Gaza: a history

Gaza before the Strip. The crossroads of empires ; The Islamic era ; The British Mandate.

1947-67: The Generation of Mourning. The catastrophe ; Refugees and fedayin ; The first occupation ; Nasser's children.

1967-87: The Generation of Dispossession. The four years war ; The era of the notables ; The alien peace ; The new wave.

1987-2007: The Generation of the Intifadas. The revolt of the stones ; A sharply limited authority ; Days of fury ; One Palestine against another.

The Generation of Impasses?

Five years in the ruins.