World News

32286 readers

479 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

346

Israeli settlers set fire to cars, homes of Palestinians under occupation (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

17 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Mobs of Israeli settlers have rampaged through the occupied West Bank attacking Palestinians and their property, killing two people. The latest violence was sparked by the disappearance of a 14-year-old boy from an illegal outpost, whose body was later found.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't get why so many people on here think "settlers" is a benign word.

During colonization settlers were responsible for genocidal massacres and land theft in Australia, Canada, US, Brazil, New Zealand, and elsewhere. Including some pretty famous ones like Trail of Tears.

What we are seeing in Palestine is what Settlers look like during the active colonization phase.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

"settlers" is the perfect word to describe their social role. Far better than "Nazi" or "fascist" which ditch precision for emotional weight.

They are behaving as genocidal maniacs because of their social role within settler colonialism, not because each person believes in fascism or because they're just behaving "fascistly" or whatever.

They may be indistinguishable at times, but the word "settlers" paints quite an accurate picture of what is happening: Manifest Destiny or Lebensraum.