As you’ve probably seen time and again, the haters love to claim us Jews in Israel are “‘white colonizers”, with the Arabs being the downtrodden “indigenous” or “brown people” subjected to our colonization.
The main way to rebut this is to point out how this is a complete inversion of history, with the Arabs being here as a result of the Islamic colonization of the region from the 7th century onwards, and the Jews being the indigenous people of the land, whether or not the majority of us returned in relatively modern times, and whether or not we look “white” as a result of growing up in certain parts of the Diaspora.
In addition to this, one can also point to the appearance of so many Israelis who are not “white looking” at all. Almost 50% of Israeli Jews are from ethnic backgrounds that might not be perceived as “white looking” in a Western context, whether it be Mizrahi, Sephardic, or Ethiopian Jews.
Some Israel-hater decided to try rebutting this second inconvenient argument. It needs to be seen to be believed.
The idiot's guide to being a coloniser. pic.twitter.com/3H6IzEfp9g
— Rania (@umyaznemo) May 13, 2025
I would call this an “own goal” – given according to her definition, the Arabs are “white colonizers”! But I think it is more a case of “moving the goal posts.”
Not that we should be surprised. Their entire cause is a matter of “making sh*t up as they go along.”
