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Decolonisation and its discontents

Why a theory of despair is shaping some left responses to Gaza

Simon Sebag Montefiore’s attack on decolonisation theory (The Atlantic, 27 October 2023) makes a valid point: that by defining the Jewish presence in Israel as “settler colonial” it legitimises the destruction of the state of Israel as an objective, and has led some on the left to justify the Hamas…