Guest Post: Were the Arabs Indigenous to Mandatory Palestine?
During the mandate period, Arabs from many lands flowed freely into Palestine while Jewish immigration was severely limited. The truth remains that the native Arab population in Palestine was relatively small before the first Jewish settlers made it an attractive and prosperous place.
Guest Post: Anti-Zionism is an inherently colonial cause
Indigenous status is defined first and foremost by ethnogenesis. Blood is a requirement, but it's not the only requirement. Indigenous peoples are those whose ethnic identity, language, core culture, national religion, AND ancestry are specific to the land they claim. In other words, you can't colonize your way into indigeneity. You can't usurp an indigenous people's identity, history, culture, and land simply by invading, occupying, and absorbing indigenous peoples. That is what is being attempted here.
Media Release Issued by Israel Institute of NZ
IINZ today issued a media release urging the Pasifika community to bring Peter Fa’afiu to account for the lies and antisemitism in Amnesty International’s Israel Report.
ICFI Co-signs Letter re Amnesty International’s Antisemitic Report
ICFI has co-signed a letter addressing a deeply flawed and antisemitic report published by Amnesty International.
Creative Community for Peace on Jewish indigeneity
Dr Soomekh presented an overview of the history of the Jewish people in the land of Israel, presenting Biblical, genetic and archeological evidence and Dr Trotter (beginning at 23 minutes) discussed the way in which indigeneity is being weaponized against Israel, the legal and political issues and why it’s important for Jews to claim their indigeneity to Israel.
A History of Israel in 7 minutes
When Israel was Palestine - the history of the land and the Jewish people explained.
A Light for the Indigenous Nations
Whether it be Mt Zion or Mt Tarawera, the connection between indigenous peoples and their land is one that endures - it remains central to individual and corporate identity.
Guest Post: Aboriginal Rights of the Jewish People
Allen Hertz argues that the age-old Jewish People possesses long-exercised aboriginal rights of entry, sojourn and settlement, which today extend at least from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.
Simple Truths: A Cree Indian Explains a 2,000 Year Old Rabbinic Teaching
Nathan Elberg shares the profound lessons he learned from a Cree Indian. “Robert F. Visitor was a man of simple wants, uneducated, an alcoholic. He taught me deep truths, not through lessons or lectures, but through living, and I honor his memory”.
Guest Post: The Indigenous Rights of the Jewish People
Palestinian claims that they are the indigenous descendants of the Canaanites is a canard that has no basis in fact or history, especially in light of the fact that the entry of Islam into the area of the Holy Land occurred only in the seventh century of the common era.
Zionism, An Indigenous Struggle: Aboriginal Americans and the Jewish State
How is one’s indigenous connection to a land expressed? For many Jews, it is by reclaiming their ancestral land after centuries of exile. Despite the political turmoil greeting Jews there and which remains a constant struggle, the land welcomed these early pioneers back with open arms.
Guest Post: What it means to be an Oglala Sioux Jewish woman
Mara Cohen tells of the ‘experience of being born in a liminal place and of a liminal status. Always on the cusp of beginnings and endings, of being between worlds, and peoples…’
Watch: Webinar on Understanding Indigeneity
In an online event co-sponsored by twenty-seven international organisations, ICFI directors address the arguments for Jewish indigeneity. Presented 13 January 2021 (14 January NZT).
Guest Post: Are Palestinians an indigenous people?
Arabs who call themselves Palestinians—derived from the word “Philistines,” an invading force from the Aegean Sea—use the word “indigenous” to legitimatize their efforts to carry out their struggle against Israel’s existence.
Indigenous Australians oppose Sydney boycotters
Those who have boycotted the Sydney Festival have been misled and have aligned themselves with a murderous terrorist organization. And this is at a time when, through the Abraham Accords, there is increasing cultural and artistic exchange between Israel and Arab nations to promote peace and better understanding. Boycotts will not promote peace; only division.
The UN’s War On Jewish Jerusalem: A Denial of Indigenous Rights
The UN has shown a determination to sever all Jewish association with Jerusalem. This constitutes a denial of history, an infraction against self-determination under international law, and a violation of indigenous rights in ancestral lands.
Guest post - Jews and Cherokees: Indigenous case studies
London-based writer Michael Jacobson discusses the similarities between Jews and the Cherokee, as indigenous peoples.
Guest Post: Māori for Jewish Indigenousness
One of the most pernicious, false anti-Zionist claims of modern times is that the Jewish people of Israel are colonisers from Europe, foreign to the land which they have “stolen” from the indigenous Palestinians. This untrue narrative has increasingly taken root and many fervent pro-Palestinian supporters believe it.
Indigeneity of the Jewish people: Why it matters
One media outlet in New Zealand described Israel’s attempt to defend its citizens from a genocidal radical terrorist regime as colonialism. Nothing could be further from the truth. I wrote the following article for the Tablet to show that in fact, Jews are not foreign colonisers, but rather the indigenous people of Israel.
Guest Post: Keep the Fire Burning - Similarities Between Jews and Māori (A Jewish Perspective)
The Jews, particularly those living in the State of Israel, are an indigenous people who much like the Māori people, simply ask to be given the right to live un-harassed in our ancestral homeland.
To my Māori friends I say “Ahi kaa”, and to my Jewish brothers and sisters “L’shmor al hag’chelet”, keep the fire burning!