Summary
A psychiatrist from Gaza whose September 2010 letter to Lynne Segal, a sponsor of the Jewish aid boat to Gaza, is quoted in full at the close of Chapter 5 of For Palestine — Essays from the Tom Hurndall Memorial Lecture Group (For Palestine — Essays from the Tom Hurndall Memorial Lecture Group, PDF p.102-103).
Details
- Sarraj wrote that the Jewish boat was the most significant for him because it told the world that those Palestinians thought they should hate as enemies “can instead arrive as our friends, our brothers and sisters” (PDF p.103).
- He wrote: “I have always strongly believed that we can live together, that we must live together. We have no other choice except to live together.” (PDF p.103)
Related pages
For Palestine — Essays from the Tom Hurndall Memorial Lecture Group, Avi Shlaim, Gaza Siege