In Gaza, We Aren’t Mourning Clinton’s Loss

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In Gaza, We Aren’t Mourning Clinton’s Loss  by Yasmeen El Khoudary

Bill Clinton, George Bush, Barack Obama, none of them tried to allay Palestine’s misery. Hillary wouldn’t have either.

Palestinian children wave US and Palestinian flags in Gaza City on December 9, 1998, several days before the visit of the then US President Bill Clinton [AP]

By

Yasmeen El Khoudary

Yasmeen Elkhoudary is a Palestinian from Gaza currently based in London.

On December 14, 1998, we had a day off at school. As an eight-year-old child, I couldn’t be happier.

All the shops were closed and there were roadblocks everywhere. The streets were filled with Palestinian flags, and white and red striped flags I couldn’t recognise. I asked my father and he explained that those were American flags, and that Bill Clinton, the President of the United States, was going to visit Gaza City later that day.

Little did I know…

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