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The Settler-Colonialism Two-Step: Khanna’s Dance With Zionism

by damagecollateral

Look, I’ll give credit where it’s due. When Ro Khanna calls Gaza a genocide—which he did, co-sponsoring Rashida Tlaib’s resolution in 2025 that officially recognized Israel’s actions as genocidal—he’s saying something real 1. When he went to the West Bank and got blockaded by armed settlers with American-made M4s, he did what every congressperson should do: see the occupation through Palestinian eyes, not the usual wine-and-dine tour where they kiss the Western Wall and come home to write a glowing op-ed 2.

Khanna’s team got surrounded by masked men with rifles. The IDF statement disputes the details—they say troops “dispersed the Israeli civilians” while Khanna says the soldiers sided with the settlers 3. But here’s the thing: even the IDF’s version admits armed settlers blocked a sitting congressman, kicked tires, cursed at them, laughed at them, and the army had to clear the road 3. That’s a horror show, and Khanna was right to call it out.

But here’s where the sincerity check bounces off the wall.

After over a hundred years of Palestinian dispossession—from the Nakba in 1948 to the systematic destruction of hundreds of Palestinian villages—the time for incremental politics is OVER. 4 Khanna wants credit for being “the good one.” The progressive who says the right things but stops short of the finish line.

The BDS Problem

Let’s talk about the big one. Khanna has never supported BDS 5. In fact, he told the Jewish News of Northern California that he’s “unequivocally, since Day 1, condemned ‘globalize the intifada'” and voted to condemn “from the river to the sea” 6.

If you’re not calling for BDS in 2026, you’re a complete fraud. Sorry, not sorry. Any state that does what Israel’s been doing for decades would be sanctioned, and BDS is the only nonviolent tool Palestinians have asked the world to use. It’s the actual, Palestinian-led movement for justice. Khanna opposing it while calling himself a progressive is like saying you support civil rights but you’re against sit-ins.

The Zionism Two-Step

This is where it gets genuinely absurd. Khanna told J. Weekly in October 2025 that he supports Zionism—”self-determination for the Jewish people” and the “right for Israel to exist” 7. He said it’s antisemitic to oppose a Jewish state. Meanwhile, he’s co-sponsoring genocide resolutions and calling for Palestinian statehood 1.

Being pro-Palestine while insisting on the right of a colony built on stealing their land to exist is an oxymoron. It doesn’t fool anyone anymore.

The Two-State Nonsense

If you still advocate for the two-state solution in 2026, please stop talking about Palestine. Your base has moved on. The two-state solution has been a coffin for Palestinian rights for decades. It’s what they wheel out when they want to sound reasonable while the settlements expand—and by the way, the IDF’s own numbers show 700,000 Jews living in settlements illegal under international law 8.

Khanna says he supports a two-state solution but not “Greater Israel” 7. What does that mean in practice? It means more negotiations, more incrementalism, more Palestinian suffering while everyone waits for a “viable state” that’s been made geographically impossible by settlement blocs.

If you’re not calling for the right of all Palestinians to return to all of historic Palestine, for the right of all Palestinians to have full equality with all Israelis, you’re just another Joe Biden with a brown face.

The Politics of Convenience

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: being pro-Palestine is now politically smart for Democrats. It’s not political uranium like it used to be; it’s a political treasure trove. The base has shifted. Polls show 58% of Democrats think the U.S. is “too supportive” of Israel 9. Khanna is eyeing a 2028 presidential run 10. Of course he’s going to climb on the backs of Palestinians to get to higher office.

TrackAIPAC endorsed him after he signed their PEACE Pledge 11. Cute. But what does that actually mean? The group even admitted they only gave him a label saying “We encourage this representative to continue improving their legislative record” 11. Compare that to AOC, who has a green card and a positive label. Khanna is halfway there, but he won’t take the full step.

The Bottom Line

I appreciate Khanna’s words. I appreciate that he went to the West Bank and saw the reality. But words and trips don’t mean a damn thing if you’re not willing to call for complete and actual justice for Palestinians.

That means supporting BDS. That means rejecting Zionism as a settler-colonial project. That means calling for the right of return. That means scrapping the two-state fantasy.

If you’re not there, you’re not going to stop Palestinian suffering. You’re just another politician using their pain to get a promotion. And the Palestinians have had enough of that.

Sources & References

1. Khanna co-sponsored H.Res. 789 (2025) recognizing Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide. Congress.gov

2. Khanna describes West Bank trip in +972 Magazine interview, July 2026: “This is what every member should see.”

3. IDF statement to The Jerusalem Post, July 10, 2026: “IDF forces arrived, dispersed the Israeli civilians, and allowed the vehicles to continue on their way.” Khanna’s account via CNN: “Settlers detained us; the IDF sided with them.” Jerusalem Post

4. UNRWA data on Palestinian refugees: ~5.9 million registered refugees (2025). Nakba & ongoing dispossession documented by B’Tselem and Al-Haq.

5. Khanna statement to Jewish News of Northern California, June 2025: “I’ve never supported BDS.” J. Weekly

6. Khanna voted in favor of H.Res. 765 (2025) condemning the phrase “from the river to the sea.” Congress.gov

7. Khanna interview with J. Weekly, October 2025: “I support Zionism — self-determination for the Jewish people.” J. Weekly

8. Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (2025) reports 700,000+ settlers in West Bank. International Court of Justice (2024) advisory opinion: settlements illegal under international law.

