Conference Settler Colonialism in Palestine 13 August 2016 in Edinburgh BDS (Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions) is how we work for effective solidarity with the Palestinian people. What, though are we up against? Is there any positive exit from the nightmare? The pro-Israel event four days later claims Israel is a democratic formation and BDS campaigners are 'anti-semitic'. Far from the truth, but • what is Zionism and the state it founded, Israel? • what are Palestinians fighting for their freedom fighting against? The speakers are: Mick Napier Introduction Omar Barghouti via skype BDS and Israeli settler colonialism Ben White via skype Resistance to settler colonial analysis Mahmoud Zawahra Resistance to Israeli settler colonialism - an activist perspective Kate Aspinwall Q&A Sam Macartney Q&A Mahmoud Zawahra Q&A Ilan Pappe Israel, a settler colonial state Sophia MacLeod ... with a few last words For more information in Scotland, see http://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/ For more information on the international BDS Campaign, see https://bdsmovement.net/

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1. Every colonial enterprise represented or derived from an existing mother country or group of countries – Zionism did not.
   No other colonial enterprise viewed itself as returning to its homeland – Zionism did.
   No other modern colonial enterprise was driven by the desire of the colonizers to escape persecution and discrimination – Zionism was.
   No other colonial enterprise viewed its colonial ambition as being part and parcel of their national cultural, psychological and moral renewal – Zionism did.
   No other colonial enterprise satisfied itself with only one colony – Zionism did.
   No other colonial enterprise desired so passionately to settle a land devoid of natural resources – Zionism did.
   No other colonial enterprise desired to create an independent state (all the others saw themselves as dependent colonies of the mother country) – Zionism did.
   No other colonial enterprise desired to create an entirely new society – Zionism did.
2. This was wonderful Sandra....Truly touched my Heart....Likes the African anthem with Palestine now...teary eyed...