The Gates of Gaza

Amir Tibon, an Israeli journalist living in a kibbutz on the border of the Gaza Strip, weaves a first-hand account of his family and community’s history and their experience of living through the 7th of October, with a chronology of the actions of successive Netanyahu-led governments that weakened the Palestinian middle ground by strengthening Hamas. Written from an Israeli perspective, it confirms that the price of political expediency is often paid by those who live far from the levers of power. If there is hope in this book, I was unable to find it. Perhaps it is somewhere beyond history, survival, and resilience, which all abound on both sides of the border of Gaza.