Like most Palestinians, Hatem Azzam, a resident of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, was incensed by US President Donald Trump’s remarks suggesting Gazans should relocate to Egypt or Jordan.
Publish dateWednesday 5 February 2025 - 11:00
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Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Monitoring: The 34-year-old criticized Trump's choice of words when he told reporters last week about his plan to "clean up everything": "Trump thinks Gaza is a pile of garbage - absolutely not."
Calling him "delusional," Azzam said Trump "wants to force Egypt and Jordan to accept the migrants as if they were his personal farm."
Both Egypt and Jordan have rejected Trump's idea, as have Gaza and other neighboring countries.
Trump and Netanyahu must understand the reality of the Palestinian people and the people of Gaza. "This is a people deeply rooted in their land - we will not leave," Azzam told AFP.
Ihab Ahmed, another Rafah resident, lamented that Trump and Netanyahu "still do not understand the Palestinian people" and their attachment to the land.
We will stay in this land no matter what. Even if we have to live in tents and on the streets, we will stay rooted in this land."
Ahmed told AFP that Palestinians have learned lessons from the 1948 war that followed the British mandate, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven from their homes when Israel was created and never allowed to return. "The world must understand this message: we will not leave, as happened in 1948."
Calling him "delusional," Azzam said Trump "wants to force Egypt and Jordan to accept the migrants as if they were his personal farm."
Both Egypt and Jordan have rejected Trump's idea, as have Gaza and other neighboring countries.
Trump and Netanyahu must understand the reality of the Palestinian people and the people of Gaza. "This is a people deeply rooted in their land - we will not leave," Azzam told AFP.
Ihab Ahmed, another Rafah resident, lamented that Trump and Netanyahu "still do not understand the Palestinian people" and their attachment to the land.
We will stay in this land no matter what. Even if we have to live in tents and on the streets, we will stay rooted in this land."
Ahmed told AFP that Palestinians have learned lessons from the 1948 war that followed the British mandate, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven from their homes when Israel was created and never allowed to return. "The world must understand this message: we will not leave, as happened in 1948."
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