This experience as a teenager was my introduction to the concept of settler colonialism and made me a supporter of Palestinian self-determination and right of return. Their support for Israel was emblematic, I came to understand later, of the seductive mythology that settler-colonial states cultivate and depend on. Although there are stark differences and time frames for the establishment of settler colonialism, there is a common thread that defines the process. Though the apt term ​“settler colonialism” wasn’t invented until rather recently, the practice of settler colonialism dates back many centuries. After its founding, the new United States used the same settler-colonial tools to seize the rest of the continent within a century.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 24, 2024 23:08 UTC