▁Be in art , ▁reflect ing ▁on ▁the ▁succession ▁of ▁inc idents ▁mark ing ▁the ▁Land ▁Day ▁protest s ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁wrote ▁that ▁Palest ini ans ▁were ▁r ushing ▁towards ▁Isra eli ▁sn ip ers ▁because ▁their ▁land ▁was ▁fast ▁becoming ▁" un in hab itable ", ▁with ▁the ▁UN ▁predict ing ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁un live able ▁by ▁ 2 0 2 0 . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 5 ▁May , ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁nine ▁prominent ▁Israel is ▁wrote ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁The ▁Guardian ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁compared ▁the ▁kill ings ▁on ▁the ▁previous ▁day ▁to ▁the ▁Sh ar pe ville ▁mass acre , ▁and ▁called ▁for ▁international ▁inter vention . ▁ ▁Senior ▁fellow ▁at ▁the ▁Council ▁on ▁Foreign ▁Rel ations , ▁Elli ott ▁Abr ams ▁said , ▁" The ▁leaders ▁of ▁Ham as ▁view ▁the ▁citizens ▁[ of ▁Gaz a ] ▁as ▁can non ▁f od der ▁who ▁are ▁useful ▁for ▁the ▁global ▁media ▁strategy , ▁and ▁from ▁that ▁point ▁of ▁view , ▁Ham as ▁leaders ▁are ▁happy ▁when ▁people ▁die ▁because ▁they ▁think ▁it ▁looks ▁good ▁on ▁European ▁TV ▁screens ." ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁of ▁media ▁coverage ▁The ▁area ▁of ▁the ▁conflict ▁is ▁subject ▁to ▁inten se ▁monitoring . ▁On ▁the ▁Isra eli ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁border , ▁ID F ▁obser vers ▁watch ▁film ▁and ▁vide ot ape ▁events ▁like ▁the ▁protest s ▁by ▁avail ing ▁themselves ▁of ▁teles cop es , ▁long ▁l enses , ▁and ▁fe eds ▁from ▁the ▁cam eras ,