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Every case is unique, and yes Jaffa is nothing like Belfast. I simply brought it up because Belfast was also a settler colonial city claimed by the colonized pe
by runarberg 3y ago
Every case is unique, and yes Jaffa is nothing like Belfast. I simply brought it up because Belfast was also a settler colonial city claimed by the colonized peoples before the colonized relinquished their claim of it in a deal. However unlike Jaffa, when the nationalists relinquished their claim of the city, the colonizers reciprocated and gave them recognition of their state in return.
- tptacek 3y agoSo, if I understand the argument, it's that calling out the "colonization" of places like Jaffa is moral leverage in an argument for recognizing Palestinian statehood in Gaza and the West Bank? (I don't think you need more leverage for that argument; I think it's self-evident. But ok!)