Summary
In Sayegh’s account, the third characteristic of the Zionist settler-state and the one unfinished element of the Zionist programme: expansion towards all of Eretz Israel, publicly disavowed by the same stratagem that had earlier disavowed statehood and the eviction of the Arabs, both of which were then carried out.
Details
- Zionist attainments at any moment, if short of the standing objective, are only temporary stations along the road to ultimate self-fulfillment and not terminal points, notwithstanding solemn assurances to the contrary (Zionist Colonialism in Palestine, PDF p.14 / printed p.219).
- Statehood was publicly denied from 1897 until 1942 while internal documents and leaders’ diaries show it was the objective all along, and dispossession and eviction of the Arabs were publicly denied until 1948 while the aim from the beginning was the thorough Zionisation and de-Arabisation of Palestine (Zionist Colonialism in Palestine, PDF p.14-15 / printed p.219-220).
- For territorial extent the aim remains only partly realised and the veil only partially lifted; even the moderate version of Eretz Israel comprises an area twice as large as the one usurped thus far by the Zionist state (Zionist Colonialism in Palestine, PDF p.15 / printed p.220).
- Of the three essential elements of the Zionist programme, only occupation of all of Eretz Israel remains unrealised; for the settler-state, to be is to prepare and strive for territorial expansion (Zionist Colonialism in Palestine, PDF p.16 / printed p.221).
- The epilogue draws the regional consequence: the settler-state, bent on expansion, is a threat to the security and territorial integrity of the Arab states, has already invaded their lands, and still covets their territories (Zionist Colonialism in Palestine, PDF p.19 / printed p.224).
Related pages
Zionist Colonialism in Palestine, Eretz Israel, Israel, Zionism, Liberation of Palestine