Rashid Khalidi

when he manages to convince the British to become the patron of what they understand is a settler colonial project. The early Zionists, all of them, wall to wall, understood that they were colonizing Palestine. You wouldn't have had the land purchase agency called the Jewish Colonization Agency. That's not some anti-Semitic slur on a bunch of people who want to rescue the Jews from persecution.

when he manages to convince the British to become the patron of what they understand is a settler colonial project. The early Zionists, all of them, wall to wall, understood that they were colonizing Palestine. You wouldn't have had the land purchase agency called the Jewish Colonization Agency. That's not some anti-Semitic slur on a bunch of people who want to rescue the Jews from persecution.

when he manages to convince the British to become the patron of what they understand is a settler colonial project. The early Zionists, all of them, wall to wall, understood that they were colonizing Palestine. You wouldn't have had the land purchase agency called the Jewish Colonization Agency. That's not some anti-Semitic slur on a bunch of people who want to rescue the Jews from persecution.

That's the description they gave themselves. for what they understood they were doing, and what they understood was their ancestral land, which they felt they had no choice but to colonize because of persecution in Europe. So, you know, you can walk and chew gum at the same time.

That's the description they gave themselves. for what they understood they were doing, and what they understood was their ancestral land, which they felt they had no choice but to colonize because of persecution in Europe. So, you know, you can walk and chew gum at the same time.

That's the description they gave themselves. for what they understood they were doing, and what they understood was their ancestral land, which they felt they had no choice but to colonize because of persecution in Europe. So, you know, you can walk and chew gum at the same time.

It's unique. Let's start by saying that. There are settler colonial projects that develop into national projects. You and I are living in one. This is a settler colonial project. It's a national project. It's a nation state now. Canada, Australia, New Zealand. Others don't. Algeria didn't. Kenya didn't. Northern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe today didn't. So in that respect, Zionism is absolutely unique.

It's unique. Let's start by saying that. There are settler colonial projects that develop into national projects. You and I are living in one. This is a settler colonial project. It's a national project. It's a nation state now. Canada, Australia, New Zealand. Others don't. Algeria didn't. Kenya didn't. Northern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe today didn't. So in that respect, Zionism is absolutely unique.

It's unique. Let's start by saying that. There are settler colonial projects that develop into national projects. You and I are living in one. This is a settler colonial project. It's a national project. It's a nation state now. Canada, Australia, New Zealand. Others don't. Algeria didn't. Kenya didn't. Northern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe today didn't. So in that respect, Zionism is absolutely unique.

It's unique in other respects. Every other settler colonial project I know of, Ireland, for example, involves an extension of the sovereignty and the population of the mother country. There's a mother country, which Zionism doesn't have, and the project is an extension. The king sends Protestants to Ulster, okay, or to Virginia, named for Queen Elizabeth. or to Jamestown, named for King James.

It's unique in other respects. Every other settler colonial project I know of, Ireland, for example, involves an extension of the sovereignty and the population of the mother country. There's a mother country, which Zionism doesn't have, and the project is an extension. The king sends Protestants to Ulster, okay, or to Virginia, named for Queen Elizabeth. or to Jamestown, named for King James.

It's unique in other respects. Every other settler colonial project I know of, Ireland, for example, involves an extension of the sovereignty and the population of the mother country. There's a mother country, which Zionism doesn't have, and the project is an extension. The king sends Protestants to Ulster, okay, or to Virginia, named for Queen Elizabeth. or to Jamestown, named for King James.

It's an extension of the sovereignty of the English monarchy or of the French Republic into North Africa. Zionism doesn't fit that pattern at all. It's not an extension of the sovereignty of Great Britain. It doesn't involve an extension of the population. It's its own independent project, which in a transactional relationship,

It's an extension of the sovereignty of the English monarchy or of the French Republic into North Africa. Zionism doesn't fit that pattern at all. It's not an extension of the sovereignty of Great Britain. It doesn't involve an extension of the population. It's its own independent project, which in a transactional relationship,

It's an extension of the sovereignty of the English monarchy or of the French Republic into North Africa. Zionism doesn't fit that pattern at all. It's not an extension of the sovereignty of Great Britain. It doesn't involve an extension of the population. It's its own independent project, which in a transactional relationship,

hooks up with an imperial power to do its bidding as an ally, if you want, or a patron. So it's unique in multiple respects. I mean, it's not true that this is the only settler colony that involves people fleeing persecution. The Quakers, the Puritans are refugees from persecution by the Church of England. So it's not entirely unique in that respect.

hooks up with an imperial power to do its bidding as an ally, if you want, or a patron. So it's unique in multiple respects. I mean, it's not true that this is the only settler colony that involves people fleeing persecution. The Quakers, the Puritans are refugees from persecution by the Church of England. So it's not entirely unique in that respect.

hooks up with an imperial power to do its bidding as an ally, if you want, or a patron. So it's unique in multiple respects. I mean, it's not true that this is the only settler colony that involves people fleeing persecution. The Quakers, the Puritans are refugees from persecution by the Church of England. So it's not entirely unique in that respect.

But it is unique in having this connection to Palestine, to the Holy Land of Judaism and the Jewish people.

But it is unique in having this connection to Palestine, to the Holy Land of Judaism and the Jewish people.