Author's note(s) 1
1. The sniper's hands are clean of blood 7
On dehumanization
2. The politics of defanging 33
On "humanization"
3. Shireen's passport 51
On the invention of the civilian
4. A life in cross-examination 77
On forbidden sentiments
5. Tropes and drones 97
On discursive land mines
6. Mein kampf in the playroom 111
On propaganda
7. Miraculous epiphanies 125
On testimony
8. Are we indeed all Palestinians? 171
On identity
9. "Do you want to throw israelis into the sea?" 193
On irreverence
Epilogue rain is coming 211
Acknowledgments 215
Works cited 219
Notes 229
Index 240