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This article argues that the Zionist theft and expropriation of Palestinian land resulted in it being made into white property and that Zionism can be understood as a textbook case of Cedric Robinson's concept of racial regimes that explains how race is reproduced even though race is denied by the Zionist colonisers as justifying the relations of power. The article follows Cheryl Harris's and Noura Erakat's work on whiteness as property that, according to Erakat, leaves the Palestinian natives outside the category of Jewish nationals to be removed, dispossessed, and contained. The article illustrates how the ongoing colonisation of Palestine as expressing white European supremacy involves several aspects of racial capitalism—the Judaisation of Palestinian lands, the segmentation of labour from the Zionist policy of the Conquest of (Hebrew) Labour to the reliance on cheap and dispensable Palestinian labour, and the lebensraum plans to relocate the Gaza Strip population and re-settle it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the concept of racial capitalism and its relevance to understanding the struggles faced by the African diaspora and the South African Anti-Apartheid Movement. It argues that racial capitalism provides a framework for comprehending the structures of exploitation and oppression that exist within systems of racial supremacy. The article also highlights the need for new models of understanding and theories of history that can be used to challenge racial social orders and colonialism. The authors apply the concept of racial capitalism to the context of Zionist colonialism and the Palestinian struggle for decolonization. The article includes contributions from various authors who explore the connections between racial capitalism, settler colonialism, imperialism, and racism in relation to Palestine. [Extracted from the article]