First Vintage Books Edition, October 1980 Copyright © 1 979 by Edward W. Said All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York. Distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Originally published by Times Books, a division of Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co., Inc., Three Park Avenue, New York, N .Y. 10016, in November 1979, and simultaneously in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Ltd., Toronto. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Said, Edward W The question of Palestine, Originally published by Times Books, New York. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Jewish-Arab relations. 1. Palestinian Arabs. I. Title. [t>si 19 .7 .S 3 3 3 1 9 8 1 ] 327.5< > 94 0 i7'49 27 8 0 -1 2 1 4 6 is b n 0 -3 9 4 -74 52 7-^ Manufactured in the United States of America