Surrounded by a forbidding wall, watchtowers, and deadly buffer zones, I entered with a hard-to-obtain visa at the Erez crossing – iron gates, an interrogation by bored young immigration officers and scanners. On the other side is a kilometer-long caged walkway that leads into this part of Palestine, trapped between Israel, Egypt, the Mediterranean, and the general indifference of the international community.
加沙城——进入加沙地带比进入警戒级别最高的监狱还要难，这块地带只有45公里长、可能8公里宽，却是加沙150万巴勒斯坦人生活的家园。 在围墙、了望塔和致命的缓冲区的包围之下，我凭借一张好不容易得来的签证通过了埃雷兹过境点——那里有铁门、百无聊赖的青年移民官和扫描设备的盘查。 铁门的另一端是进入这部分巴勒斯坦领土的被铁丝网包围的1公里长的通道，这块土地被以色列、埃及、地中海，还有国际社会的集体冷漠压得透不过气来。