The Palestine Exception, Racialization and Invisibilization

From Israel (Palestine) to North America (Turtle Island)

Bibliographic Data

ID2370992
AuthorsNahla Abdo (0000-0002-6037-2653, Carleton University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume49
Issue6
Pages967-989
Publication date2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/08969205221131315
OpenAlexW4307196058
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited19

This paper contends that the Zionist policies implemented by Israel had and continue to have a grave impact not only on the Palestinians in historic Palestine alone but also follows them in the diaspora, where some Palestinians have taken refuge. This article argues that Israel's apartheid regime, exposed by various international Human Rights Organizations, is not a recent discovery. Apartheid, the exclusion of the natives, and their racialization have accompanied the Zionist movement since its inception. Crucial questions raised in this paper include how Palestine and the Palestinians are conceived by Zionism, in and outside of Israel, and how they are perceived by the West, especially within the Canadian context. This paper pays special attention to comparing the experience of Palestinians with that of North America's Indigenous population, specifically concerning Israel's and Canada's colonial policies towards the Indigenous peoples. It also discusses the impact of Israel's policies of silencing and vilification that doggedly follow Palestinians into the diaspora: vilifications and silencing enacted by the Israel lobby through its various Zionist (Jewish) branches, whose primary role is to silence and vilify the Palestinians and curb criticism of Israel and Zionism. This policy, it is argued, is strongly supported by Canada, structurally, institutionally and through media propaganda

Anti-Zionism · Archaeology · Colonialism · Context (archaeology) · Diaspora · Ethnology · Homeland · Indigenous · Jewish studies · Judaism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Racialization · Sociology · Zionism · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society

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