Wayne Roemhildt letter: Gaza was never empty

Wayne Roemhildt letter: Gaza was never empty

Half a world away, another story unfolded — a different landscape, the same machinery. Gaza was never a barren wasteland. It was never "empty." It was a place of olive groves and orange blossoms, stone houses kissed by centuries of sun. Fishermen launched their boats at dawn. Children raced through alleys older than most nations. Families traced their lineages back, not just centuries, but thousands of years — to a time when the Mediterranean's …