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BEYOND HOPE

As Israel gets its way with Washington, Gazans mobilize despair
An injured Palestinian man is evacuated near the Gaza Strip border with Israel on May 14

IT IS POSSIBLE, IN THEORY, THAT THE parallel events of May 14 might affect the sympathies of Americans watching them unfold on the split screens of cable news channels.

In Jerusalem, the ceremonial opening of the new U.S. Embassy proceeded at a stately pace, President Trump’s daughter Ivanka unveiling a plaque that announced not only the new address for U.S. representation in Israel but also a new, snugger alignment with the host nation. A few miles away, cameras captured the chaos as Israeli soldiers methodically cut down some 2,700 Palestinians, 60 fatally, as they marched toward the fence that separates Israel from the Gaza Strip.

That patch

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