Ahmed Alkhatib

The author is a naturalized US citizen from the Gaza Strip, based in San Francisco, California. He is the founder of Project Unified Assistance which advocates for the establishment of a humanitarian, IDF-approved airport in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians stand atop a boat at Gaza's seaport in Gaza City October 16

For now, the Gaza Island proposal is a pipe dream

An El Al Boeing 777 aircraft at Ben-Gurion International Airport

A failed trip to Jerusalem

A MOBILE stairway at Gaza’s airport in 1998

An airport in Gaza, for the benefit of all