Locating Israel as ‘settler colony’

This commentary engages with Mikko Joronen's ‘Polluting Appropriations: Malevolent Weathering of Settler Colonisation in Palestine’ through two tracks. Firstly, I delve into the lineage of the term ‘settler colony’ as a designation of Israel, considering some of its political framings and impacts. Secondly, I consider wider literature on environmental transformations and impacts of settler colonialism. Both tracks yield questions on Israel's commonalities with other military-colonizing powers.