A Second Opinion

Confronting the West's questionable ideas of what it means to be a victim.

... the Palestinians are at a fundamental disadvantage because they are not as comfortable with the rules of humanity-showing as the West has defined them over the last couple of millennia. They do not, in our eyes, play the victim right. There is nothing, in principle, that should make the Palestinian struggle for autonomy and self-rule any less legitimate than the struggle to end apartheid, the American civil rights struggle, Gandhi's fight to end ... Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala

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Kaizar Campwala
4.0
by Kaizar Campwala - Jan. 23, 2009

A thought-provoking reflection on Palestinian victim-hood in the eyes of the west. Leverages the newly released "Waltz with Bashir" in his argument, along with high-profile American critics of the Gaza war. This is a huge argument, however, and needs more evidence, and nuance.

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