Zionist Settler-Colonialism and the Logic of Genocide in Gaza: A Conversation with Professor Avi Shlaim

Amidst the ongoing Zionist settler-colonial genocide in Gaza and shortly after the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel, the interview with the prominent activist and historian Avi Shlaim was initially conducted on 24 October 2023, but has undergone subsequent revisions from May 2024 until September 2024 to reflect the unfolding genocide in Gaza. Professor Shlaim, a member of the ‘New Historians’, along with Benny Morris and Ilan Pappé, analyses the political, ideological and military apparatus of Israel in terms of settler-colonialism, Apartheid, and the attempted elimination of the indigenous Palestinian population. In this interview, Shlaim places recent events in this historical context, considering political, psychological, and sociological conditions and ramifications.