Gaza is Not a Property For Sale

• CrossFireArabia
• February 10, 2025

Senior Hamas official Izzat Al-Risheq condemned Donald Trump’s remarks about buying and owning Gaza, stating that Gaza is not a property to be bought or sold; it is an inseparable part of our occupied Palestinian land. Al-Risheq confirmed that Palestinians are clinging to their land and have rejected all plans aimed at ethnically cleansing them.

Additionally, he said Gaza belongs to its people, and they will only leave it to return to their cities and villages occupied in 1948.

The Palestinian Hamas group on Monday called the Trump statements as “absurd” and a reflection of “profound ignorance” about Palestine and the region.

“We denounce Trump’s remarks about buying and owning Gaza. These statements are absurd.” Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, said in a statement.

He added such comments “demonstrate a profound ignorance of Palestine and the region.”

“Gaza is not a piece of real estate to be bought and sold, it is an inseparable part of our occupied Palestinian land,” al-Rishq stressed.

He warned that treating the Palestinian cause with a “real estate dealer’s mindset” is doomed to fail, stressing that “the Palestinian people will thwart all plans of displacement and forced relocation.”

On Sunday, Trump said he is committed to buying Gaza and letting other nations develop parts of it.

“I’m committed to buying and owning Gaza,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to New Orleans, Louisiana.

He also reiterated that the Palestinian enclave is a demolition site and uninhabitable.

On Feb. 4, Trump said Washington would “take over” Gaza and resettle Palestinians elsewhere under an extraordinary redevelopment plan that he claimed could turn the enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”

His proposal was met with widespread condemnation from the Palestinians, Arab countries, and many other nations across the world, including Canada, France, Germany, and the UK according to Anadolu.