Halcyon Days in the Gaza Strip

If you are a Jewish settler, and tired of the arid hilltops of the West Bank, the Gush Katif settlement block in the Gaza Strip could be your perfect retirement home. Occupying one third of the Gaza coastline, but home to only 6,500 people, this collection of well manicured settlements lets you live in sea-breeze comfort, tan, pray and surf-while still occupying Palestinian land. Gush Katif even has its own tourist industry, with a hotel and resort ready to accept anyone who fancies a vacation in the middle of a war zone.

The Palestinian share of the coastline...