JODIE: The reason it has been difficult for the United States to understand the Palestinian side is not only because of the media but because colonialism is in our history. We can’t face the fact that colonialism is wrong and that it steps on a lot of toes and hurts a lot of people.
It’s more basic than that even. It’s the fact that most people know fuck all about any history. Specifically here, there’s more than a century’s worth of history on Zionism (and colonialism is indeed relevant) that people know almost nothing about.
It can be summarized in a few sentences, though.