US President Donald Trump's plan to allow Gazans to emigrate from the war-torn enclave has provoked fierce rejection from the Palestinians and the Arab countries. Despite Arab and international opposition, the United States has reiterated its commitment to President Trump's emigration plan. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is driven by Palestinian irredentism - the belief in reclaiming lost land at any cost. The sumud (steadfastness) ideology plays a key role in this struggle. Despite sumud's propagation by Palestinian nationalists, the facts show that Gazans overwhelmingly yearn to escape Hamas' failed and repressive rule. By allowing those who reject Hamas's rule to go, Israel and the international community can expose sumud as an artificial construct that only serves Palestinian revanchism.