- photo essay from Lora Gordon.
- Photo: Rafah crossing point, Gaza, Palestine.
In the aftermath to the Israeli military bombardment of the Gaza Strip, from late December 2008 extending twenty-two days into late January 2009, Lora Gordon a Jewish American writer and photographer based in Chicago traveled to Gaza. Gordon traveled to Gaza on a medical aid delegation organized by the Middle East Peace Forum of Cleveland.
Beyond direct solidarity work on the ground in Gaza, including work with Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Lora Gordon also chronicled the situation on the ground in Gaza through photography which documented life in Gaza after the Israeli bombing campaign that killed 1300 Palestinians, while destroying universities, hospitals, UN buildings and generally large parts of the civilian infrastructure in Gaza.
- Photo: Rafah crossing point in Palestine, which opens only days a month.
- Photo: Bullets holes in buildings, Rafah, Palestine.
- Photo: Shuhada (“Martyrs”) Street, Gaza City.
Lora Gordon is a Jewish American writer and photographer based in Chicago. She has spent over a year working in the Gaza Strip. Visit Lora Gordan on-line.
