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The lives and bodies forever scarred by Israeli state-backed settler violence (projects.972mag.com)

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[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

“Settler” is just too anodyne. It’s the word they choose to call themselves. I don’t think it’s descriptive enough.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

Here is what mainstream Israeli press thinks of the term:

“Settler” is not a neutral descriptor. In English, the word entered common use in the early 17th century to describe people establishing permanent communities in sparsely inhabited areas. At first, the term evoked ideas of pioneering and self-reliance. But during and after the age of European colonialism, it grew heavier with meaning, often associated with conquest, displacement, and injustice.

In today’s activist and postcolonial discourse, “settler” frequently implies illegitimacy, occupation, and even violence. That shift in meaning has colored its modern use, especially in contested areas like the West Bank.

For Palestinians, the term “settler” is almost always pejorative. The settlements are seen as encroachments on land designated for a future Palestinian state, and the continuing expansion—especially under the current Israeli government—has been viewed as a major obstacle to any viable two-state solution.

So, no, those fuckers don't consider "settler" to be anodyne.

[–] Osan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

To me the word has always had some bad connotations. When you mention Settlers one of two things come to mind. Either European colonials in Africa or America genociding native populations, looting resources and spreading colonial propaganda, or whatever these brainwashed Israeli terrorists are.

while I agree it might not be descriptive enough hence I like to use the term "occupiers", the word was never neutral to begin with at least where I come from.

Btw the Arabic word for it originally meant to settle in but nowadays it became synonymous with invasion.