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Tag Archives: Jewish Settlement
Israel – The Last of the Settler Colonies
Rewind the clock more or less than a century and you will find a world teeming with settler colonies engaged in battle with ‘unruly natives.’ Today only one remains; Israel is the last of a dying breed, the last of … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Algerian War, East Africa, Imperialism, Israel, Jewish Settlement, Liberia, Rhodesia, Settler Colonialism, Sir Charles Eliot, South Africa
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An East African Israel
In 1903, during the premiership of Arthur Balfour (later the author of the Balfour Declaration of 1917), the British government offered a territory of 5,000 square miles on the Uasin Gishu (Gwas Ngishu) plateau in the British East Africa Protectorate to the World … Continue reading
The 'Civilising' Mission 