Amjad Shbita, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, an activist in the Israeli Hadash-Maki party (Jewish and Palestinian socialists), who has also worked at the Knesset as a parliamentary assistant, introduces this harrowing account on Facebook by asking a theoretical question:

“Fascists in a colonial regime? Is that a historical precedent?”

The account was written by Nijmeh Ali, a woman. It follows, in translation: