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Submitted by Rich Rostrom, Nov 13, 2007 14:35

El-Haj's fraudulent "scholarly work" against the historical reality of ancient Israel is a reaction to the absurd claim of Zionists that European Jews with a murky claim to extremely remote Israelite descent were the rightful occupants of 20th century Palestine. A claim which was not made by the original Zionists: Palestine was supposed to be empty. One might further note that the early Zionists regarded themselves as halutzim (pioneers) in a wilderness. Israel was supposed to be a settler colony, not a plantation colony. (There was criticism of some First Aliyah migrants for setting up farms and orchards worked by hired Arab labor.) The colonialism charge has a core of merit, even if the Arab response to Zionism has totally lacked merit of any kind. (And one should distinguish settlement from conquest and exploitation. It was one thing for Asian Indians to demand that the British all leave. It would be another for American Indians to do so.)

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El-Haj's fraudulent "scholarly work" against the historical reality of ancient Israel is a reaction to the absurd claim of Zionists...	Rich Rostrom	Nov 13, 2007 14:35
To term the Zionists of Israel and the world 'colonialists' is like calling the native peoples of America colonialists were... [MORE]	Southern Wolf	Nov 11, 2007 12:40
Judith Shapiro's perfody is another saf example of Jewish self-hatred. How she, ostensibly with a Jewish last name, could allow... [MORE]	Laney Bormel	Nov 9, 2007 08:04
As long as the bleating and clamouring of the so-called Palestinians are plastered in the national and international media, UN,... [MORE]	Ray Austin	Nov 8, 2007 08:26
As the author of two articles you criticized in your editorial "Colonizing Barnard," may I point out two important errors... [MORE]	Larry Cohler-Esses	Nov 7, 2007 03:13
I am so glad that someone is coming out to tell the truth about this. I fear for the US.... [MORE]	mychal brown	Nov 6, 2007 12:35
While Israel rightfully rejects the return of Palestinians who left or were driven out in the wake of the Arab... [MORE]	Stephen Schwartz	Nov 6, 2007 10:27
Theodor Herzl, the father of the Zionist movement, had no problem connecting Zionism to colonialism. So why should we? [MORE]	Menachem	Nov 6, 2007 10:19

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