Quotes
How can my future be decided by someone else? … We are here. And we won’t leave.”
For example, the Gaza-based journalist Abubaker Abed wrote Make no mistake: This is a call for ethnic cleansing. Neither Trump nor Netanyahu have the best interests of Israelis and Palestinians in mind, which is an end to the war in Gaza,
Quigley wrote on social media President Trump is bringing peace to the Middle East, just as he promised,
What the people of Gaza, Greenland, Panama, Canada, and whatever other area of the world Trump learns about next DON’T need: American troops to invade their homes,
Thank God we finally have a president who is committed to standing with Israel and working with Netanyahu on how to support their efforts to get terrorists out of Gaza and bring every hostage home,
I have news for you – we aren’t taking over Gaza,
he said in a social media post In consequences for all sides, it’s deeply destructive – indeed, just to suggest it – threatening progress toward peace & stability, sustaining & expanding the Abraham Accords, & returning hostages,
he wrote in a social media post Palestinians aren’t going anywhere,
the congresswoman, who represents a Michigan district, wrote in a social media post Today’s announcement put Hamas, Iran, and all our enemies on notice — the US will NOT continue the status quo that has empowered terrorists and created a humanitarian disaster,
President Trump has the right vision for the future of the Middle East,
This is our land, and we are the honest and true owners of the land. I won’t be displaced. Not (Trump) nor anyone else can uproot us from Gaza,
All of our children’s homes have been demolished and our house is half destroyed. Rain comes into the house, cold is coming in, and we will stay whatever happens, even if we stay in the tent, even if they give us castles and villas, we are not leaving our lands.”
Awatef Abu Sitta expressed similar sentiments to CNN Why would they want to return? The place has been hell,
We will not leave our land or homes, despite the great destruction and everything that happened in Gaza, we are here and will remain here,
These comments have been made in the past. In 1967 (the Arab-Israeli war), when they displaced Palestinians, they said it was temporary, only until the situation calms down. And until now, they haven’t returned. They remained displaced,
I’ve been displaced 12 times,
he told CNN last week while waiting to make the journey up north Palestinians also. Palestinians will live there. Many people will live there.”
Asked if Palestinians would be living in Gaza, he said We lived under bombardment for a year and a half. After all this suffering, starvation, bombardment and death, we won’t easily leave Gaza,
Why should I leave my country? You want to send me to Egypt or Jordan? No, we won’t accept it, we will put up a tent and whatever you do, we will not leave our country. We don’t give a damn about Trump’s threats or Netanyahu’s threats,
We have a famous saying: ‘He who leaves his home, loses his dignity’. We are a resilient people, and this will not happen, even in Trump’s dreams. We will stay here and not give up an inch of our land.”
Walid al-Munayya, who was displaced six times in the war, said
