Some Western progressives, particularly in Canada, are motivated by their own 'settler guilt' but are unwilling to relinquish their own status. They project this complex onto Israel, fantasizing about a decolonization they can enforce on Jews as a proxy for the historical atonement they won't perform themselves.

The historical establishment of Israel is presented as a playbook for political conquest through demographics. A group can immigrate into a region, grow its numbers until it becomes a dominant political class, and eventually assume control, a strategy potentially being replicated by other groups in modern nations.

The Palestinian claim has evolved from denying the existence of a Jewish kingdom (as Arafat did at Camp David) to a new theory that modern Jews descend from Khazar converts. Roy Altman notes this shift and argues the latter claim has been thoroughly disproven by extensive genetic studies.

The Roman emperor Hadrian renamed the province of Judea to 'Palestina' after the Philistines, an ancient enemy of the Israelites. This was a deliberate act to sever the connection between the Jewish people and their land following a failed rebellion, an ancient example of political rebranding with modern implications.

A Super Bowl ad depicting a Jewish student as a helpless victim is criticized for reinforcing a stereotype of weakness. This approach runs counter to the fundamental purpose of Zionism and the State of Israel, which is to end Jewish victimization, not to seek a place at the 'table of victims.'

While claims of indigeneity are debated, the Jewish people in Israel use the same language, religion, and naming conventions, and inhabit the same land as their ancestors 3,000 years ago. Altman argues this provides a more continuous and holistic claim to indigeneity than that of European descendants in North America.

The Israel-Palestine conflict is often framed as a religious clash, but its root is the political reality of military occupation. The Palestinian response is a predictable human reaction to subjugation, similar to the Irish resisting the British, not a unique feature of their religion.

Coined in 1879, "anti-Semitism" was not just a new word for old hatred. It was a modern political tool framing Jews as a foreign race ("Semites") to specifically oppose their emancipation and the Enlightenment values that enabled it.

A key element of settler colonialism is extracting resources for a home empire. Judge Roy Altman argues this framework is inapplicable to Israel, as there is no metropole benefiting from its existence. The Jewish people, as Golda Meir quipped, have nowhere else to go.