I know this isn't necessarily about race, but it is another example of whites getting their way while browns get in the way. Just gonna add another tally.

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago (13 children)

The idea that indigenous peoples should be subjugated and forcefully integrated by settlers is an inherently racial problem. This was just as true in Canada and the US as it was true in South America as it is in Palestine today.

From the Atlantic to the Pacific, the indigenous people of North America should be free.

[–] doctordevice@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (11 children)

And that's part of the reason the Israel-Palestine conflict is so contentious. Both peoples are indigenous to the region, having strong ancestral ties to the Canaanite peoples that inhabited the area over many periods of external rule and migrations.

That the Jewish people were once forced from the area but retained their identity in new lands doesn't diminish their right to live in their ancestral home. Nor does it give them the right to treat their distant cousins (who also have ancestral claim) the Palestinians the way the state of Israel has.

I don't know what the solution is, but many Palestinians and Israelis just want peace, contrary to the rhetoric of their governments.

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Many of the organization in Gaza understand this: they have a desire to fight for their freedom, but not a desire to lead.

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