"Perfect Victims is an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal, an ode to the steadfastness of a nation. Palestine is a microcosm of the world: on fire, stubborn, fragmented, dignified. While a settler colonial state continues to inflict devastating violence, fundamental truths are deliberately obscured--the perpetrators are coddled while the victims are blamed and placed on trial. Why must Palestinians prove their humanity? And what are the implications of such an infuriatingly impossible task?"
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index.
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the sniper's hands are clean of blood -- the politics of defanging -- Shireen's passport -- a life in cross-examination -- tropes and drones -- mein kampf in the playroom -- miraculous epiphanies -- are we indeed all Palestinians? -- "do you want to throw Israelis into the sea?" -- rain is coming -- index
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