Targeting children: Brittany Babij, Existence as Resistance: Examining Israeli Efforts to Eliminate the Native Palestinian Child Through a Discussion on Settler Colonialism, Securitization, and Genocide, MA dissertation, Carleton University, 2025 | settler colonial studies blog

Targeting children: Brittany Babij, Existence as Resistance: Examining Israeli Efforts to Eliminate the Native Palestinian Child Through a Discussion on Settler Colonialism, Securitization, and Genocide, MA dissertation, Carleton University, 2025

05Aug25

Abstract: By exploring the three themes of settler colonialism, securitization, and genocide, I analyze the ongoing Israeli genocidal assault on Gaza through a multidisciplinary theoretical lens whereby I essentially argue that the genocide Israel is perpetuating was always intentional in that it stems from the logic of elimination which is inherent within the settler colonial nature of its state formation (and even earlier, with the emergence of Zionism in the late 19th century). I further argue that Israel seeks, in particular, to target the native Palestinian child through a sublogic of limiting future possibilities, or in other words, the elimination of futurity. According to this logic, existence is resistance for the Indigenous in Indigenous lands, whereby survival serves as the ultimate testament to resilience in the face of settler colonial violence and erasure.

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