How the Settler Colonialist Paradigm Prevents Peace in the Middle East

My paper will question the notion that colonialism in general and settler colonialism in particular is something “Western” and will show that power nations throughout history and throughout the world have carried out colonial and settler-colonial policies. Then it will question the common claim that Israel is a settler-colonial state and show that the belief in this false paradigm has made it nearly impossible to reach a peaceful solution between Israel and the Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. This paper will go one step further by taking up other examples, such as the war in Ukraine to show why the shift from Marxism (or neo-Marxism) to post-colonial theory is leading to the decline of the democratic left and will plea for a return to a more pragmatic, non-dogmatic form of Marxism.