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Israel: A Colonial-Settler State? Maxime Rodinson
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Arab states and statelets and the zionist colonial settler state of Israel, against practically the last remaining independent, anti-imperialist state in the Arab region, which, moreover, adheres to a broadly socialist orientation. First of all, let's be clear: Israel is a colonial-settler and apartheid state. It is undeniable that Israel is a colonial settler state for European Jews that was founded on the backs of dispossessing the natives (Palestinians, Arabs, whatever you want to call them). President Obama must have recognized that Israel is a colonial-settler state seeking Palestinian lands pretty much the way the French settlers came to Algeria and the British colonialists came to Kenya in the last two centuries. Khalil Maqdesi: Our understanding, in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, of our enemy and of our conflict with this enemy, Israel, is very clear. The construction of Jewish homes on Palestinian land is testament to its territorial ambitions. Covered in The New York Times (Oct. But many states around the world that were not built upon settler colonialism are also strong supporters of Israel. Israel as an expression of the democratic yearnings of an oppressed people, as opposed to being an imperial manipulation of historical crimes against the Jewish people to justify a colonial-settler state on Palestinian land. Israel is a colonial settler state whose intent is to remove the indigenous peoples by whatever means possible. Israel's essentially colonial-settler origin provides a convincing explanation for its deep and broad violence. The fact that both Canada and Israel are settler colonial states is worth considering, as I do below. Israel is a colonial settler state, with an apartheid system of segregation, with specific privileges granted on the basis of religious/ethnic identity. 21, 2012), it's clear that the credibility of the racist, Zionist colonial settler state of Israel is at an all time low—as is the myth of a beleaguered Israel threatened by “terrorist” Palestinians. Zionist Israel at 60 - A Colonial-settler state?