Tuesday, February 16th, 2016...7:07 pm
Project Update: Week Seven
I’ve been combing through Ali Abunimah’s book, The Battle for Justice in Palestine, which compares the state of Israel to the United States in terms of their treatment of indigenous peoples. Just as the United States government disregarded tribal territorial integrity, the Israeli government continues to seize land in the West Bank, displacing Palestinians. What makes this situation unique is that, whereas disease decimated American Indian populations, the population of Palestinians displaced by Israeli settlers has been maintained, and millions of them live as refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. This makes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict different than other modern settler-indigenous conflicts; If Palestinians were given voting rights in Israel, they might be able to rely on popular representation to improve their situation, rather than being forced to resort to a byzantine justice system.
1 Comment
February 17th, 2016 at 10:22 pm
What are some main questions that you plan to ask across the separate contexts? Where is political power located for each colonized group, and where should it be?
Remember, 20 pages.