Khalidi is one of the world's leading historians on the Palestinian people”

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Wikipedia identifies him as a Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East and Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. France 24 describes him as 'one of the world's leading historians on the Palestinian people' and The Guardian calls him 'America’s foremost scholar' and 'the pre-eminent Palestinian intellectual of his generation in the west'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prior to the rise of nationalism during the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the term Palestinian referred to any person born in or living in the region of Palestine, regardless of their ethnic, cultura…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_identity

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Claim 3: “Rashid Khalidi has spent years writing a series of books on the region and its conflicts”

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France 24 explicitly states that Rashid Khalidi 'has spent years writing a series of books on the region and its conflicts'. This is supported by his academic standing as a Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies and former editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies as noted in Wikipedia.

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Claim 4: “Khalidi is in Paris for several appearances, including at the Arab World Institute”

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The claim that he is in Paris for appearances at the Arab World Institute is mentioned in two search results, but both appear to be the same France 24 article (or mirrors of it). No other independent organization confirms this specific trip or event.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A popular uprising by Palestinian Arabs in Mandatory Palestine against the British administration, known as the Great Revolt, and later the Great Palestinian Revolt or the Palestinian Revolution, last…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936–1939_Arab_revolt_in_Pales…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Arab Revolt (Arabic: الثورة العربية al-Thawra al-'Arabiyya), also known as the Great Arab Revolt (الثورة العربية الكبرى al-Thawra al-'Arabiyya al-Kubrā), was an armed uprising by the Hashemite-led…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Revolt

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ismail Khalidi (Arabic: إسماعيل خالدي; born 1982) is a Palestinian/Lebanese American playwright, screenwriter and theater director whose work tackles the history of Palestine and the modern Middle Eas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Khalidi_(writer)

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