Structural settler colonial policies in Israel persist beyond individual leaders
Original framing: “Even if Netanyahu is voted out, Israel's ethnic cleansing agenda will continue apace” — Middle East Eye
The settler colonial model in Israel mirrors historical patterns in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, where displacement was justified through legal and ideological frameworks. These parallels highlight the structural continuity of colonial violence across time and geography.
The continuation of Israel's policies beyond Netanyahu is not a failure of leadership but a function of a deeply entrenched settler colonial system.
This system is reinforced by legal, military, and economic structures that operate with the complicity of global powers. Indigenous and postcolonial perspectives reveal the violence of land dispossession as a normalized, systemic process. To address this, a multi-pronged approach involving legal accountability, decolonization frameworks, and global solidarity is necessary. The voices of Palestinians and other marginalized groups must be central to any solution, as they embody the lived experience of resistance and resilience.