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Zionism is an extension of Western imperialism in the Holy Land: Historian

Prominent Palestinian American historian Ussama Makdisi underscores the paradox of European antisemitism contributing to sympathy for Zionism and explores how the Jewish Question influenced Western backing for the movement, citing the example of British Secretary Edwin Montagu's opposition to the Balfour Declaration.

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- PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE AS A NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT Makdisi emphasized that Palestinians regardless of their religion and ideological tendencies have been united in the struggle for a free Palestine from the beginning, and repression by Israel only led to growing support by Christian and Muslim Palestinians, whether they are in Gaza, the West Bank, Eastern Jerusalem or in the diaspora. However, Israel and its supporters deliberately distort reality and present the Palestinian struggle as a terror campaign by Islamist extremists, he said.