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By referring to Israel as a colonial power and comparing her to the British, Prof. Abu-Lughod perpetuates a vicious Palestinian myth that Israel and Jews have no claim to the land of Israel.
The West Bank in particular is disputed territory. Peace will not come until both sides realize that each has a claim to the land and that compromise, as Israel offered in 1948, is the only path for the end of hostilities.
