The common orientalist argument is reproduced here that there are many “Arab states” in the Middle East but no “Jewish states” (i.e. Arabs as a homogenous group—denying the unique national identities therein—have “enough land,” and thus Palestinains should not complain about Zionist colonialism). Denial of Palestinains as a unique national group is the core principle.
The poster then ignores there have been Arab Jews and Palestinian Jews prior to European Zionist colonialism.
It also ties into perfectly of Israel’s rhetorical position as a beacon of western democracy and prosperity among the native hordes. It always implicitly reads “why do you want to get rid of the one slice of Europe for another savage shithole?”.
The common orientalist argument is reproduced here that there are many “Arab states” in the Middle East but no “Jewish states” (i.e. Arabs as a homogenous group—denying the unique national identities therein—have “enough land,” and thus Palestinains should not complain about Zionist colonialism). Denial of Palestinains as a unique national group is the core principle.
The poster then ignores there have been Arab Jews and Palestinian Jews prior to European Zionist colonialism.
It also ties into perfectly of Israel’s rhetorical position as a beacon of western democracy and prosperity among the native hordes. It always implicitly reads “why do you want to get rid of the one slice of Europe for another savage shithole?”.