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There is nothing that cannot be repaired,
said Gaza resident Assad Abu Haseira, pledging to start serving food from the restaurant he owns even before it is rebuilt
Trump has come up with a decision that he wants to establish restaurants, but the restaurants are here and the hotels are here. Why did you destroy them to establish other ones?"
he saidSince that time, I have been trying to be strong. I am trying to endure the separation,
Aya said
He found work with one of his friends near Khan Younis,
Jawaher saidSadness was eating away at my heart,
Aya saidWe will not leave our land even if they brought all the tanks in the world,
said Umm Muhammad al-Baytar, a resident of Ramallah
We have been fighting displacement since 1948
said MinawiWe only have one choice: to live or die here
said Ahmed Halasa, a 41-year-old resident of Gaza City, standing by the ruins of a toppled buildingYou see, my house was destroyed, but I can sleep on the rubble
said Akram, pointing to the ruins behind himWe returned despite the massive destruction and despite the lack of infrastructure, water and basic necessities,
said Ahmed al-Minawi, 24, back with his family in Gaza CityNot even air strikes could force them to leave,
the pensioner said of her compatriots in the Gaza StripThis 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,
Karaja said
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 CNNI’ve been displaced 12 times,
he told CNN last week while waiting to make the journey up north
I don’t think people should be going back to Gaza,
Trump said during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on TuesdayThese 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,
he told CNNPalestinians also. Palestinians will live there. Many people will live there.”
Asked if Palestinians would be living in Gaza, he saidWhy would they want to return? The place has been hell,
he addedWe will not leave our land or homes, despite the great destruction and everything that happened in Gaza, we are here and will remain here,
she saidWe lived under bombardment for a year and a half. After all this suffering, starvation, bombardment and death, we won’t easily leave Gaza,
he said