I shall not hate summary of key ideas and review

In his anguish over his other injured children, Dr Abuelaish phoned broadcasting producer Shlomi Eldar, who took his call live: "The Palestinian pain, which the majority of Israeli society doesn't want to see, had a voice and a face.

The purpose of the book, however, is not to incite more violence but demonstrate the need for peace as Abuelaish demonstrates the philosophy of radical love and forgiveness.

The invisible became visible… there was one man, one story, one tragedy…". Even now, what Dr Abuelaish seeks most is partnership and understanding. He was born in the Jabbaliya refugee camp. His grandfather had been mukhtar in the village of Houg near Sderot; the family were famed for their hospitality. In , amid rumours of massacres, they left.

The extraordinary, riveting story of a Palestinian doctor who, rather than seek revenge after witnessing his three daughters' deaths by Israeli tank shells.

The land is now registered as Ariel Sharon's farm. The author's early life in Gaza is described in all its harshness. The family live in one tiny room. Izzeldin is woken at 3. Hunger and tiredness are perpetual. The sole hope is education; his teachers inspire him and his school books are his treasure. After studying medicine in Cairo, he specialises in obstetrics.

His work leads him into contact with Israeli colleagues; he becomes the first Palestinian doctor on the staff of an Israeli Hospital. Eventually his international qualifications in public health policy bring him to the Sheba Medical Centre in Tel Aviv. He writes in order to be a bridge, "to reveal the secrets of Gaza… the pain of dislocation, the humiliation of the occupation, and the suffocation that comes from a siege, so that, once and for all, Palestinians and Israelis can find a way to live side by side.