02/06/2025

‘I Won’t Leave. Put That in Your Brain’

Palestinians reject Trump’s call to expel them from Gaza

Saeed Abu Elaish’s wife, two of his daughters and two dozen others from his extended family were killed by Israeli airstrikes over the past 15 months. His house in northern Gaza was destroyed. He and surviving family now live in a tent set up in the rubble of his home.

But he says he will not be driven out, after President Donald Trump called for transferring all Palestinians from Gaza so the United States could take over the devastated territory and rebuild it for others. Rights groups said his comments were tantamount to a call for “ethnic cleansing” and forcible expulsion.

"We categorically reject and will resist any plans to deport and transfer us from our land," he said from the Jabaliya refugee camp.

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