Why European enemies of Jews and Palestinians embraced Zionism

Why European enemies of Jews and Palestinians embraced Zionism Submitted by Joseph Massad on Sat, 05/30/2026 - 17:08 Protestant imperialists, antisemitic governments and Zionist settlers all sought to rob Palestinians of their homeland. Two centuries on, they have not succeeded A boy waves a Palestinian flag during a solidarity rally in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla in Gaza City on 30 April 2026 (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP) Off Following the expulsion of the Catholic Crusaders and the dismantlement of their "Latinate Kingdom" settler-colony in the 12th and 13th centuries, Palestine remained in the crosshairs of Europe's fanatical Christians. The followers of Christianity's new iteration, Protestantism, were then joined by Europe's fanatical imperialists in the late 18th century. Ever since, the European enemies of the Palestinian people have persisted in their efforts to rob them of their homeland. Napoleon Bonaparte conquered southern and central Palestine, marching from Gaza to Jaffa between February and May 1799, before being defeated in Acre. His April 1799 proclamation , inspired by French Protestant Huguenot thinkers, urged Europe's Jews to colonise the country, but it went unheeded. Meanwhile, since the late 18th century, the British had actively sought to convert European Jews to Anglican Protestantism and dispatch them to Palestine to rob the Palestinians of their homeland while simultaneously expediting the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. In addition to the British and French regimes, the enemies of the Palestinians included evangelical white American Protestants , evangelical English and Scottish Protestants and evangelical German Protestants - all of whom...

Original source: Middle East Eye