I see the “open air prison” line on Gaza is gaining traction in the discourse. To the extent that the phrase reflects some reality, this too is the fault of Hamas. Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza in the mid-2000s. ‘Land for peace.’ Their reward for this massive concession was the local populace electing Hamas, burning down Israeli infrastructure & lobbing rockets and attacks into Israel. A dangerous, genocidal terrorist regime is the government of Gaza. Of course its borders — including its borders with the Arab state of Egypt — will be closed and militarized. The “victimhood” story is bogus and the vast majority of hardships faced by Gazans have been directly caused or deeply exacerbated by Hamas. Gazans chose Hamas, lopsidedly support Hamas, celebrate the deaths of innocents, and train their children to hate Jews. So there’s also some evil agency there. Israel is still right to bend over backward to avoid civilian casualties. Hamas, of course, intentionally inflicts civilian casualties as a matter of official policy.