The morning sun glistened over the rolling hills of Turnberry, casting long shadows across the pristine fairways. The once-perfect greens were now streaked with crimson paint, defaced by words like “Gaza Lives On” and “No Peace Without Justice.” Security staff scurried around the grounds, their radios buzzing with frantic updates.
Inside the clubhouse, Donald Trump Jr. paced anxiously, phone pressed to his ear. His father’s recent remarks about redeveloping Gaza as a resort destination had sparked global outrage — and now, the consequences had landed on Turnberry’s doorstep.
“We can’t have this happening!” Trump Jr. barked into the phone. “Get the media out of here before they start spinning this.”
Meanwhile, miles away, Amal Hamdan watched the news from her Glasgow flat. Her family had once lived in Gaza before the airstrikes had claimed their home. She felt the same dull ache in her chest that she had carried for years — an ache that no golf course or luxury hotel could erase.
“That’s what they think peace looks like,” she muttered to her friend Nadia. “Turning Gaza into some playground for the rich while bombs still fall.”
Nadia nodded grimly. “They want to pave over the blood without stopping the bleeding.”
That evening, as protesters gathered outside Turnberry’s gates, Amal stood among them holding a sign that read: “No Peace Without Justice.” The crowd chanted, their voices rising above the Scottish wind.
A journalist approached her. “Do you think transforming Gaza into a resort could help rebuild the region?”
Amal’s expression hardened. “If the bombs keep falling, what’s left to rebuild?” She paused, her voice steady. “No matter how many luxury hotels they build, Gaza’s people will still live in fear unless the United States stops supplying weapons to Israel. That’s the only path to true peace.”
The journalist scribbled notes, but Amal wondered if her words would ever be heard — if the world would understand that peace wasn’t built on manicured greens and golden beaches. It was built on justice, on lives valued equally, and on the silence of guns that had roared for far too long.
All names of people and organizations appearing in this story are pseudonyms.
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