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That doesn't make Israel a colony of anybody's. Is Saudi Arabia a colony of the US? Is the CAR a colony of Russia?
Israel was created by the West from the British colony of Palestine. So yeah? How is that racist btw?
No, it was not. Israel was recommended by the UN, after which Arab states revolted and tried to expel Jews form the region. The latter won the war and declared the creation of Israel. That in no way makes it a colony of the UK or "the west".
"Recommended by the UN" is the exact same fucking thing as "created by the west." Who do you think holds and has historically held power at the UN besides all the same colonial powers of the west? An absurd lie to claim this distinction is a difference.
From the Oxford dictionary:
An area in another country "recommended by the UN" that is then progressively inhabited by settlers moving from other countries. Totally not a colony at all, not one bit.
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I bet you're real fun at parties.
You could find out, if you were invited.
You should spend a few minutes learning about the history of Israel.
You should take your own advice. See my other comment.
LOL
Reasons why it's a Western colony and your accusation of racism (not antisemitism?) is absurd:
$12.5 billion in aid from the US since 7th October represents massive ongoing subsidisation as a military outpost for Western interests.
Israel is unable to sustain it's genocide and wars without direct and continuous weapons transfers from the US and Europe.
Israel is completely dependent on Western technology transfers, investment and market access.
Military technology development is largely funded by and shared with Western allies.
Israel acts as a testing ground and laboratory for US and European weapons systems.
Israel relies on Western diplomatic cover for its survival
Domestic Israeli politics is based on the need to maintain Western support.
Many colonial settlers are European or American in origin.
Zionism's original mission was according to Theodore Herzl as a "rampart of Europe against Asia". This is no different to the "civilising mission" justification of Western colonialism.
Israel serves as an outpost of Western interest in preventing Arab unity. A Western objective since the end of World War 1.
As Biden famously said. "If there was no Israel, we would have to invent an Israel."
This is true but hardly makes them a colony.
Also true, but this doesn't make them a colony. Saudi Arabia depends on western arms too. Are they a colony?
As is the whole region (either to the west, Russia, or China)
Does this make NATO a colony?
Does this make Pakistan a Chinese colony?
Does this make Kosovo a colony?
Does this make Saudi Arabia a colony?
Phew, good thing we're not being racist here, eh?
That makes Israel imperialist, but doesn't make them a colony.
If this is true, why do Arab states prefer to normalize relations with Israel rather than help Palestinians? They are at least as complicit in this genocide as "the west".