1. you're absolutely right, settler is the word the colonists want you to use
2. historically, i can't really think of any settlers who were peacefully domesticating unloved land. i think you can really only look at pre-historic first movers as non-violent "settlers" since anyone who's been a settler since the invention of the written word has settled land against the interests and will of the indigenous people of those lands

Zionazism.

L‘ Espresso just gave the term „Israeli Settler“ an associated image the Israeli regime decidedly dislikes.

I think that’s perfect TBH. Let them use euphemisms (like collateral damage, alternative facts) as much as they want.

Use it too and then rip away the mask with a photo like this.

I assumed most people use the term ironically, as "settlers" immediately brings them and their routine violence to mind. We know they're not actually settling. That's the joke.

It's a really bad joke, but I get it

This.