Israeli and Palestinian Settler Colonialism in New Media: The Case of Roots
Israeli settler colonialism, in time, became highly linked to the idea of a state, culminating in an institution that defends the past, present, and future practises maintaining the relations between the “native” and “settlers”. Settler colonial ideas and practises sustaining binary opposition betwe...
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| description | Israeli settler colonialism, in time, became highly linked to the idea of a state, culminating in an institution that defends the past, present, and future practises maintaining the relations between the “native” and “settlers”. Settler colonial ideas and practises sustaining binary opposition between the “native” and the “settler” are reproduced not only by Israeli state broadcasters, but also by settler colonial social media. This article proposes media analysis that goes beyond the usual national and conflict narrative and links “settler colonial common sense” with social media impacts and state ideas/sovereign ideas of property that strive to eliminate native people or transfer them outside Israel’s perceived land ownership and sovereignty. This article also shows how Israeli settler colonial politics and narratives are supported by other settler colonial states (especially the United States). New media and settler common sense cannot be disassociated from the Israeli state and global politics, even though some settlers may have their own strategies regarding the relations with native Palestinians. The State of Israel, through massive surveillance technologies and support from other states that view militarisation and population management as crucial to maintaining its power, holds a great deal of influence over how it frames the “conflict” with Palestinians. We witness how both state violence and institutionalised Jewish privilege are recreated on the ground and globally through the new media. This issue is analysed through the “Roots” (a grassroots movement for understanding among Israelis and Palestinians) case study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-29b36b247a9a4df18d97dfdeb63204682023-11-16T10:30:10ZengMDPI AGHumanities2076-07872023-10-0112512410.3390/h12050124Israeli and Palestinian Settler Colonialism in New Media: The Case of RootsMagdalena Pycińska0Faculty of International and Political Studies Academic, Institute of the Middle and Far East, Jagiellonian University, Oleandry 2a, 30-063 Krakow, PolandIsraeli settler colonialism, in time, became highly linked to the idea of a state, culminating in an institution that defends the past, present, and future practises maintaining the relations between the “native” and “settlers”. Settler colonial ideas and practises sustaining binary opposition between the “native” and the “settler” are reproduced not only by Israeli state broadcasters, but also by settler colonial social media. This article proposes media analysis that goes beyond the usual national and conflict narrative and links “settler colonial common sense” with social media impacts and state ideas/sovereign ideas of property that strive to eliminate native people or transfer them outside Israel’s perceived land ownership and sovereignty. This article also shows how Israeli settler colonial politics and narratives are supported by other settler colonial states (especially the United States). New media and settler common sense cannot be disassociated from the Israeli state and global politics, even though some settlers may have their own strategies regarding the relations with native Palestinians. The State of Israel, through massive surveillance technologies and support from other states that view militarisation and population management as crucial to maintaining its power, holds a great deal of influence over how it frames the “conflict” with Palestinians. We witness how both state violence and institutionalised Jewish privilege are recreated on the ground and globally through the new media. This issue is analysed through the “Roots” (a grassroots movement for understanding among Israelis and Palestinians) case study.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/12/5/124settler colonialismPalestinesocial mediaIsraelsettler common sensestate media |
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| title | Israeli and Palestinian Settler Colonialism in New Media: The Case of Roots |
| title_full | Israeli and Palestinian Settler Colonialism in New Media: The Case of Roots |
| title_fullStr | Israeli and Palestinian Settler Colonialism in New Media: The Case of Roots |
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| title_short | Israeli and Palestinian Settler Colonialism in New Media: The Case of Roots |
| title_sort | israeli and palestinian settler colonialism in new media the case of roots |
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