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I think there's a meaningful difference in that the colonization of Palestine is so recent. All the examples you give are from over a hundred to several hundred years ago, and so much time has passed that addressing the damage becomes more complex. Living Palestinians have been kicked out of their homes by colonizers and could be returned to them, whereas the brunt of land and property theft against Native Americans for example was already done by the start of the 20th century. That doesn't mean it's not worth addressing or impossible to address, just that it'd look different.
Yeah it’s worth thinking about asking that same question about British North American colonies not in 2024 but in 1682. The answer is much more easily understood as oh wait yes they should leave now
Yeah true enough.