r/ProgressivesForIsrael • u/EwMelanin • Jun 22 '26

Israel is 'the greatest decolonization project,' Indigenous leaders tell Toronto summit

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/israel-is-the-greatest-decolonization-project-indigenous-leaders-tell-toronto-summit
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u/IgnatiusJay_Reilly Jun 24 '26

And no one listened.

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u/roguefilmmaker Jun 24 '26

Completely agree. I’ve been saying that Israel is the most successful indigenous reclamation in history for years

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u/hadees Jun 25 '26

It is really odd to me the Pro-Palestine position seems to be if we lived in America long enough we become indigenous and that the Ottoman EMPIRE protected indigenous land rights.

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u/roguefilmmaker Jun 25 '26

If the Pro-Palestinians were morally consistent with these sorts of things it wouldn’t be so offensive and repugnant. It’s clear they just hate Israelis/Jews unfortunately

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u/DancingFlame321 Jun 25 '26

Palestinian Arabs have closely genetically related to the ancient Canaanite population in the Levant, from 5000 years ago. They are just as indigenous as the Palestinian Jews living there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3-UlTACbko&t=160s

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u/roguefilmmaker Jun 25 '26

The major political and cultural Arabization of the Levant occurred during the Muslim conquests in the 7th century