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In Israeli Captivity

The journey from Khan Yunis to Deir Al Balah used to take 20 minutes, but now it takes almost an hour due to traffic and the damages to the road’s infrastructure. As Gaza people tend to chat during long rides, one passenger said to another, “Your voice sounds familiar. Where have we met?”

The other replied, “This is the first time I see you.” Yet, the first insisted, and after failing to guess where they might have met, they both exclaimed simultaneously, “Could it have been in Israeli captivity?”

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    Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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