Before 1948, before Israel was carved into the map of the Middle East with the confidence of men drawing borders after lunch, the Zionist dream wandered across the cartographies of empire.
You might notice how this history forces you to sit with an uncomfortable truth… that suffering doesn't automatically grant moral clarity. Same imperial logic that chased Jews out of Europe also offered up Africa as a dumping ground and later, Palestine as a solution. Once you see that pattern, you can't unsee it. Real question isn't which map was drawn, but who was erased from every single one of them.
You might notice how this history forces you to sit with an uncomfortable truth… that suffering doesn't automatically grant moral clarity. Same imperial logic that chased Jews out of Europe also offered up Africa as a dumping ground and later, Palestine as a solution. Once you see that pattern, you can't unsee it. Real question isn't which map was drawn, but who was erased from every single one of them.