The Peugeots: A Gaza Story in a Car
The article explores the relationship between the Peugeot 404 and Gaza's visual memory in the 1980s, where the car appears in almost every photo and video from that period. It notes that the Peugeot 404 became an integral part of Gaza's public landscape, linked to the Israeli occupation (1967-1993) when the sector became Israel's largest labor reservoir.
The article examines the connection between the Peugeot 404 and Gaza's visual memory in the 1980s, where the car appears in nearly every photo and video from that era. It points out that the Peugeot 404 became an inseparable part of Gaza's public scene, associated with the period of Israeli occupation (1967-1993) when the sector turned into Israel's largest labor pool. The article mentions a photo of a Peugeot 404 from the 1970s posted by a resident of Ashkelon on Facebook, which sparked comments in Hebrew from users in their sixties and seventies, nostalgic for the Peugeot days. The comments express longing for the car and its connection to Gaza, such as "they used to bring them to us from Gaza" and "the car of the Gaza workers' convoy." The article highlights the cultural and historical dimension of the car in the context of the relationship between Gaza and Israel.