Contrary to Ira Sharkansky’s suggestion, Reuveny’s original article (“The Last Colonialist: Israel in the Occupied Territories since 1967”), used the concept colonialism exclusively as a tool for empirical analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, not to assign blame. A deconstruction of Sharkansky’s emotional and sometimes-inflammatory critique reinforces the finding that Israel is in fact a colonialist state.
This article is a response to “Colonialism or Something Else? A Comment of Rafael Reuveny’s Analysis”, an article by Ira Sharkansky.
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Rafael Reuveny is a professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Bloomington. He holds dual Israeli–U.S. citizenship and served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces.
| Other Independent Review articles by Rafael Reuveny | |
| Winter 2007/08 | The Last Colonialist: Israel in the Occupied Territories since 1967 |
