narratives

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>At 02:56 PM 04/24/2002 -0400, Luke wrote:
>>Well, the narrative of the perpetually besieged Jews being attacked by
>>Palestinian terrorists, as flawed as it is, is one that many Americans find
>>compelling.
>
>How about the narrative about Palestinians being disposessed of 
>their land, culture, and life -- for having done nothing to the 
>jews. How about that narrative?
>
>Joanna

Perhaps, pro-Israel & anti-Palestinian Americans are ideologically 
motivated by the following analogy, whether they are fully aware of 
it or not:

White Americans = Israelis = Settler Colonialists

versus

American Indians = Palestinians = Indigenous Populations Displaced by 
Settler Colonialists.

Thus, if you criticize Israel's colonialism, you'd have to also 
criticize America's colonialism, to be consistent.

Likewise, Americans capable of political sympathies for American 
Indians would be also capable of politically sympathizing with 
Palestinians, I think.
-- 
Yoshie

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