The Settler Colonial Nexus
Canada, Zionism, and the Complicity of Nina Krieger.
“You have taken our country from us; and I do not see how we are to remain at peace with you if you continue to do so... You are a wicked race; you began by taking our country from us; you have taken it from us by force, and now you are trying to take it from us by fraud... You have taken our wives and children from us, and you have murdered them... You have taken our game from us, and you have destroyed it... You have taken our lands from us, and you have not left us room to spread our blankets.”
—Chief Tecumseh.
“Palestine was not a case of a people without a homeland, but of a people with a homeland that was stolen from them.”
—Ghassan Kanafani.
“Let us consider for a moment the point of view of those to whom this seems immoral. We shall trace the root of the evil to this – that we are seeking to colonise a country against the wishes of its population, in other words, by force. Everything else that is undesirable grows out of this root with axiomatic inevitability. What then is to be done?
The simplest way out would be to look for a different country to colonise. Like Uganda. But if we look more closely into the matter we shall find that the same evil exists there, too. Uganda also has a native population, which consciously or unconsciously as in every other instance in history, will resist the coming of the colonisers. It is true that these natives happen to be black. But that does not alter the essential fact. If it is immoral to colonise a country against the will of its native population, the same morality must apply equally to the black man as to the white. Of course, the blackman may not be sufficiently advanced to think of sending delegations to London, but he will soon find some kindhearted white friends, who will instruct him. Though should these natives even prove utterly helpless, like children, the matter would only become worse. Then if colonisation is invasion and robbery, the greatest crime of all would be to rob helpless children. Consequently, colonisation in Uganda is also immoral, and colonisation in any other place in the world, whatever it may be called, is immoral. There are no more uninhabited islands in the world. In every oasis there is a native population settled from times immemorial, who will not tolerate an immigrant majority or an invasion of outsiders. So that if there is any landless people in the world, even its dream of a national home must be an immoral dream. . Those who are landless must remain landless to all eternity. The whole earth has been allocated. Basta: Morality has said so.”
—Ze'ev Jabotinsky. From the Ethic of the Iron Wall.
Introduction: The Unbroken Chain of Colonial Violence
The Palestinian struggle is not some academic debate about ancient history—it is the raw, bleeding wound of settler colonialism in our time. And Canada, that smug, self-righteous purveyor of "peacekeeping" myths, has its fingerprints all over this crime. From the ongoing theft of Indigenous lands to its slavish support for Zionist apartheid, Canada’s hypocrisy would be laughable if it weren’t so deadly.
While volumes could be written on Canada’s complicity, today we focus on three pillars of this colonial edifice:
The naked truth of Zionism’s founders (who at least had the decency to be honest about their project).
Canada’s century-long role as Zionism’s enabler.
The grotesque spectacle of so-called "progressives" like Nina Krieger, who whitewash this blood-soaked history while posing as human rights advocates—now from her new perch as BC’s Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives.
The Founders' Confessions: Zionism Unmasked
Let’s begin with Theodor Herzl, the godfather of this Eorupean settler colonial project, who wrote in his diaries what today’s Zionists would have you jailed for repeating:
"We shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border by procuring employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it any employment in our own country... The removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly and circumspectly. Let the owners of immovable property believe that they are cheating us, selling us things for more than they are worth. But we are not going to sell them anything back."
This wasn’t theoretical—Herzl actively sought to exploit the Armenian genocide, writing:
"We could make the Turkish government a proposal to intervene in the European press on behalf of the Armenians... We could influence the European press (in London, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna) to handle the Armenian question in a spirit more friendly to the Turks."
The man was willing to whitewash genocide to advance his colonial ambitions.
Chaim Weizmann, Israel’s first president, displayed similar racist contempt when discussing Palestine’s native population:
"The British told me there are several hundred thousand Negroes there, but that this matter has no significance."
Not people—"Negroes." Not a population with rights—a matter of "no significance."
Ze’ev Jabotinsky, the ideological forefather of today’s Likud, spelled out the necessary violence with chilling clarity in his 1923 "Iron Wall" doctrine:
"Zionist colonization must either be terminated or carried out in defiance of the will of the native population... Every indigenous people will resist alien settlers as long as they see any hope of ridding themselves of the danger of foreign settlement. That is what the Arabs in Palestine are doing, and what they will persist in doing as long as there remains a solitary spark of hope."
Moshe Dayan, Israel’s former “Defense” Minister, admitted in 1956:
"Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist. Not only do the books not exist, the Arab villages are not there either."
Even David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s founding prime minister, confessed:
"If I were an Arab leader, I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country. Sure, God promised it to us, but what does that matter to them? Our God is not theirs. We come from Israel, it's true, but two thousand years ago, and what is that to them? There has been anti-Semitism the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that? They may perhaps forget in one or two generations' time, but for the moment there is no chance. So it's simple: we have to stay strong and maintain a powerful army. Our whole policy is there. Otherwise the Arabs will wipes us out"
These aren’t "criticisms" of Israel—they are the proud declarations of its founders. Yet today, figures like Nina Krieger work tirelessly to bury this history under hasbara and accusations of antisemitism—now from her powerful new government position.
