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chaogomu@kbin.social 1 year agoWell, a part of it is that the people of Gaza are not allowed to leave.
There are only a handful of crossings out of Gaza and Israel controls all but one. The Egyptian crossing leads out into a desolate desert with no services.
Want to hop on a boat and flee that way? Israel will torpedo you. Want to walk up to the wall to see the boundary of your prison? Israel will machine gun you down, no questions asked, no warnings given.
A large portion of the population of Gaza started out as refugees, forced out of their homes and off of their land so that Zionist settlers could have it.
Even given the option, most if not all will choose to not leave. Since 48 the Palestinians have been chanting “from the river to the sea” and not taking lots of peace treaties offered by Israel and other nations, based on the premise that they’ll stay in their current 67 border.
Not to mention lots of Jews also don’t wanna live in a non-jewish state of fear of prosecution, pogroms and antisemitism, which you can see examples of happening right now in Europe.
I've heard that they aren't allowed to leave, but the strip of land we're talking about isn't all that small either. I know that Israel has confined Palestines to that area for decades which is not just oppression, it's akin to running a death camp. I believe there's enough room in that region for Palestinians to live comfortably beside the Jewish people - so why not concede this land to them? And stop forcing people to remain there if the wish to leave.
OniiFam@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
“Desolate desert with no services”
maps.app.goo.gl/pDLLbum67D5HKVsg6 ???
Also Egypt doesn’t allow Gazans to use it because when they used to, it caused issues with terrorism. There is a reason that, despite how much the stable Arab states rage and scream about the situation, none of the arab states want to take Gazans
sfgifz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The photos on Google Maps you shared look pretty desolate…