The government has failed to provide support, leaving us to shoulder the burden of trying to bring our family here, while the Coalition continues to dehumanise us
‘In many ways, Peter Dutton’s comments affirm a longstanding political position and attitude towards Palestinian refugees from Gaza, one that denies us even the recognition of the horror and the pain that has been inflicted on us and our families.’‘In many ways, Peter Dutton’s comments affirm a longstanding political position and attitude towards Palestinian refugees from Gaza, one that denies us even the recognition of the horror and the pain that has been inflicted on us and our families.
So we spent the next six months unsuccessfully advocating for our families’ exit before we had to face the agonising reality that we could not afford paying theto brokers at the Egyptian border for all our family, nor could we make decisions about who to rescue with the money we had managed to collect through months of fundraising – and who to leave behind.
But even with such a welcome, the urge to return to Gaza and the sense of a forced displacement never left Ibtisam. In May, she returned to Egypt with the hope that a ceasefire would take place and that she’d be allowed to return to her family, to Reem and to Talal, to whom she’s been married for over 39 years and from whom she’d never previously been separated.
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