No Mr. President, You Can’t Buy Gaza
Suweis Hussein, contributor
What makes you believe that your executive decision will drive the Palestinians off their land if bombing their homes, hospitals, schools, mosques and churches while using IDF snipers to kill their children, women and men for more than a year could not displace them?
As we’ve seen Pres. Trump, he’s got “concepts of a plan,” he’s got an idea, hopes of some sort — a wishful thinker really. As he wishes “Israel will hand over Gaza to the U.S. after fighting ends,” titled a news article the BBC released earlier this week. Trump uses simple words like “fighting” to appeal to his supporters, which are largely uneducated.
Through his simplifications, he reduces the resistance to mere fighting. With that understanding, it becomes convincing to intervene. However, the people of Gaza and minorities everywhere know what U.S. intervention looks like. U.S. intervention, like Trump’s agenda, is all about seeking economic opportunity rather than benefiting the people of Gaza. His plan is to send troops to the strip and, I’m not joking, build “The Riviera of the Middle East!”
Even before Oct. 7, 2023, part of the resistance to the occupation was carrying the key to their lost home as a symbol of hope that Palestinians will return home. An interview conducted by CNN follows Gazan brothers Khamis and Ahmed Imarah as they return to the ruins of their home. The brothers lost a total of 50 family members, including Khamis’ wife and newborn daughter, a daughter he always dreamed of having. In the corresponding article, Khamis is highlighted saying, “The only thing that brought me back was my father and brother,” reiterating that if it wasn’t for his family members being buried there, Khamis and Gazans everywhere would not want to return, because there is no life to return to.
CNN even goes as far as mistranslating the Arabic in the video, therefore corroborating that Gazans don’t want to return — a bold statement that could not be farther from the truth. The truth is Gazans would rather return to a demolished home, with no electricity or water than to be pushed to neighboring countries like Jordan and Egypt to become refugees because they are not refugees. They have a land their ancestors came from, the language they spoke, the traditions they kept, the identity tied to it and most importantly the memory of their lives and the lives of their loved ones — parents, their spouses and children. The rubble is proof there was civilization!
They have a land their ancestors came from, the language they spoke, the traditions they kept, the identity tied to it and most importantly the memory of their lives and the lives of their loved ones — parents, their spouses and children. The rubble is proof there was civilization!
suweis hussein
In an effort to bring this “concept of a plan” into reality, Trump is faced with many obstacles. His first course of action was to threaten to halt aid from Egypt and Jordan if they refuse to accept Palestinians as refugees… okay. His second attempt is to simply “take” Gaza because there is nothing to buy. This statement is powerful in that it shows the overarching power the U.S. holds, because they can simply take Gaza without having to mediate the conflict within. Another important aspect to notice is that the U.S. does not have to care about the conflict because 70% of the aid came from the U.S. So, from the very beginning the U.S. has facilitated, allowed and maintained the genocide to exist, meaning they can stop it at any time. All this time, it wasn’t a dispute turned ugly, it wasn’t Israelis vs Palestinians, it wasn’t Hamas vs the IDF, but a dramatic means to imperialism.
Sources
https://www.calcalist.co.il/ctechnews/article/hktyrfiekl
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/middleeast/northern-gaza-return-destruction-intl/index.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9xgj2429o