The Desire to Annihilate Gaza Wasn't Born on 10/7 — It's Part of a Long Tradition that Includes 19th Century Travel Writingreligiondispatches.org Often referred to as an “open-air prison,” Gaza has been turned into, in the words of British-Israeli historian Avi Shlaim, “an open-air graveyard.” This is the same Gaza that drew the USS Gerald R. F...