A prisoner of cruelty

"They directly tell you: You are allowed to kill them along with many civilians"

ONE OF THE FEW elegances of the law is its ability to cut both ways. It protects the potential victim from harm and debasement as well as protecting the likely perpetrator from making themselves unhuman. Murder is a double coarsening, and the Israeli determination to avoid the binds of law, to instead operate consistently beyond its limits, makes the ar…