As an opening, Kishino Bawono invited the participants to understand the difference between classical colonialism and settler colonialism viewed from three aspects, namely colony autonomy, priorities, and attitudes towards indigenous people. In the comparison presented by Kishino, it can be seen that settler colonialism aims to make indigenous people’s lands as new homes for settlers by expropriating territories. Therefore, indigenous peoples are also seen as obstacles, in other words, become unwanted enemies in the structure of the settler community.
Settlement colonialism is based on two logics, namely the logic of elimination and the logic of dehumanization. With these two logics, the settlers, in this case Israel, view the native Palestinians as a backward group and deserve to be replaced by more civilized settlers. To provide a clearer context, Kishino also recounts the stages of Israeli settlement colonialism which are divided into three periods based on the capabilities of the Israeli authorities and the challenges Israel faces in carrying out its programs: pre-1948, 1948-1967, and 1967 until now.
Furthermore, Kishino also invited the discussion participants to view the case of Israeli settler colonialism in Palestine as two related things, namely as a structure, and as something that has been, is, and will always be in the future so that it continues to cause various implications. In closing his presentation, Kishino also offered two scenarios to see the potential end of Israeli settler colonialism in Palestine, namely the scenario of Israel’s success in absolute domination of Palestine, or the scenario of the decolonization process.