Vacuous American settlers are never going to understand that every inch of Gaza has been sanctified with the blood of martyrs. Every hour of every day that the Palestinian people remain in their homes is the greatest memorial to the dead and an insult to the occupier. Their resolve is a great inspiration.

In response to Trump’s comments, Mousa said that she endured all manner of suffering just to be able to return to her home. “It was the happiest moment of my life, even if my home was destroyed,” she said, adding that she wanted to embrace every grain of sand in Jabalia. She added that Trump wasn’t the first Westerner with no connection to the land to try to decide its people’s fate. “It’s like the Balfour Declaration,” she explains. “Trump wants to uproot us for the sake of an occupier.”

But Mousa believes that no such plan will succeed. “We will remain here above the rubble until we rebuild it,” she says. “Nothing worse can happen than the war of extermination we have already experienced, and even it did not succeed in removing us from our land.”

“If they offered me an entire city instead of the rubble of my home, I would not accept it,” Mousa added emphatically. “Homelands cannot be replaced. Homelands are like your blood and soul…Palestine is our land and our country, and we will not leave it under any pressure or plans.”

[–] tankfox@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

Since Gaza won the war it's absolutely incumbent of them to dictate the terms if Israeli surrender. Gaza has never been in a position of such complete power before, able to arbitrarily impose will on a defeated foe. Perhaps Gaza will even fornicate with Netanyahu's sister as is traditional when negotiating from such an overwhelmingly strong position.