# The creation of Israel was not a colonial project

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**Created:** [October 23, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creation-of-israel-was-not-a-colonial-project/991967 "2023-10-23T18:48:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creation-of-israel-was-not-a-colonial-project/991967/207 "2023-11-03T11:52:31Z")

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Claims that Israel is a “colonial project” or some sort of artificial construct of the post-WWII British Empire are nothing more than attempts to de-legitimize the Jewish state by radical Islamic fundamentalist and their antisemitic leftist supporters in order to justify further atrocities.

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