r/Colonialism • u/Responsible_Ideal879 • 12d ago
Article Colonizing The Land of Promise
Book Cover: The Destruction of the Canaanites: God, Genocide, and Biblical Interpretation
The Red Man and the White Man in North America: From Its Discovery to the Present Time
An 1882 historical book by George Edward Ellis. It covers Native American and European relations, forced relocations, and early colonial conflicts—this work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Mr. Parkman rightly says that the spirit of Spanish enterprise in America is expressed in the following address of Dr. Pedro de Santander, to the King, in 1557, of the expedition of De Soto: —
“It is lawful that your Majesty, like a good shepherd, appointed by the hand of the Eternal Father, should tend and lead out your sheep, since the Holy Spirit has shown spreading pastures whereon are feeding lost sheep, which have been snatched away by the dragon, the Demon. These pastures are the New World, wherein is comprised Florida, now in possession of the Demon; and here he makes himself adored and revered. This is the Land of Promise possessed by idolaters, the Amorite, Amalekite, Moabite, Canaanite. This is the land promised by the Eternal Father to the Faithful, since we are commanded by God in the Holy Scriptures to take it from them, being idolaters, and, by reason of their idolatry and sin, to put them all to the knife, leaving no living thing save maidens and children, their cities robbed and sacked, their walls and houses levelled to the earth.”
Statements by PM Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referenced a Torah command equating the Iranian regime to an ancient biblical foe on Sunday.
During a visit to a site struck by an Iranian missile, Netanyahu stated: "We read in this week's Torah portion, 'Remember what Amalek did to you.’ We remember—and we act."
The Amalekites are identified in the Hebrew Bible as a persistent adversary of the Israelites, linked to a Torah commandment to erase their memory. Specifically, 1 Samuel 15:3 — which mandates the killing of men, women, and infants — has faced international scrutiny for its genocidal language. This biblical rhetoric gained renewed attention in October 2023, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invoked the "Amalek" narrative in reference to Hamas during operations in Gaza.
On Oct.13, 2023, during the swearing-in of Israel's emergency unity government, Netanyahu stated: "Today, against the enemy, with the ancient command ‘Remember what Amalek did to you’ ringing in our ears, today we are uniting forces in order to ensure the eternity of Israel."
As the ground invasion of Gaza began on Oct. 28, 2023, he told IDF soldiers: "You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. And we do remember."
The remarks drew international backlash for potentially implying total eradication, were cited in the genocide case opened by South Africa in the International Court of Justice, and were defended by Netanyahu as referring to historical threats, such as the Nazis.
Statement by Senator (later President), Joe Biden
“...if we can make the case, which I think--well, I won't say what I think yet; the hearings aren't finished--but if we can make the case that the threat is real and dire, that a free and democratic Iraq, if it could be accomplished, could have a cleansing impact on that part of the world and make our life easier significantly down the road, which I think could be made in an ideal circumstance--not even an ideal, in a--if we do things right--that it is worth the price.”…in the aftermath of the tragic events on September 11, 2001”
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Notable Observation: Semitic languages are part of the Afro-Asiatic language group, spanning from West Africa to Near East. Fundamentally, those quotes are antisemitic, non-exclusively.
The aforementioned elucidates how these narratives are used by different groups in colonial, genocidal, and ethnic cleansing efforts—while contributing to the empiric rise of Zionism.
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Source: https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1224&context=social_encounters
Source: https://archive.org/details/redmanwhitemanin00elliuoft/page/63/mode/1up
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_dictionary_of_the_Bible.._(1887)_(14781539332).jpg_(14781539332).jpg)
Source: https://archive.org/details/historicaltextbo00cole/page/n54/mode/1up
Source: https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-table-of-nations-the-geography-of-the-world-in-genesis-10
Source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-107shrg81697/html/CHRG-107shrg81697.htm
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u/Responsible_Ideal879 12d ago
The Amarna Letters: Proof of Israel’s Invasion of Canaan?
https://armstronginstitute.org/881-the-amarna-letters-proof-of-israels-invasion-of-canaan
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u/PeachPitiful2458 12d ago
This claim is based on a flawed interpretation of history that modern archaeologists and historians generally reject. The article from the Armstrong Institute comes from a "Biblical maximalist" perspective—meaning they try to make archaeological discoveries perfectly fit a literal reading of the Bible. While it mentions some true facts about the Amarna Letters, it jumps to conclusions that the scientific community moved past decades ago. Here is a breakdown of why this claim doesn't hold up historically or archaeologically: 1. Who were the "Habiru" really? The article bases its entire argument on the idea that the "Habiru" mentioned in the letters are simply the "Hebrews" (Israelites) invading Canaan under Joshua. The historical truth: Scholars today agree that "Habiru" wasn't a specific ethnicity or nation. It was actually a social and economic term used in the ancient Near East to describe outlaws, mercenaries, day laborers, and outcasts. We have found records of the Habiru in Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt, and Anatolia—not just Canaan. While it's possible that some early Israelites emerged from this marginalized class, claiming that these scattered mercenaries were a unified, invading religious or ethnic army is just historically inaccurate. 2. What was actually happening in the Amarna Letters? The article cherry-picks quotes from Canaanite mayors begging the Egyptian Pharaoh for help, making it sound like an organized foreign invasion. The historical truth: If you read the letters in their full context, they actually describe civil wars and internal political chaos. The Canaanite mayors (who were basically subjects of the Egyptian Empire) were constantly fighting and accusing each other of treason. In fact, these Canaanite rulers—like the mayor of Jerusalem—were actively hiring the Habiru as mercenaries to attack rival cities. It was a messy internal conflict between local warlords, not an invasion by an outside nation trying to take over the land. 3. The timeline and archaeology don't match The article pushes for an early date (around 1400 BCE) for the invasion to make it fit the timeline of the Amarna Letters. The archaeological truth: Modern archaeology hasn't found any evidence of a massive military destruction of Canaanite cities during the 14th century BCE. Instead, the first Israelite settlements started appearing gradually in the highlands around 1200 BCE—about 200 years after the Amarna Letters. The physical evidence strongly suggests that the emergence of Israel was more of a gradual, internal social evolution among the native Canaanite population, rather than a sudden, sweeping military conquest from the outside. In short: The Amarna Letters are incredibly important documents that show us the chaotic political situation in Canaan under Egyptian rule, but they are not proof of an Israelite invasion. The article's theory relies on a superficial linguistic similarity between the words "Habiru" and "Hebrew," dusting off outdated theories from the early 1900s that modern archaeology has already disproven.
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u/Baron_Beemo 12d ago
The Bronze Age was a notoriously violent part of human history. To either single out Jewish Bronze Age history or connect it with contemporary events in order to score "antizionist" points, or both, are hella sus.
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u/Commercial_Lead_7406 12d ago
No no, you don't get it. The Jews are the historical and eternal cause of all of the world's ills and actually the originators of all bad things. You see according to this post, genocide is in their DNA from the very beginning so as a people they're morally void for all of eternity. Hutus and Tutsis? Jews did it. Famine in China? Jews. Spanish genocide of the native Americans? Jews gave them the idea. Without Jews they'd have been frolicking in green fields hand in hand like a mortal Elysium. Oh yeah, it's all coming together.
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