“Settler colonialism is an ongoing system of power that perpetuates the genocide and repression of indigenous peoples and cultures.” – Oxford Bibliographies
This definition is partly inaccurate for modern settler-colonialism, referring, as it does, to white supremacy. Historically, settler-colonialism was based on white supremacy as European nations conquered, exploited and slaughtered non-whites across the globe in an effort to ‘civilize’ them while stealing their precious natural resources, and that definition could be expanded to include a belief that any one race or creed is superior to all others.
In Israel, it is Zionism, a racist creed that purports, oddly, that God gave Palestine to the Jews to be their homeland, and destroying any Arabs who stand in the way of that supposedly divine decree is more than acceptable. As a result, Israel has established a brutal apartheid regime that is said to be more repressive than that of South Africa decades ago.
In India, it is not white supremacy combined with oppression, racism, heteropatriarchy and capitalism that drives the country’s genocidal behaviours towards the Kashmiris, but the Hindutva nationalist movement in India which operates under a belief of its own superiority, and sees any other groups, specifically Muslims, as enemies to be destroyed.
Settler- Colonialism in Palestine and Kashmirdetails the appalling brutality of the Israeli and Indian regimes, as those nations work to destroy Palestine and Kashmir. The violations of international law, crimes against humanity and shocking, daily violations of the human rights of the Palestinian and Kashmir people described, leaving now doubt about the fact that Israel and India are brutal, rogue nations that must be reigned in by the international community.