Can Israel be considered a colonial power in Palestine? How? And if so, did the British pave the way? How?

by SigurdRuud
AmesCG

I'm not an expert in this subject, so I can't answer your question itself. However, I suspect one problem you're going to encounter is that the term "colonial power" is a controversial term to be applied to a controversial issue. Without more context, it might be hard for someone to answer your question while also avoiding politics.

So, perhaps you can expand on what you mean by "colonial power"?

manzana9

It's interesting to look at Israel as a settler-colonial state (settler colonialism is where a foreign entity/presence moves into an area/occupies a land base and their moving into/occupation is authorized, supported, and often (temporarily) governed by an imperial power/state (i.e. Britain overseeing the "establishment" of Israel/Palestine borders)). I'm certainly not the expert on settler-colonialism, perhaps someone has a better definition, but that's the main idea of the concept from my education/understanding.

I would suggest reading works on (contemporary) settler colonialism and how it has shaped contemporary (since WWII specifically) relations between Israel and Palestine.

I'd suggest checking out a book like "Settler Colonialism in the Twentieth Century" (eds. Susan Pedersen and Caroline Elkins).