What lies beneath Gaza’s rubble and ruin

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In a fit of ideological pique last week, far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) scoffed at protesters agitating against pro-Israel policies on campuses across the United States. “I get a strange inkling that all these Columbia and UCLA students running around yelling ‘Free Palestine’ would not be jumping at the opportunity to do a semester abroad in Gaza,” she wrote on social media, before later journeying to a protest encampment at George Washington University and almost sparring with students when trying to pull down a Palestinian flag.