Everyone in Gaza knows that Dr Abu Jamei himself lost twenty-eight people in his family to an Israeli missile strike in 2014. When he spoke to the conference of his vision of keeping the hope of peace alive he moved even the most depressed and cynical among his listeners. ‘Mental health means mothers who can see their children sleep, farmers who can plant, fishermen who can sail, youth who can study abroad, people who can plan, detainees who are free . . . it means breaking the siege, ending the occupation,’ he said. ‘Planting hope is our main duty.’
