Running against historical decolonization made Israeli settler-colonialism uniquely visible

Evidence

Second: Zionism embarked on a settler-colonial venture at a time when settlercolonialism was waning. While after World War II, other settler-colonial projects were unwinding and the postwar era was more characterized by decolonization, Zionism continued in the opposite direction of history – first, within its 1948 borders and later, in the whole area of Palestine; furthermore, it faced and sought to subjugate a nation with a crystallized national identity and developed urban centers, cultural institutions, economic and political systems, and media centers – not much different from its neighbors. This timing of the project made the settler-colonial policies and the resistance to it more visible on the international stage like in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Algiers. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 473

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to ‘manufactured enemy in the wrong historical epoch’ — the anachronistic project needs extra ideological justification precisely because it contradicts the era’s dominant norm. — connects to: Israel’s founding wedged between decolonization and apartheid as novel racial state — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 559; Israel’s 1948 founding was a settler colony amid a decolonial wave — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 978; Israel’s founding straddled decolonizing-logic and apartheid-state logics simultaneously. (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Israel’s 1948 founding was a settler colony amid a decolonial wave #corroborates (0.90) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 978
• Israel’s founding straddled decolonizing-logic and apartheid-state logics simultaneously. #corroborates (0.88)
• Israel’s founding wedged between decolonization and apartheid as novel racial state #corroborates (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 559
• European hostility to Israel stems from its resemblance to Europe’s colonial past #corroborates (0.75) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 147