Summary
In Shtetl Colonialism: First and Last Impressions of Indigeneity by Colonised Colonisers, the 1948 culmination of the Second Aliya drive for an exclusive Jewish presence in urban space: not just expulsions or the destruction of buildings, but the annihilation of the political, social, cultural and economic centres of the indigenous society (Shtetl Colonialism: First and Last Impressions of Indigeneity by Colonised Colonisers, PDF p.9 / printed p.47).
Details
- The sequence in the article: the settlers tried to create an exclusive Jewish presence in the urban space first by dominating the labour market, then by building separate neighbourhoods and towns, and finally by urbicide in 1948 (PDF p.9).
- Cited in note 12 to Pappé, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, pp.91-103 (PDF p.19 / printed p.57).
Related pages
Shtetl Colonialism: First and Last Impressions of Indigeneity by Colonised Colonisers, Ethnic Cleansing, Second Aliya, Nakba