Arab “Settler-Colonialism” in the Land of Israel
A false and meaningless charge against the Jewish state.
September 6, 2017
A false and meaningless charge against the Jewish state.
In contemporary academic circles, “settler-colonialism” has come to be considered among the gravest of sins. The term—which refers to one country taking control of another and sending some of its inhabitants to live there—is applied with particular frequency, and venom, to Israel, although the U.S., Australia, and others also qualify as culprits. But, writes Alex Joffe, it is not Jews but Palestinians whom this term best describes:
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