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2025-12-03 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Kurdish man in Gaza makes rare appeal to the KRG to return to Kurdistan
”Palestine” has always been an international project, not a native liberation movement.
[Rudaw] A 65-year-old Kurdish man who has lived in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip for nearly three decades is appealing to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for help relocating to the Kurdistan Region, where most of his family now lives. He tells Rudaw he lost everything in the latest conflict and now lives alone under dire conditions.

Jaafar Khalil Golan is originally from Derik (al-Malikiyah) in northeast Syria’s (Rojava) Hasaka province. He has been living in Gaza since 1995.

Golan said his father was among the companions of the late Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani (1903—1979), highlighting his deep attachment to the Kurdish cause and "great love for the homeland and the [Kurdish] Peshmerga."

He told Rudaw, "When I was a child, my family and I left our hometown of Derik and went to Duhok province" in northern Kurdistan. The family was later forced to settle in Cham Sharaf, near Derik, in 1971.

After years of displacement across the region, Golan contacted the Paleostine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Leb
...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
to learn how to use arms, with hope of "returning to Kurdistan when the opportunity is available." He was then transferred to Gaza in the mid-1990s, where he served as an officer in the Paleostinian Authority until retiring.

Of note, the PLO, established in the 1960s, is the main representative of the Paleostinian national movement and now serves as the parent body of the Paleostinian Authority.

Golan told Rudaw his situation deteriorated drastically during the latest Gaza war.

"My house was completely destroyed in the first week of the war. I have been displaced between Rafah and Nuseirat and have lost a large number of my family members," he said.

The conflict began on October 7, when Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
launched a surprise attack on southern Israel, killing more than 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli figures. Israel’s subsequent offensive killed around 70,112 Paleostinians and injured 170,986 others, Gaza’s health ministry reported Monday.

Hamas and Israel reached a ceasefire in mid-October, ending the deadliest war Gaza has seen in its history that lasted slightly over two years. Famine also spread across the enclave during the conflict.

Golan told Rudaw that he is struggling to access food, medicine, and water, describing himself as a person with special needs. "Families in Gaza support each other because they are relatives, but I am alone with no one to help me," he said.

He further stated that during his stay he acted as an "ambassador of Kurds" in Gaza, adding, he was "proud that during my stay I presented a positive image of Kurds."

Most of his relatives now live in Duhok, where he hopes to reunite with them soon. "I think of my country and relatives. I want to speak Kurdish and celebrate [the Kurdish new year] Newroz with my brothers and sisters," he said.

The 65-year-old added, "I have been living in exile for 40 years. I hope to spend the rest of my life with loved ones in Kurdistan and be laid to rest there."

He appealed to the KRG to facilitate his safe return.
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Posted by trailing wife 2025-12-03 2025-12-03 02:36|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1830 views ]  Top
 File under: PLO 

1 "NO". He sounds like an asshole someone the Kurds don't need
Posted by Frank G 2025-12-03 07:41||   2025-12-03 07:41|| Front Page Top

2 My thinking, too, Frank.
Posted by trailing wife 2025-12-03 21:16||   2025-12-03 21:16|| Front Page Top

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