Zionism Is Not a Settler Colonialism Ideology

In the case of israel we can clearly see a process of population replacement this occurred historically through the knockbar and then through the ever ongoing expansion of the israeli state following partition. A distinctive identity has also clearly been developed and dates back to at least the bargiora during the second alia in which jewish defense organizations began to conceptualize their task as a distinctly nationalist task it continued on through the establishment of a jewish ethno state during partition and was reaffirmed in the nation state law of 2018. The idea of sovereignty has been the basis for ongoing aggression and violence and it provides an ideological legitimization for this violence sometimes it's secular sometimes it's religious in nature but