mia moraru’s Reviews > Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal > Status Update

‘If the invitation to speak is extended to Palestinians who were once wolves, they are now docile and defanged…If they advocate for themselves, they must narrate only their personal tragedies. Neither political ideology nor, God forbid, nationalist ambitions should ever incentivize their campaigning. It must remain individualistic, never for a collective cause and never through an organized collective..’

‘Palestinians exist in a false—and strict—dichotomy;m: we are either victims of terrorists.’

and there’s a steep price to pay to speak, prerequisites to meet; they’re interrogated and so on. a politics of appeal

dehumanization of palestinians is pervasive and necessary for the colonial narrative. passive reporting, not confronting the reality, in order for people to continue this status quo of violent oppression, if genocide. it has also distorted “normal” perception of reaction and validit, palestinians are not allowed to react except defeat