Israel’s call for Palestinians to leave Gaza has been called ethnic cleansing.
Listening to the radio a few days ago outside the tent he now has to call home, 77-year-old Mohammed al-Nabahin heard about an Israeli plan to establish a “voluntary” migration office for Palestinians in Gaza.
The news report gave al-Nabahin the details. An agency planned by Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, and approved by the cabinet. Its aim was to organise and secure the exit of Palestinians “wishing to migrate” to third countries. Palestinians returning to their original villages in historical Palestine was not mentioned.
The plan follows some similar suggestions by US President Donald Trump earlier this year.
“The idea is completely out of the question,” Mohammed said flatly.
“If they want to displace us voluntarily, then let them allow us to return to our lands in occupied Palestine, from which they expelled us!” he told Al Jazeera. “Why should we leave our country?”
Mohammed has already experienced being forced out of his home.
When Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began 17 months ago, Mohammed was forced to flee and leave his home in central Gaza’s Bureij.
He still thinks living in a tent in Gaza is better than leaving.
“All of my children agree with me. They are all against leaving Gaza, no matter what happens,” Mohammed said. READ MORE from Al Jazeera
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