A coastal civilisation open to the world A flourishing port on a major international trading route This was Gaza's past Can it be its future? Today Gaza is home to a uniquely imprisoned people most unable to travel to the West Bank let alone Israel where tens of thousands once worked & unable to flee in wartime Trapped inside a crucible of conflict the surprise is that so many of them remain courageous outspoken & steadfast From refugee camps to factories struggling under economic stranglehold & bombardment Donald Macintyre reveals Gaza's human tragedy through the stories of the ordinary people who live & work there He portrays the suffering through siege & war the failings
- including those of the international community
- that have seen opportunities for peace pass by & the fragile lingering hope that Gaza with its creativity & resilience can be part of a better future for the Middle East