I'd do everything I could to GTFO. Land means nothing to ME, personally.
My father fled a Baltics country when the Soviets occupied it. His two older brothers (16 & 18 yo) lost their lives fighting the Soviets. My grandfather was a WW1 war hero but he said he couldn't lose another son to war so they left when my dad was 15. My grandfather loved his sons more than his country, as did my father. They lived in UN /American DP Camps in Germany for 5 years before moving to Canada living and doing hard manual farm labour for another five years. When I asked when we could visit his home farm, he said ,
never'. It is Russian now and there is nothing we could do about it. And he was right. There were the legendary "Forest Brothers" who fought an insurgent guerrilla war against Soviet
MILITARY targets until 1956. But never Russian civilians sent to "Russify" the Baltics. They also used other forms of quiet insurgency, never against civilians though.
en.wikipedia.org
Ultimately the Baltics did not 'win' their freedom from the brutality of Soviet occupation, they just seized the opportunity when the Soviet Union failed.
Like Palestine, and unlike Ukraine, the Baltics had ZERO chance of running their occupiers out. So they made the best of life as best they could. As many Palestinians did before Oct 7. And when they had their chance to do so peacefully, they did so.
Although I support the brave Ukrainians who are fighting, I don't blame any of them who fled. I also don't hold anything against, in fact I appreciate, Russians who have fled Russia rather than going to war. That is, if they don't support the Russian war.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, I was so riled up to go there and fight or turn wrenches or do anything... but two things stopped me.
One being that when I looked into details, I was told since I have no military training and don't speak the language, I'd be doing more if I donated the money I would otherwise spend travelling and living there, and to be vocal and politically active to whatever degree I could to further the Ukrainian, and free world's, cause. And I have and continue to do so.
Second is that my father loved his family, his son and daughter and wife.. more than the land where he was born. He said that Canada was his new home and this is where his future and family is. My dad would be mortified if I dared risking sacrificing my life to fight Russians. Although I think he would be proud of the political influence I had exerted in directly helping the Baltics during the transition out of Soviet rule. I am now a dual citizen.
I understand that almost none of the Palistinian people trapped in Gaza have next to zero chance of escaping to the West, so asking what would *I* do is not relevant.
But IF you are asking would I fight as a Hamas militant and execute attacks on Israel, or take my chances being killed by my own people for refusing to be a martyr, I'd take my chances. I'd never engage in attacking civillians.
In closing, as I've said SO many times... this is a complex issue. I have tried to learn as much as I can about it lately, despite having some cursory knowledge of the history of the creation of Israel and the conflicts arising from it. And I am left being empathetic and supportive of both sides.
Having said that I don't think will ever be solved
'until the Palestinians love their sons more than they hate Israel'.