Whose Colony Is It Anyway?
It’s a Colony! No, It’s a Colonizer! No… It’s the Eternal Scapegoat!
Credit: Asuros
Taken from a Vox article about the history of colonialism, which has 0 mention of Israel.
I. Return of the Rank
In a previous post, I ranked every reason the world might have for its endless fixation on a country: economic success, social freedoms, secular rights, date of formation, military aid, number dead in their wars, corruption, inventions, Nobel Prizes, you name it. Israel didn’t come out on top in any of those categories, except one: Israel is 73% Jewish.
Since then, I’ve kept asking {{{anti-Zionists}}} why they focus more on the Islamist war against Israel than Russia’s war on Ukraine. The answers, when they come at all, usually ignore any sense of scale, logic or proportion. Instead, I’m told that Zionists are the root of all conflict… just because! The conversation doesn’t build toward a conclusion; it starts with one.
This follow-up zooms in on one particularly absurd narrative: that Israel is either the most colonialist country on Earth, or, somehow, a colony itself. Sometimes, when someone has a flicker of self-awareness about how little sense that makes, they just downgrade to calling Israel a “colonial entity,” a vague smear that lets them ignore the facts.
It never matters that the largest demographic in Israel today is Jews recently expelled from MENA (the Middle East and North Africa). They’re still blindly labeled “white Western colonizers” (who just happen to be none of those things).
Let’s break down what should be obvious.
Taken from Justin Weinmann YT Channel
II. Colonizer or Colony? Pick One
Let’s define two terms, since people seem confused:
A colonizer invades foreign lands and subjugates their people.
A colony is land ruled by a distant power that didn’t originate there.
That means it’s contradictary for a land to be both. Yet, somehow, that’s exactly what many claim Israel is.
You could describe pre-independence America as a European colony. Europe was the colonizer; America the colony. After gaining independence, the U.S. became the colonizer, expanding westward and displacing Natives. But it wasn't both at once. It was first a colony, then a colonizer. To apply both labels simultaneously, you'd have to argue that the United States was stealing land on behalf of the British even after it broke away. That is nonsense. They fought each other. Yet that’s exactly the kind of logic applied to Israel.
According to your average slogan-chanting activist, Israel is a Western outpost, a colonial project, a tool of foreign powers, and simultaneously a brutal imperial force expanding its reach.
All this from a country smaller than New Jersey, with no overseas holdings, and no colonies of its own. You won’t find any other country on Earth forced to use Hebrew or the Israeli shekel. Nor will you find Israelis using USD, Euros, or rubles, except in rare exchanges, like any sovereign state.
But you know who you will find pushing this narrative? People from Britain and Australia — actual settler colonies with monarchs on their coins and stolen land in every direction. In Ireland, a land split by religion, people on both sides claim solidarity with Palestine, depending on how oppressed they feel. Nobody seems to care that Israel decolonized itself from Britain.
Imagine being from a penal-colony empire and accusing the only country to revive an ancient language of colonialism.
III. Real Colonialism
Now let’s ask: do you see the following discussed daily, weekly, monthly? Or are these questions too unimportant?
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Falkland Islands (fought a war to keep it)
Gibraltar, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, etc.
Still features the British flag inside other countries’ flags
🇫🇷 France
French Guiana, Réunion, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia
Controls the currency of 14 African nations via the CFA franc
Maintains military outposts across Africa
🇺🇸 United States
Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. citizens live in these territories with no real federal representation
🇨🇳 China
Hong Kong crackdowns, Belt & Road debt colonialism
Owns ports, mines, and telecom infrastructure in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Establishing military bases worldwide
🇷🇺 Russia
Annexed Crimea, invaded Ukraine
Controls puppet regimes in Georgia, Moldova, and Armenia
🇹🇷 Turkey
Occupies Northern Cyprus
Controls Kurdish regions in Iraq and Syria
Violates Greek airspace and maritime borders regularly
🇲🇦🇩🇿🇾🇪 Arab League States
Morocco occupies Western Sahara
Algeria and Morocco repress Berber culture
Iraq, Syria, Lebanon repress Kurdish autonomy
Yemen blocks South Yemen independence
🌍 Africa’s “Post-Colonial” Reality
France maintains monetary and military control
China controls infrastructure and debt
The US and EU operate bases and manipulate regimes
And yet, the country labeled “colonial” more than any other — isn’t on this list.
If you look up any serious history of colonialism, Israel won’t appear at all. If it does, it’s as the occupied territory under Ottoman and British control. The claim that Israel is a colonial power only appears in Palestinian nationalist literature, written decades or centuries after any Jewish immigration event, without primary resources, and always with the blame preassigned.
Credit; pixelx . I’m not sure if Palestine Supporters know this, but the Australian and Oeeanic Flags still pay tribute to the world’s #1 colonizer, #1 shit starter and #1 “Don’t look here! Look at Israel!”
IV. Ask Better Questions
So it’s clear that the people who live in the most “colonial” states love to point fingers at Israel, as if to say, “Don’t chop my neck! They’re the real problem!” Let’s stop arguing over vibes and start asking diagnostic questions:
Who controls Falkland Islands trade? The UK.
Who controls Israeli trade? Israel alone. They trade with the world, including India, Turkey, Africa and Western powers.Which country’s flag appears inside Australia’s? Britain.
What about Israel’s? None. It’s a stand-alone flag. It doesn’t reference another state, nor do any others reference Israel.Who hosts foreign military bases? France, the UK, the US.
Who has foreign troops in Israel? No one. Troops train in Israel, but there are no British, Russian or US military bases.How many countries speak English? Over 65.
Arabic? Over 60.
French? 29.
Spanish? 20+.
Russian? 15–20.
Hebrew? Just one.Which modern colonies have foreign-appointed governors? UK and French territories.
Who governs Israel? Citizens of Israel, through elections held constantly.Which countries still have monarchs on their currency? UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand.
What’s on Israeli currency? Hebrew letters, Jewish thinkers, ancient coins. No crowns. No colonialism.
These are the questions that matter. And every one of them confirms: Israel is not a colonizer or colony.
An image on Twitter/X with heated comments about whether the Turkic Empire controls Egypt. You may note how there are mentions of “Empires” (and how Palestinian covenants refer to a Caliphate), but Israel is just Israel, with no country connected, surrounded by Arab colonizers.
V. Conclusion: It is JUST A Scapegoat
Let’s end with a headcount.
60+ English-speaking countries. 20+ Arabic-speaking countries.
1 Hebrew-speaking country. Only one.
No other country is accused of being both a colony and a colonizer. None.
No other country is so frequently discussed in terms of whether it should exist at all.
Nobody responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by calling it a “Russian project” with “no right to exist.” Russia — btw, a far newer country than Israel — is treated as a permanent fixture. Only the Jewish state has its existence questioned. Millions of racist losers, who have contributed zilch to the world, insist that if they spell it “Israhell” or “Isnotreal” they’ll prove their value on Earth.
Only one state has its citizens’ right to exist debated this often.
As a reminder, I’m writing this to push the conversation forward, but we can all agree it is stuck in a loop. If you think that the double standards to Israel have nothing to do with the fact that the majority are Jewish, the burden is on you to identify any other unique factor.
