President Trump proposed that the U.S. would take control of the Gaza Strip, resettling Palestinians elsewhere. This sparked backlash from the Palestinian diaspora in the U.S., who view the idea as disregarding their rights to their homeland. Activists like Leila Giries expressed shock at the proposal, highlighting it as a call to displace millions and resurrecting painful memories of the Nakba—the mass expulsion during the establishment of Israel. For many Palestinians, the promise of housing elsewhere fails to address their fundamental aspirations for dignity and equal rights in their historic lands.
"My first reaction was disbelief. That a president would call to displace two million people from their own land, said Leila Giries, a Palestinian who lives in California."
"The promise of new developments in foreign countries skirts the demand at the center of their aspirations: the right to live with dignity and equal rights in their historic homeland."
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