Nina Krieger’s New Role: Anti-Racism Czar with a Colonial Blindspot
In a move that epitomizes liberal hypocrisy, Premier David Eby has appointed Nina Krieger as Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives, tasking her with:
Leading Anti-Racism Legislation & Policy
Spearheading BC’s Anti-Racism Act
Advising on systemic racism in healthcare, education, and justice systems
Holocaust Education & Combating Antisemitism
Expanding Holocaust education in BC schools (leveraging her VHEC background)
Addressing rising antisemitism (while conflating Zionism with Jewish identity)
Community Engagement
Working with Indigenous, Black, and racialized communities on anti-discrimination measures
In a letter to Cecil Rhodes: “You are being invited to help make history. That cannot frighten you, nor will you laugh at it. It is not in your accustomed line; it doesn’t involve Africa, but a piece of Asia Minor, not Englishmen, but Jews.
But had this been on your path, you would have done it yourself by now. How, then, do I happen to turn to you, since this is an out-of-the-way matter for you? How indeed? Because it is something colonial”. Herzl, January 11, 1901, The Complete Diaries.
The Staggering Irony: A Mandate Built on Hypocrisy
Krieger’s appointment is a masterclass in liberal doublespeak. Consider the contradictions:
"Decolonization" Without Decolonizing
Her mandate letter tasks her with "dismantling systemic racism and advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples"—yet she remains silent on Apartheid Israel’s settler-colonial project, the very system her Zionist heroes openly bragged about creating.If "decolonization" excludes Palestine, it’s not decolonization—it’s performance art.
Indigenous Solidarity Without Consistency
Krieger will "engage with Indigenous communities to address anti-Indigenous racism"—yet refuses to acknowledge that the Israeli occupation state’s playbook mirrors Canada’s.Residential schools? Israel has boarding schools for Bedouin children.
Land theft? Israel has demolished 55,000 Palestinian homes since 1967 (UNOCHA).
How can she reconcile with Indigenous people here while ignoring the same crimes overseas?
The Erasure of Palestinian Suffering
Her mandate lists zero commitments to address anti-Palestinian racism, despite:BC Palestinians reporting harassment since October 2023 (NCCM).
Zionist groups smearing pro-Palestine protests as "antisemitic" (a tactic Krieger has used).
Direct parallels between Canada’s genocide of Indigenous peoples and Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Occupied Palestine (both condemned by the ICJ).
When Jewish Voice for Peace declares "Zionism is racism" and Rabbis Against Occupation protest Israel’s war crimes, genocide and starvation, why does Krieger—a self-proclaimed anti-racism czar—silence these Jewish voices?
The Bottom Line:
Krieger’s role is not about justice—it’s about managing dissent. She’ll "fight racism" only where it doesn’t challenge power. True anti-racism would require:
Condemning all settler-colonialism (including Israel’s).
Centering Palestinian voices in BC’s anti-racism work.
Admitting that silence on Zionism makes her complicit.
Until then, her mandate is just colonial damage control.
Canada’s Century of Complicity
Lester Pearson, that Nobel Prize-winning fraud, laid bare the racist core of Canadian foreign policy when he declared:
"I have never wavered in my view that a solution to the problem was impossible without the recognition of a Jewish state in Palestine. To me, this was always the core of the matter."
This from the man who helped partition Palestine while Canada’s doors remained shut to Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust.
Flash forward to 2012, when John Baird groveled before the American Jewish Committee:
"Let me state at the outset, and for the record, that Israel has no greater friend in the world than Canada."
This while the Israeli occupation state and its apartheid regime intensified its colonization of the West Bank, Occupied Palestine, and maintained its brutal siege of Gaza’s open prison.
All this would be disgusting enough if Canada had clean hands regarding Indigenous peoples. But as Nelson Mandela reminded us:
"Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians."
The irony is crushing—a state built on genocide lecturing others about human rights while arming another settler-colonial project.
Conclusion: The Nakba Never Ended
Krieger’s appointment exposes the rotten core of Canada’s so-called "progressive" politics. She now has a mandate to:
Fight racism while supporting an apartheid state.
Lecture on decolonization while ignoring an active settler colonial project.
Combat antisemitism while weaponizing the term to shield Israel from criticism.
The Canadian state and Israel are mirror images—twin settler states built on stolen land and Indigenous blood. The Nakba never ended; it just learned to speak in UN resolutions and human rights rhetoric.
Unlike our today’s Kriegers, the Zionist leadership were more honest about their racist ideology, they knew their crimes and deeds, which the Kriegers try to hide today. In The Jewish Paradox, Nahum Goldmann asked Ben-Gurion before he died:
"But how can you sleep with that prospect in mind," I broke in, "and be Prime Minister of Israel too?"
"Who says I sleep?" he answered simply.
Yet Krieger and her NDP friends seem to sleep just fine in their comfortable homes on unceded land. What a shame.
As the great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish wrote:
"They planted the dead in us... and we planted hope in them."
That hope lives on—despite all the Nina Kriegers of this world.