This struck me as something out of a horror movie—a family held hostage not for ransom but as a show of the kind of dominance that is essential to Israeli rule. When the two-state solution seemed at hand, the thought was that Gaza, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank would be the territorial basis of a Palestinian state. The West Bank was subsequently divided into three zones—Area A, where Palestinians governed the civil authorities and enforced the law; Area B, which was to be governed jointly; and Area C, which would remain under Israeli control. This all sounds civilized enough, but that
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