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Written by Dhyan Nada :vegananarchism: on 2025-01-18 at 20:24

The idea that a ceasefire in #Gaza in case it would turn out as durable would bring the suffering of Palestinians to an end is far too optimistic. Not being bombarded and shot at of course would be a big relief, but the small strip of land at the Mediterranean Sea is so heavily damaged, that just to clear it from the rubble of more than 70 % of buildings destroyed will last for years.

Same for arable land - as the ground water it is poisoned by munition and waste of all kind so Gazans will be even more dependent on influx of food from the outside. As Israel has strangled this support systematically to a minimum and sabotaged the work of UNRWA, the most important lifeline for Gaza, there is no guarantee that it won't use famine as a weapon again.

And look at the children and youngsters who've never been outside of Gaza, who couldn't learn in the last 15 months due to the successful Israeli effort to reduce Palestinian institutions of culture and education to rubble.

Even worse - it's hard to imagine the level of traumatization they have to endure - living in total desaster experiencing that human life is worthless to the aggressor knowing that they could die any minute losing next of kin and whole families having to undergo amputations without being given anaesthetics - what will become of children who have nothing else experienced than hell on earth?

And of course Netanyahu's genocidal work is unfinished - he had to make a concession to the incoming US-president who wants to grace himself with this achievement while he clearly is no friend of Palestinians. But without liberation from settler #colonialism there will be no end to their plight.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/17/on-the-ceasefire-of-january-15-2025/

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