ive been viewing gaza-israel through the lens of the holocaust, but i realize now that its an improper analogy. a better one would be the war of european settlers against the native americans, or the colonization of america. the main difference being the first is sequestering a population, while the second is an invasion and progressive siege of another's homeland. 

unfortunately, this new metaphor bodes worse for the outcome for the palestinian people

Talking *@! In /extracurriculars reminiscing in /gen-x and curating in /trish

I got into genealogy specifically to find any journals or writings or articles about my ancestors and their proximity/involvement. My people were doing this fvckery in Utah before it was a state. Two of many instances. Horrendously the Mormons named one of their temples the “Mount Timpanogos temple” 


https://blackhawkproductions.com/#:~:text=The%20definitive%20cause%20of%20the,become%20the%20Timpanogos's%20war%20chief.

https://mormonr.org/qnas/dxS5B/native_american_extermination_order

i didnt learn much about american colonialism as a kid in the us. wonder if american settlers then had the same guiltless zeal as most israeli settlers

1850-1900 the west, particularly California, wiped out the remaining indigenous people by 75%. It was the state Calvary funded (reimbursed) by the federal government. Newspapers reported “skirmishes” when entire cohorts of people and villages were destroyed 

You’re absolutely right in your comparison but Americans don’t know the half of that history. Hitler actually studied what we did. We were the benchmark

Urbanist thinking about open places, open access, and open web. She/her.
/urbanism + https://zora.co/@miawintam

pretty crazy that they think they can get away with such brutality today, esp against the backdrop of modern post/anti colonialism

yes. settler colonialism shows how imperialism works by breaking apart indigenous ppls, taking land, and blocking self-sufficiency. strategy of control. israel functions as a western-backed settler outpost, fragmenting and structurally dispossessing Palestinians over time

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Thank you for sharing
I agree