Since the ceasefire in Gaza began on 19 January, I and others who were displaced to Egypt during Israel’s 15-month long genocidal aggression, have been waiting impatiently to return home.
The Rafah crossing, however, has remained closed to us, even if equipment and much needed temporary housing began to trickle across into Gaza on 20 February.
In addition, the hopes of refugees hang in the balance by a thread worn thinner with every dangerous utterance from US President Donald Trump about displacing everyone from Gaza to turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East.”
Despite the facts that more than 62 percent of American respondents to a poll from Data for Progress oppose Trump’s “plan” and that 145 Democrat legislators have called on Trump to retract his comments, the US president so far remains wedded to his idea. He is even pressuring Egypt and Jordan to accept it.
Meanwhile, Israel is constantly violating the terms of the ceasefire agreement, leaving us fearing that it will simply end in more violence. ….more
