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A special essay from Yolande Knell analyses the special pressures at work in this small, yet decisive territory in 2014. Between an Egyptian Army crackdown, a Islamist militant insurgency, and pressure from the Gaza Strip next door, what hope can there be for increased peace and security for local people? And how do they learn to live with the barriers hedged around them?
Introduced by Pascale Harter. Producer: Polly Hope. Photo: A picture taken from the southern Gaza Strip shows an Egyptian soldier standing guard on the border between Egypt and the Palestinian territory, September 12, 2013. SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images