Israeli media are swift to react to the slightest criticism that lays bare the farce of Israel’s security narrative. Recent comments on Twitter by the UN’s Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, prompted an article in the Times of Israel lambasting her tweets and taking issue with the descriptions of Israel as a colonial enterprise, and yet this is the sort of language which the UN should adopt for clarity. For context, Albanese’s tweet, in which she stated, “Israel has a right to defend itself, but can’t claim it when it comes to the people it oppresses/whose lands it colonises,” included a link to a recent statement by EU High Representative Josep Borrell which upheld Israel’s security … Continue reading Israel resents being called out for its colonialism