Dehumanisation of the ‘uncivilised’, ‘savage’, and ‘barbaric’ is a growing Western trope. In 2012, New York City was fancily decorated with city-wide banners that read ‘In Any War Between the Civilised Man and the Savage, Support the Civilised Man. Support Israel, Defeat Jihad.’ This was Israel’s version of an immoral legacy that America and Britain […]