cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/47721311
Under the proposal, the US would take control after “voluntary” relocation of Palestinians from the strip, where proposed projects include an Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone and Gaza Trump Riviera & Islands.
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.commondreams.org/news/great-trust-gaza
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Hmm I’m confused…
But I thought they were refugees, i.e. Gaza ISN’T their homeland. If they are living in their homeland then how are they still refugees?
One of my friends is a Ukrainian refugee. He isn’t living in his homeland and doesn’t consider himself British.
The land now known as Israel, including Gaza and the West Bank, is their homeland. These people are refugees because they were driven out of their homes during the violent formation of Israel in 1948 and many of those who survived ended up in refugee camps in Gaza. Gaza is one small corner of their homeland. Over the course of 70 years or so, these refugee camps became entire cities because these people had nowhere else to live, for generations. So they were refugees in a small corner of the country that was once theirs. Then Israel destroyed even these cities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba
Ah right. So residents of Mariupol who now live in different parts of Ukraine would also be considered refugees while still being in their homeland.