It's not as though the Zionists are "like" American settlers; they effectively ARE. Israel is the U.S's most important ally in the region-- a foothold for U.S. atrocity. Their importance as an intelligence ally alone merits U.S. defense despite attacks on AMERICAN military ships in Israeli waters, for example, in that one nasty situation circa 1980. As Chomsky and other critics have outlined, Israel carries out the same "type" of violent colonialism stooped in western tradition that the U.S. has utilized in it's own infancy; in fact the worst kind-- settler colonialism, in which the native population has no prospect for gaining rights or contributing to the dominant society and are expected simply to cease existing.

Without massive popular outrage, the most hopeful outcome for the Palestinians is the continuation of apartheid-- and at the worse, large scale genocide when shit inevitably hits the fan (U.S. war with Iran, for example)

This is a massive human rights issue both in the area and in the u.s. and this article only serves to further the anxiety of those who pay attention-- When major war correspondents (CNN) completely ignore the fact that Israels true second class citizenry is living out the worst nightmare of civil rights activists in the American south, but then supposing some half brained bullshit about religios oppression form a minority Zionist group is news worthy (when it amounts to no true consequence other than to distract readers), drip it in platitudes about rosa parks, ect.

We are living out the last days of a senile system of manipulative control. This is a horror.

edit: drunk. suckm my dick