Say taking over Gaza an illusion – PFLP
Admin I Wednesday, February 05, 2025
GAZA, Palestine – Islamic Resistant groups in Palestine have condemned President Donald Trump over his comment on Gaza Strip during joint press conference he addressed with Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyanhu.
In his remarks, Trump described the Gaza Strip as a huge demolition site and that the United States will take over the Gaza Strip and develop it into a settlement that would be inhabited by people globally, including Palestinians.
He also said that the displaced Palestinians should be absolved by Egypt and Jordan.
Reacting to these comments Hamas described the statements as hostile to the people of Gaza, adding that it will not serve stability in the region.
“Rather, they will pour oil on the fire. We will not allow any country in the world to occupy our land or impose guardianship over our great Palestinian people who have offered rivers of blood to liberate our land from occupation and to establish our Palestinian state with Al-Quds as its capital”, the group said.
Hamas called on Trump to retract his statements, which the group said is irresponsible and at odds with international law. The group called on the Arab League and UN to address these comments.
Another group, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad(PIJ) said Trump’s comments are nothing more than a new version of the ill-fated Balfour Promise—where those who have nothing are promised to those who do not deserve it.”
They called the event “a meeting between the war criminal and the arrogant real estate mogul, which epitomized the reality of the American-zionist project in our region.
” This project works through intimidation, brute force, and genocide, “flouting all laws, regulations, and the will of our peoples.”
PIJ said these statements leave no doubt that the US is leading a war of genocide, displacement, and the expansion of occupation. They considered Trump’s plans, from ending UNRWA to seizing land, as a dangerous escalation that threatens regional security.
“Our Palestinian people, who have been resisting for over a hundred years, will not succumb to the dictates of Trump or anyone else. His foolish statements will only serve as motivation for us to reinforce our resistance until we achieve our objectives of liberating our land and ending the occupation.
“ Our Palestinian people and their resistance forces are more determined and resolute than ever in confronting these conspiracies, and we call on the Arab and Islamic peoples to stand against this conspiratorial project, which targets all the peoples of our region and portends serious impending threats.”
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine(PFLP)described Trump’s statements as “nothing but an extension of the genocide war waged by the Zionist enemy under the direct American cover, and an attempt to establish a new colonial project based on ethnic cleansing and the uprooting of our people from their land.”
“Gaza is not a commodity in the hands of a war merchant like Trump or anyone else; rather, it is an integral part of historical Palestine, which stretches from Ras al-Naqoura to Rafah, and it is the gateway upon which the forces of colonialism have repeatedly crashed throughout history.”
“Any dream of controlling Gaza is merely an illusion that will shatter against the rock of the steadfastness and resistance of our people, and the fate of any American occupation force in the Strip will be no different from that of the zionist enemy; our people will confront it with all their strength and determination, just as they repelled the zionist aggression.”
“Gaza will forever remain a graveyard for invaders and an oasis of steadfastness and resistance for its free and dignified people.”
The PFLP called on all people to “confront this colonial scheme.” “We especially urge the active forces in the United States to take to the streets and declare their rejection of this new crime, which reflects the true face of American imperialism that colludes with the zionist occupation. Our struggle against this colonial, extirpator project is the battle of all free peoples who reject colonialism, displacement, and the uprooting of a free people from their land.”
Besides, the Mujahideen Movement said Trump’s statements reflect a determination to continue aggression against the Palestinian people and an attempts to obstruct reconstruction to serve the zionist agenda. The group said Trump will not achieve what Biden was not able to.
“The genocide committed by the Nazi zionists with American weaponry failed to displace our people, and Trump’s threats will not succeed in what their criminal arms failed to achieve.
The Popular Resistance Committees saw the statements as embodying American values. They considered Trump’s reception of Netanyahu as a reward for his “fascist entity’s genocide against women, children, and the elderly…with American support.”
They called for popular action rejecting Trump’s statements globally to confront their danger. Head of the group, Abu Mujahid said that the Palestinian people and their resistance will thwart the goals of the zionist enemy, remaining steadfast and again foiling displacement plans.
“The plan to displace and eradicate our people has fallen and failed under the feet of our displaced people who returned to their land from which they were displaced under the bombing, destruction and war of zionist-American genocide.”
He said Egypt and Jordan will not allow the existence of an alternative homeland for the Palestinians…” and that American administrations have not broken the will of the Palestinian people despite their unlimited resources.
“If Arab countries refuse to normalize with the zionist entity and submit to the American decision biased towards the criminal zionist entity, and stop paying the billions of dollars with which America finances its aggression against our peoples, then the criminal Trump will not be able to implement his malicious criminal plans.”
“It is time for us, as a Palestinian people, to put aside all our differences and adhere to our unity on the basis of protecting the constants and legitimate Palestinian national rights.”
