The memoir

I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity by Izzeldin Abuelaish

The incredible and moving story of Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Palestinian doctor who lost three of his daughters and his niece during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in January 2009. Born in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Abuelaish overcame extreme poverty and hardship to train as a doctor - and then used his training to cross the lines between Israel and Gaza, treating patients on both sides of the divide. This symbolic gesture became all the more poignant after the deaths of his family (his voice was heard on live TV in Israel moments after finding his children dead, in a highly-charged broadcast that some credited with helping bring about a ceasefire). He now campaigns tirelessly, in the hope that his daughters' deaths are "the last sacrifice on the road to peace between Palestinians and Israelis."

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