Guilty by Affiliation

The instinct of many allies is to dispel the connection between slain Palestinian journalists and their supposed political leanings, as if anywhere in the world these exist in isolation.

Various Israeli reporters carrying guns on national television

The Israeli murder of heroic Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif was bookended by accusations that he was part of Hamas. For many of our allies, the instinct is to prove his innocence by proving him “unaffiliated.” The following text, an excerpt from Perfect Victims, is a commentary on that…