Sep 22, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 9 segments
What does it actually mean to view a conflict through the lens of settler-colonialism? Join Editor at Large at Fair Observer, Ranjani Iyer Mohanty, as she speaks with Dr. Muhannad Ayyash, Professor of…
Muhannad AyyashGuestRanjini Iyer MohantyHost
So let's start with the defining feature of settler colonialism, because that will make answering all of the other pieces easier.
But I think across all of those differences between different types of settler colonialism, different systems, and so on, there's one common feature that unites them all, and that is they cannot tolerate the idea of an Indigenous claim to sovereignty.
The whole idea of settler colonialism is that a land is already inhabited by another people who are a sovereign people, have held a sovereign relationship with the land, and have had a sovereign existence on the land for centuries.
In fact, I guess that's almost where they started with that statement about land without a people.
Because they knew the reality was that this land in Palestine was inhabited.
So let's start with the defining feature of settler colonialism, because that will make answering all of the other pieces easier.
But I think across all of those differences between different types of settler colonialism, different systems, and so on, there's one common feature that unites them all, and that is they cannot tolerate the idea of an Indigenous claim to sovereignty.
The whole idea of settler colonialism is that a land is already inhabited by another people who are a sovereign people, have held a sovereign relationship with the land, and have had a sovereign existence on the land for centuries.
In fact, I guess that's almost where they started with that statement about land without a people.
Because they knew the reality was that this land in Palestine was inhabited.
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