I think it hits my ear badly in part because i’m used to using person-first language where you tend towards adjectives instead of nouns to avoid the implication of reducing the whole of a person to a single trait. It’s a bit bs pc language games, but i have felt it makes a difference when used towards me.
Also i think the situation in Palestine is just not quite the same as colonialism in say australia or north america. Zionism is obviously settler colonialism, but the Jewish diaspora is itself the product of Roman colonialism 2000 years ago and Jewish people never completely left. Eastern Inuit and Yupik groups are considered native peoples and have only been there ~1000 years. Plus both Palestinian and Jewish people share a common Canaanite heritage, before the processes of diaspora and Arabization. Saying Palestinians are native implies at least a little that people with Jewish heritage are too.
Again, Zionism is obviously settler colonialism and should be opposed. I just don’t think you can easily compare that situation to the native/colonizer relationship elsewhere.
it makes though (at least to me), Israeli = Coloniser, Palestiner - Native
Yeah i figured that was the idea.
I think it hits my ear badly in part because i’m used to using person-first language where you tend towards adjectives instead of nouns to avoid the implication of reducing the whole of a person to a single trait. It’s a bit bs pc language games, but i have felt it makes a difference when used towards me.
Also i think the situation in Palestine is just not quite the same as colonialism in say australia or north america. Zionism is obviously settler colonialism, but the Jewish diaspora is itself the product of Roman colonialism 2000 years ago and Jewish people never completely left. Eastern Inuit and Yupik groups are considered native peoples and have only been there ~1000 years. Plus both Palestinian and Jewish people share a common Canaanite heritage, before the processes of diaspora and Arabization. Saying Palestinians are native implies at least a little that people with Jewish heritage are too.
Again, Zionism is obviously settler colonialism and should be opposed. I just don’t think you can easily compare that situation to the native/colonizer relationship elsewhere.