Zionist Settler-Colonialist Identity

Bresheeth, Haim

Abstract

This essay addresses a poignantly critical question: how did Israel enter into such an unsustainable, illegal, immoral and rather impractical position in the span of a few months following the bloody slaughter of 7 October 2023? It explains the problem triggering the move towards genocide, the fact that ethnic cleansing of Palestinians had run its course, and not enough Palestinians have departed Palestine since 1967 despite terrifying war crimes against them. The essay advances that the step-change from the decades of ‘good-old ethnic cleansing’ to a new level of criminality and depravity—genocide—was not a simple issue of turning up the volume; it required a mindset which sees genocide not only as an ‘option’, but one perceiving it as the only option. This was made possible after 7 October 2023.

Citation

Bresheeth, H. (2024). Zionist Settler-Colonialist Identity. Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 17(3), 239-245. https://doi.org/10.1163/18739865-01703008

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Oct 10, 2024
• Deposit Date: Oct 27, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 27, 2024
• Journal: Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication
• Print ISSN: 1873-9857
• Electronic ISSN: 1873-9865
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 239-245
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18739865-01703008
• Publisher URL: https://brill.com/view/journals/mjcc/17/3/article-p239_4.xml