Blowing Up Everything Is Beautiful

THEY TOLD YOU WHAT THEY WERE DOING WHILE THEY DID IT   “Blow up and flatten everything . . .” These chilling words, said by Amichai Eliyahu, a minister in the Israeli government, have been a message to the world and the people of Gaza: destroying everything—homes, businesses, lives—is justified. Even beautiful. For fifteen months and in full view of the world, the state of Israel trapped more than two million people in a tiny strip of land and unleashed vengeance on them. The Palestinians e