Summary
A Second Aliya writer whose entry in The Book of the Second Aliya is the cited source in Shtetl Colonialism: First and Last Impressions of Indigeneity by Colonised Colonisers for the settlers’ naming of Palestinian land use as robbery and murder, and for Arthur Ruppin’s Madafa device for clearing tenants from purchased land (Shtetl Colonialism: First and Last Impressions of Indigeneity by Colonised Colonisers, PDF p.13-14 / printed p.51-52).
Details
- Notes 28, 30-31 cite Zaid, ‘The Genesis’ (titled ‘The Gensis’ in note 28 as printed), pp.169-170: the robber and assassin terms applied to customary cultivation and orchard and well use once Zionism purchased the land, and the Madafa meetings at which local notables were convinced to expel tenants so Zionist settlement of purchased land could proceed (PDF p.14, p.19-20).
- Even Palestinians who shared ownership of horses with settlers, or long hours guarding property, were transformed into villains in this account once they refused to evict (PDF p.14).
Related pages
Shtetl Colonialism: First and Last Impressions of Indigeneity by Colonised Colonisers, Arthur Ruppin, Second Aliya, The Book of the Second Aliya