Richard Oestermann, Danish-born journalist and Middle East correspondent for Scandinavian newspapers, began his career in Israel covering the Eichmann trial in 1961. Educated as a journalist in Denmark and the United States, Oestermann writes daily for the Nordic press, mainly on politics. He has written eleven books, published in Danish, Norwegian and English, primarily focusing on the lives of ordinary people in Israel Jews, Christians and Arabs. His book on the war in Gaza was the first of its kind.

Richard Oestermann has chosen to describe the events in brief, clear chapters which make his book an easy and pleasant experience. - Per Stig Moeller, Member of Parliament and former Danish Foreign Minister