Many college students are taught that American society is the product of “settler colonialism” — a history of conquest and exploitation.
In this simplistic framing, the plight of the Palestinians is just one more example of the familiar evils of settler colonialism.
The Gaza war is better understood as a conflict between two competing nationalist projects than as a case of settler colonialism.
There are a number of inconvenient historical truths that complicate the “settler colonialism” narrative.
Another problem with the settler colonialism narrative is that it treats each side as a monolithic actor, playing the role of colonizer and victim, respectively.
Persons:
Peter Rutland, Olivia Drake, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel ”, ”, —, Israel, Raphael Lemkin, colonizer, Netanyahu, Abraham
Organizations:
Wesleyan University, Association for, Nationalities, CNN, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, United, Palestine, Palestinian, Austrian, West Bank, Abraham Accords, United Arab, Arab League
Locations:
Russia, Europe, Eurasia, Israel, United States, Gaza, Israel’s, Americas, Palestine, Vienna, Vilnius, Lviv, Russian, Galicia, Egypt, Jordan, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, Palestinian, Iran, Turkey, Qatar, Cairo