Jerusalem: The Key to Peace / القدس مفتاح السلام

by Walid Khalidi

This book is in Arabic. This book consists of a compilation of studies on Jerusalem, written by renowned Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi over the span of many years. The earliest studies date back to 1967, at which time Khalidi worked as a consultant to the Iraqi delegation during the UN General Assembly’s emergency special session (14/7/1967) in the aftermath of the six Days war, later works featured include Khalidi’s speech at a special UN event, held in the UN’s Trusteeship Council Hall, to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (30/11/2009). Many of these studies were presented in various Arab and Western capitals on various occasions and appeared in both English and Arabic languages.

225 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2017

About the author

Walid Khalidi (Arabic: وليد خالدي; 16 July 1925 – 8 March 2026) was a Palestinian historian who wrote extensively on the Palestinian exodus.

He was a co-founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS), established in Beirut in December 1963 as an independent research and publishing center focusing on the Palestine problem and the Arab–Israeli conflict, and was its general secretary until 2016.

Khalidi's first teaching post was at Oxford, a position he resigned from in 1956 in protest at the British invasion of Suez. He was Professor of Political Studies at the American University of Beirut until 1982 and thereafter a research fellow at the Harvard Center for International Affairs. He also taught at Princeton University.