« The theatre of settler colonialism: Yi‐Hsin Hsu, ‘Performing Shakespeare in Colonial Taiwan: Early Japanese Settlers and the Bounds of Theatrical Imperialism, 1895‐1916’, Popular Entertainment Studies, 10, 1-2, pp. 72-92
Even though it would be tempting, the Court said that the settler government should not have the authority of deporting indigenous peoples: Tony McAvoy, ‘High court’s ‘alien’ decision is not surprising – but it won’t be the end of the story’, Guardian, 12/02/20 »

It’s not the citizenship, it’s the sovereignty: Lana Tatour, ‘Citizenship as Domination: Settler Colonialism and the Making of Israel’, Arab Studies Journal, XXVII, 2, 2019, pp. 8-39

15Feb20

Excerpt: During the 1948 war, over two thirds of the Palestinian population became refugees. A small, defeated minority remained in what became the state of Israel. It is no secret that the state did not want these Palestinians. As the Zionist adage goes, Israel wanted the dowry (the land) but not the bride (the Palestinian people).1 Te adage holds true to this day. Beginning with the establishment of Israel and continuing until 1966, the Israeli state subjected Palestinians in territories under Israeli control to a Military Government regime and an elaborate system of surveillance.2 At the same time, Israel extended sufrage and then citizenship to some, but not all, of those Palestinians. Despite the award of citizenship, the Israeli state did not regard Palestinians as indigenous to the space or as natural subjects of rights. Tis view of Palestinians has not changed. I


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