After the End of the Genocide War: How Do We Confront Political Genocide Schemes?

The international announcement led by Trump to end the war was driven by: first, the scale of the humanitarian disaster left by the genocide war, and second, the global uprising that supported the victims of Gaza, which folded the Zionist narrative that denies the existence of the Palestinian people, as hundreds of millions from around the world emerged in support of justice in Palestine, calling for an end to the genocide, including significant and unprecedented voices from Jews worldwide, including in Israel, against the genocide committed by the rulers of Tel Aviv. The humanitarian disaster at all levels is responsible for exposing the falsehood of the Zionist narrative and restoring honor to the Palestinian narrative. No one but these victims has the right to declare victory in which blood triumphed over the sword. Indeed, victims have snatched a victory from the claws of the criminal, a victory they rightfully label as the day of catastrophe and heroism. With the collapse of this racist narrative, those who tried to blame the victim alongside the executioner fell as well, and the "hasbara" of the Zionists collapsed in its very American stronghold. Thirdly, this has imposed unprecedented isolation on Israel and viewed it as a rogue state, not just perceiving itself as above international law with Washington's support. Trump read these changes in American public opinion, particularly among Jews and in his Republican base as confirmed by all polls, which pushed him to act to save Israel from its isolation and from itself. Fourthly, and perhaps equally important, is the failure of the military option despite all the military support provided by Washington, which Trump boasted about in his speech to the Knesset. This reckless militarism has brought Israel nothing but isolation and the shame of genocide that will not be erased from history.

A Moment of Hope in Life's Victory Over Death

This achievement came as a moment of hope for the victory of life over death and survival from the flames of genocide that claimed nearly a quarter of a million innocent lives and left countless wounded due to Trump's upgraded shells, and the desperation stemming from starvation; which is equivalent to a quarter of the population of that densely populated geographical area, after fascist racism destroyed all their means of life in the cities and towns of the Gaza Strip and its camps, birthing the revolution and two intifadas and battles of resilience and survival. Their unprecedented historical steadfastness demonstrated their worthiness of life and their tenacity for the narrative and the land molded by a river of the blood of their children, women, and elders, and provided an additional meaning to what Gaza has represented over decades as a lifter of Palestinian nationalism, which Palestinians have imbibed in a Gaza-esque way since the Nakba, and has become a model for the oppressed peoples of the world fighting for freedom, national dignity, and human justice.

Some may wonder: who are these people who emerged from their homes and lands barefoot and naked, laying on the ground and covering themselves with the sky following the Nakba of 1948? How did they become this resilient and truly nationalistic? Simply because they rejected the deception of the regimes that surrendered Palestine, and found themselves backed against the wall, as Darwish said:
"Gaza liberates itself and its history every hour,

preserving its values by getting very close...

by clinging... by merging with death.

Gaza is no longer a city; it is a burning battlefield

where the victories, hopes, and values of the enemy are put to the test.

The enemy cannot claim it has triumphed over Gaza,

for occupation is not the ultimate victory,

the will of Gaza remains in the brilliance of truth and blood."

Today, Gaza challenges us with its streaming blood upon the altar of freedom: how can the spilt blood retain the glow of life, in a time where genocide erupts as the greatest test of humanity? And how can its sacrifices not go in vain? Here lies the test before national decision-makers in confronting an unrelenting fascism against the weak.

The Gaza Lesson: Burying the Transfer and Preventing the Completion of Our Nakba

If the weakness in the great Gaza test is how it was left alone with its spilled blood, despite the exclusivity of the decision-makers behind the explosion in the liberty test, does this exclusivity justify such abandonment or waiting for its surrender, even calling for it? The pain of the people in Gaza surpassed human tolerance, but their awareness of their experience that surrendering before those seeking to obliterate the rights of their people is a miserable death, which the makers of life, guardians of dignity, do not accept, despite suffering and loss and the elimination of all means of life. Gaza's victory here is embodied in preventing the executioner from defeating the victim, and in the justice of its rights that restored humanity's honor in cities and capitals around the world.

The continuation of the genocide for two full years was not fate if Gaza's pain were to be fortified by a long-awaited unity. Is there anything more precious than blood and the lives of children that were sacrificed in the streets of its camps and impoverished neighborhoods to reach the cries of orphans demanding this unity? Is there anything more cherished than the unity of dignity that safeguards the legacy of blood and the covenant?

Gaza triumphed over its executioners and the perpetrators of its genocide, yet it cannot alone safeguard the covenant of martyrs and the rights for which they sacrificed their lives. Gaza triumphed over its pain. Thus, the peoples of the world fighting for justice and dignity and the recovery of the human values crushed by war profiteers and those bragging about their military productions triumphed for her.

The declaration to end the war was deserved, but it lacked awareness of the enormity of the sacrifices, and once again the questions of the Gazans glitter in a seemingly empty sky: will their leadership rise to the level of their sacrifices and suffering? Has the question of unity matured, which due to its absence we all witnessed an attempt to marginalize Palestine in the announcement of the end of the war, from its most beloved spot, while it defends the dignity and rights of the people as a whole, revealing hidden intentions to exclude it? When will our compass be purely Palestinian so our ship can anchor safely? And is it time to submit to the will of our people for unity?

The people of Gaza deserve our listening to the groans of the bereaved, the orphans, and the wounded, not only to offer them comfort in the largest and longest collective mourning house in history, but to give them hope for a better life. Is there any sincere hope outside the realm of consensus and unity, casting aside any factionalism and selfishness along our path?

This is what Gaza and its people await from us so we can be loyal not only to their sufferings and sacrifices, but also to our people, its sanctities, freedom, dignity, and justice of its cause which deserved the awakening of all peoples. Will this awakening reach us? And will we move towards consensus, even if it angers the enemy? For the freedom of nations is not achieved by bowing to solutions tailored to his specifications, but through national unity and safeguarding national and social cohesion.