9. Pew Research Center (June 2026): “58% of Democrats say U.S. is too supportive of Israel.”

10.Politico (March 2026): “Khanna is actively building infrastructure for a potential 2028 presidential run.”

11. TrackAIPAC PEACE Pledge & Khanna endorsement, July 2026. Label: “We encourage this representative to continue improving their legislative record.” TrackAIPAC

All URLs accessed July 2026. The views expressed are solely those of the author.

How to deal with Bondi (not the pedophile protector one)

by damagecollateral
They’ll scream at us, and we’ll scream back louder than ever

(This article applies whether the Bondi Beach attack was a psy-op or not)

Let’s be clear about what happened yesterday at Bondi Beach. It was a massacre, a gruesome spectacle of violence that the media will feast on for days. But if you think this was some unforeseeable tragedy, a bolt of lightning from a clear blue sky, you haven’t been paying attention. You’ve been swallowing the official narrative like a free lunch.

Just as the October 7th attack was the grim, predictable outcome of decades of Israeli sadism, ethnic cleansing, and a supremacist ideology that views non-Jews as subhuman, the attack at Bondi was inevitable. It was baked into the cake. You can’t stomp on a people’s face for 75 years, bomb their children into oblivion, starve them, and humiliate them on a daily basis without expecting some of that rage to eventually blow back in horrific, unpredictable ways. And make no mistake, there will be more, and Zionists are praying hard, if not orchestrating, for it. This is not an anomaly; it is the new normal, the logical consequence of a policy of endless, unpunished aggression.

And the response? It’s a script we know by heart. The Israeli propaganda machine, already greased and ready to go, will kick into high gear. Its proxies in Western media and politics will wail about a “new wave of terror,” using the bloodshed to justify their own brutality and paint anyone who dares to question the official narrative as a sympathizer. They will weaponize this tragedy just as they have weaponized every other, to deflect from the genocide they are actively perpetrating.

The last thing any of us should do right now is fall for this. The last thing we should do is let this event distract us, or worse, make us shrink. That is precisely what the Zionists want. They want you to look at the bloody sand in Australia and forget the bloody rubble in Gaza. They want you to be so overwhelmed by their pain that you no longer have the energy to fight for justice for their victims.

So what do we do? We use Bondi to double down. We get louder.

This is the moment to up the ante on exposing Israeli atrocities, both the current live-streamed genocide and the historical record of dispossession and terror that founded the state. We must constantly, relentlessly remind everyone that attacks like Bondi are not the cause of the problem, but a symptom. The focus must shift from the pathetic, predictable chorus of “what a terrible event” to the cold, hard truth: “We told you this would happen if you didn’t change your ways.” This is not about condoning violence; it’s about explaining its origins. It’s about stating, unequivocally, that the blood of these victims is also on the hands of the politicians and ideologues who created the conditions for this to happen.

And we must hammer home the point that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism. This is not a nuance; it is the central battlefield. We need to weave this message into every march, every talk, every social media post. Zionism is a political ideology, a violent, colonial project, and it is no more synonymous with Judaism than fascism is with Italianism. To equate the two is a deliberate, cynical smear tactic designed to shut down all debate.

Furthermore, and just as importantly, we must turn this moment into an opportunity for real talk about value. Ten people die at Bondi, and the world stops. Governments issue solemn statements, flags fly at half-mast, and the media dedicates 24/7 coverage. Tens of thousands of Palestinians are systematically exterminated in Gaza, a genocide funded and armed by the West, and it’s a “complex conflict.” It’s a “tragedy” with “two sides.” To give these ten lives more weight, more outrage, more political capital than the tens of thousands of lives snuffed out by Israeli bombs when they are literally a blip in the totality of carnage is not just biased; it is an act of profound, seething racism. It is the clearest demonstration imaginable of whose life the world deems valuable and whose it deems disposable.

So no, this is not the time to be intimidated. It is not the time to cower in fear of government crackdowns or online mobs. We don’t need to defend ourselves or apologize for what we stand for. The truth is a defense in itself. We already have the majority of the public on our side of the fundamental question: the slaughter in Gaza must stop. Our job is to connect that sentiment to its root cause.

Slowing down now will send the wrong message to Zionists. It will teach them that crimes like Bondi work. It will incentivize them to work with the MI6 and all the other happy-to-oblige intel agencies to commit more. That’s why doubling down on the pro-Palestine message is necessary to prevent future crimes, to save lives!

This is the time to scream from the rooftops how utterly racist it is that the death of a handful of Westerners warrants global action while the industrial-scale slaughter of Palestinians earns a shrug. This is the time to declare, loudly and without apology, that the only path to peace, for Palestinians and for Jews alike, is for the West to finally pull the plug on the rotten, corrupt, and murderous Zionist project. And it is the time to say the one thing they desperately don’t want you to believe: No Jew will ever be truly safe so long as the ideology of Zionism, which conflates Jewish identity with a violent, colonial state, continues to exist. Their project is a death trap, and this is not the time to stop saying so.

So to summarize, our messaging should include the following points:

1- Spare us the crying and focus on the root of the problem. If you won’t, we will.

2- Anyone who’s calling for a dramatic uptick in suppression of pro-Palestine speech while not calling for stopping weapons and intelligence assistance to Israel is not only pro-fascist, but is deeply, brazenly hateful and supremacist toward Arabs, Muslims, and especially Palestinians.

3- In order to prevent future attacks like Bondi and save lives, it is ever more prudent to work on ending Zionism now.

4- Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism and never was. Thousands of Jews, holocaust scholars, and holocaust survivors agree.