As a Brit in Gaza, ‘it’s all your fault,’ is a line I’ve heard a lot
Monday 04 Aug 2014
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Sunday 3 August 2014
Everyday life in Gaza is becoming impossible. Photograph: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Corbis
Monday 04 Aug 2014
Sit down with any Palestinian over the age of 50 on a street in Gaza and, if you’re British, you’ll soon be discussing Arthur Balfour.
It was in November 1917 that the Conservative foreign secretary promised the leader of Britain’s Jewish community that Palestine would be a Jewish homeland.
Gaza is not as I expected. Amid the terror, there is hope
The world is not so blessed that it can afford to waste the lives of the 1.8 million Palestinians who live there
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Paul Mason
Sunday 3 August 2014
I have been reporting from Gaza all week, and, amid the stream of dead and injured civilians wheeled on trolleys before me, frantic people gesturing in my face, and nights spent in an unlit city under bombardment, I've come to a conclusion I did not expect: Gaza "works".
