RT Article
T1 Neo-Zionism and Palestine: The Unveiling of Settler-Colonial Practices in Mainstream Zionism
JF Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies
VO 16
IS 1
SP 47
OP 78
A1 Jamal, Amal
LA English
PB Edinburgh Univ. Press
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/157523100X
AB This article examines the rise and key characteristics of Neo-Zionist political thought in Israel and its relationship with mainstream Zionist thought. It argues that despite the radical and repulsive discourses of Neo-Zionism and the critique expressed by liberal Zionists towards it, the former has always been embodied in classical Zionism. The justifications provided by Neo-Zionists are based on principles propagated by central leaders of mainstream Zionism. Utilising new perspectives in Settler-Colonial Studies, the article demonstrates how both strands encapsulate the Zionist continuum and continuous expansionist drive for new settlements in Palestine based on ‘Biblical right' of Jews over the land of Palestine. Both advocate supremacist, exclusivist, and volkish rights for Jews with disastrous consequences for the indigenous people of Palestine. The convictions and practices of the Neo-Zionists in the post 1967 period help unveil the camouflaged motivations, justifications and practices of mainstream expansionist Zionism.
K1 Palestine
K1 Edward Said
K1 Mainstream Zionism
K1 majoritarian despotism
K1 Neo-Zionism
K1 new Settler-Colonial Studies
K1 Political messianism
K1 supremacism
K1 territorial expansionism
DO 10.3366/hlps.2017.0152