The Gaza holocaust has exposed the Zionist regime and its Western
backers as genocidal and therefore illegitimate in the eyes of the
world, especially the youth in the West
Against this backdrop of global outrage and Israeli failure, the recent ceasefire agreement
emerges not as a triumph of diplomacy, but as a tactical retreat by a
regime in crisis. Despite unleashing a holocaust that killed tens of
thousands, Israel failed to achieve a single one of its stated goals.
The Palestinian resistance, Hamas and its allies, remains intact and
undislodged. Its tunnel network endures. Its political will is unbroken.
On other fronts - in Lebanon against Hezbollah, in the Red Sea against the Huthis, and in its shadow war with Iran - Israel and its superpower backer, the United States, similarly failed to secure victories.
This ceasefire is a reflection of that comprehensive failure. Israel has become a global pariah, and even its most steadfast allies are facing unprecedented domestic pressure.
The global Zionist project, a powerful amalgamation of wealthy
ethno-supremacists, Western oligarchs, and imperial interests, reached a
cold-eyed conclusion: the Israeli regime was destroying itself. The
global momentum was turning decisively against them, with millions
taking to the streets from London to Sydney, and a generation of youth
becoming radicalised against the colonial project.
The Western media’s portrayal of this moment as a "new beginning" or a "fresh start,"
with credit due to figures like Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, is
a deliberate and desperate act of narrative reclamation. It is political theatre, a ceremony staged for television
to de-escalate the global intifada and re-bilateralise a conflict that
the Palestinians could never win through negotiations alone. The reality
is that this deal, negotiated under the genocidal auspices of a Trump
administration that armed, funded, and vetoed ceasefires for two years,
does not challenge Israeli control in any fundamental way. It provides a
respite, a humanitarian pause, but it leaves the power dynamics of
occupier and occupied intact.
Both sides now use this fragile pause to prepare for the next,
inevitable phase of the struggle. For the Palestinian resistance, this
means a critical period of consolidation. The agreement to release
Israeli prisoners of war - uniformly labelled "hostages" in Western
media while ignoring the thousands of Palestinian women and children held in Israeli dungeons
- is a strategic calculation. This leverage was insufficient to stop
the genocide, and relinquishing it buys precious time. This time will be
used to strengthen military infrastructure, expand the labyrinth of
tunnels, re-arm, and prepare for the next round.
This aligns with the historical strategy of Protracted People’s War,
a disciplined philosophy of attrition against a superior enemy. The
first phase, the strategic defensive, where the weaker force mobilises
the masses and wages a guerrilla campaign, has just concluded. We now
enter the second phase: stalemate and consolidation. The resistance will
use this time to build strength, establish revolutionary base areas,
and spread its influence, patiently waiting for the moment when the
enemy is sufficiently worn down to launch a final, strategic offensive.
This is not a quest for a quick win, but a patient, enduring struggle
that trades space for time.
Israel and its global backers are equally busy. Their failure on the
military battlefield has been matched by a chilling success on the
domestic front in the West. The last two years have seen an
unprecedented assault on civil liberties in the name of defending
Zionism. Universities are censored and defunded, doctors, lawyers and journalists are silenced, and social media platforms are systematically silencing Palestinian voices. Vast swathes of the media have been acquired by Zionist supporters
to control the narrative. This is not an isolated phenomenon; it is one
front in a global war. The same oligarchs, corporations, and
intelligence agencies that support Israel’s genocide are the ones
dismantling privacy, free speech, and accountability in the West.
Palestine is the canary in the coal mine, and its fate is inextricably
linked to our own.
The ceasefire is fragile, the fighting will likely soon restart. The
racist, ethno-supremacist core of the Zionist project remains unchanged,
and ethnic cleansing continues unabated
in the West Bank. Yet, the situation is fundamentally different than it
was two years ago. The world has been awakened. The comprador Arab
regimes in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been exposed as
collaborators, utterly disconnected from their people. The hypocrites in
Western governments and corporations have been unmasked. A global
resistance has been born.
History offers a clear precedent. The Algerians lost the Battle of
Algiers, the Viet Cong’s Tet Offensive was a military failure, and the
Mau Mau rebellion was brutally suppressed. Yet, all marked irrevocable
turning points that shattered the status quo and set the stage for
eventual liberation. These struggles demonstrated that there are no
stunning, overnight victories against an overwhelming colonial power.
Liberation is won through a long, painful struggle that makes the cost
of oppression intolerable for the oppressor.
The Palestinians, backed by a global movement that now understands
this is a fight against Zionism, imperialism, and a dystopian system of
global control, are closer to that goal than ever before. The Israeli
regime is divided and morally bankrupt. Its backers are scrambling. The
veil has been lifted, and it can never be put back. The path ahead
remains long and fraught with suffering, but the direction of history is
clear. The relentless spirit of a people demanding their humanity,
amplified by a world that can no longer look away, is a force that, in
the end, no wall, no bomb, and no propaganda can contain. When we say
"Free Palestine," we are not just calling for the liberation of a strip
of land; we are demanding a future free for all of us.
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