The author reflects on their painful experience of displacement from northern Gaza for 15 months due to conflict. Awaiting a ceasefire, they were overwhelmed by the joy of returning Palestinians, yet lamented their own inability to join due to a broken leg and financial constraints. This personal story underscores a familial connection to historical displacement since 1948 and emphasizes the enduring right to return, despite the trauma and loss faced by generations of Palestinians. The narrative highlights a collective sense of identity and longing for home.
The ongoing Nakba will end only when the world decides to uphold our right of return.
For 15 long months... I felt like a stranger in my own homeland.
Seeing those images, I could not help but think about my grandfather...who was just a child when Zionist forces expelled them.
But they could never erase our right to return, my grandfather used to say.
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