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Published 05 Feb, 2025 06:23pm

‘We are going nowhere’: Gaza residents react to Trump’s plan

Gazans have criticised US President Donald Trump’s plan to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle Palestinians elsewhere, vowing to never leave the ruins of their homes in the coastal enclave that Trump wants to turn into a “Riviera of the Middle East”, Reuters reports.

“Trump can go to hell, with his ideas, with his money, and with his beliefs. We are going nowhere. We are not some of his assets,” said Samir Abu Basel in Gaza City via a chat app.

“If he wants to resolve this conflict he should take the Israelis and put them in one of the states (in America). They are the strangers, not the Palestinians. We are the owners of the land,” said the father of five, who has been displaced from his house near Jabalia on Gaza’s northern edge.

“He spoke with much arrogance…he can test us, and soon he will find out his fantasies don’t work with us,” said Abu Basel.

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