Milestone · 1936–present
Every phase of settler-colonial expansion requires suppressing indigenous resistance — a repeating cycle, not isolated military operations.
Every phase of settler colonial expansion requires suppressing indigenous resistance. Halper identifies a repeating cycle — not isolated military operations, but a structural feature of the project.
1936–39The Great Arab Revolt — crushed by British forces with Zionist cooperation
1948The Nakba — 750,000 Palestinians expelled, 500+ villages destroyed
2002Operation Defensive Shield — mass re-occupation of the West Bank
Post-Oct. 7Ongoing campaign in Gaza: mass displacement, destruction of civil infrastructure