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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
7. The penny dropped because I understood your distinction between accusing Israel and the settlements
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 10:15 PM
Oct 2016

both being colonial projects, and not only the settlements.

However, framing either as such isn't anti-Semitic in itself, IMHO.

The writings of Sayegh are unsuitable as background material, but I can't go further than saying that it's possible that his writings are anti-Semitic. But then again, it would probably be hard to find writings about Palestinians from Israel's founding fathers that weren't racist either...

BTW, I found a book by someone called Zeev Sternhell, "The Founding Myths of Israel". My understanding of the founding of Zionism is a bit hazy, perhaps reading a book about it will help me...

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