“Freedom of expression has since its inception been integral to settler colonialism.” — Darcy Leigh Israel’s colonial forces recently raided offices of prominent Palestinian human rights organisations in the midst of night. Not only were the offices shut down and workers expelled, they sealed doors and proclaimed they were “terrorist” bases. Of course, this went unnoticed by the Western media, which was still entrenched by the attack on Salman Rushdie the week prior. From war criminals including Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid and Tony Blair, to liberal feminist Margaret Atwood and one of th…