▁long , ▁eng ender ing ▁sent iments ▁of ▁host ility ▁toward ▁this ▁people ." ▁ ▁Character ization ▁as ▁colonial ism ▁or ▁eth nic ▁cle ans ing ▁Z ion ism ▁has ▁been ▁character ized ▁as ▁colonial ism , ▁and ▁Z ion ism ▁has ▁been ▁critic ized ▁for ▁prom oting ▁unf air ▁conf is cation ▁of ▁land , ▁involving ▁the ▁exp ulsion ▁of , ▁and ▁causing ▁violence ▁towards , ▁the ▁Palest ini ans . ▁The ▁character ization ▁of ▁Z ion ism ▁as ▁colonial ism ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁by , ▁among ▁others , ▁Nur ▁Mas al ha , ▁G ers hon ▁Sh af ir , ▁Michael ▁Prior , ▁Il an ▁P appe , ▁and ▁Bar uch ▁Kim mer ling . ▁ ▁O thers , ▁such ▁as ▁Sh l omo ▁A vin eri ▁and ▁Mitchell ▁B ard , ▁view ▁Z ion ism ▁not ▁as ▁a ▁colonial ist ▁movement , ▁but ▁as ▁a ▁national ▁movement ▁that ▁is ▁cont ending ▁with ▁the ▁Palest in ian ▁one . ▁South ▁African ▁ra bbi ▁David ▁Hoff man ▁rejected ▁the ▁claim ▁that ▁Z ion ism ▁is ▁a ▁' sett ler - colon ial ▁undert aking ' ▁and ▁instead ▁character ized ▁Z ion ism ▁as ▁a ▁national ▁program ▁of ▁aff irm ative ▁action , ▁adding ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁un bro ken ▁Jewish ▁presence ▁in ▁Israel ▁back ▁to ▁anti qu ity . ▁ ▁No am ▁Ch om sky , ▁John ▁P . ▁Qu ig ly , ▁Nur ▁Mas al ha , ▁and ▁Ch ery l ▁Rub enberg ▁have ▁critic ized ▁Z ion ism , ▁saying