News of continued bombings in Gaza killing more than 22,500 Palestinians and of Israeli raids in the West Bank killing more Palestinians, as well as the cancellation of Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, brought back memories of my life in Gaza between 1996 and 1998.
A difficult existence
The Palestinian chauffeur who worked in the Representative Office of India to the Palestinian Authority in Gaza had no permit to leave Gaza. Like thousands of other Gazans, he was virtually a prisoner in the world’s largest prison. Therefore, for meetings in Ramallah or Jerico or Bethlehem in the West Bank, we were our own chauffeurs in our official car.
