Truce between Israel and Hamas begins
Israel finally agreed with Hamas the first cessation on fire since its genocidal offensive began in Gaza and the exchange of prisoners began. The Palestinian people celebrated in the streets the end of the bombings and an agreement that considers a triumph of their heroic resistance. Netanyahu faces protests and political crises with its most ultra -right -wing partners who reject it. We will have to wait to know if Zionism meets everything agreed.
ByCoordination of the LIS
After 15 months of incessant bombings that have murdered between 50 Y 100 A thousand Palestinians, Most of them children and women, destroyed practically the entire Gaza Strip, left on the street, hungering, terrorizing and humilling their 4 millions of inhabitants, The ceasefire was celebrated with euphoria. The breath to try to meet, dismissing loved ones and recovering what you can from the rubble is welcome. And the fact of having survived and standing is an invaluable achievement.
In Israel there were no celebrations. Many interpret the agreement as a defeat and made demonstrations against. Several ministers renounced the government. For Netanyahu it means going back without achieving the fiance "total victory" or the annihilation of Hamas and the Palestinian resistance. It is the relatives of Israeli hostages who have the most expectations in reunite with their loved ones.
But ceasefire is still precarious. It is 19 January entered the first of the three phases announced. Implies a high in six -week hostilities, during which Hamas will release 33 Hostages and Israel some hundreds of Palestinian detainees. Israel should withdraw its forces partially to the east and allow the return of refugees from the south to northern Gaza and the entry of 600 Humanitarian aid trucks per day.
Nevertheless, Israeli custom of systematically violating the agreements signed is notorious to systematically violate. On the same day the agreement was announced intensified its bombings killing at least 113 people. The Agreement reserves Israel the right to resume actions in unique cases. He is also ambiguous about the partial withdrawal of the Zionist forces and everything indicates that they would maintain control of the Netzarim corridor, that divides Gaza del Sur and del Norte, and from the border with Egypt. This would hinder the traffic of refugees from north to the south, as of the entry of humanitarian aid.
The second and third phase, that would imply the total retirement of Israel from the strip and the release of all hostages were subject to subsequent negotiations that would be carried out during the first phase.
It remains to be seen how the cessation develops in the next six weeks, But the fight to make it effective, judge all those responsible for genocide, stop the Zionist settlers in the West Bank and to completely defeat the Zionist enclave is still raised.
The role of imperialism
Sponsored by the US, Qatar and Egypt, The agreement reflects the ultimatum that Israel received from Trump, who wants to start his mandate fulfilling his promise to end the conflict in Gaza. Its objective is to prevent the crisis in the Middle East, that has had another chapter with the rebellion in Syria, It continues to be demading and allow the road map of the Qatar understandings that flew through the air the air 7 October.
Imperialism is also aware of the wear and tear that the latter sionism has 15 months. As it had not happened in the 76 Years of occupation, The state of Israel has been unmasked and discredited to huge stripes of the world's population. This weakens to fulfill Gendarme's role for which it was created and has been one more factor to force Netanyahu to end the genocidal madness.
The massive movement against crimes against humanity committed has been developed worldwide, With epicenters in the United States, Europe and Australia, where the sympathy of mass stripes has turned to Palestine for the first time. For many governments, The support they provide to Israel began to have an annoying cost.
The pressure has been such that the International Criminal Court ordered the arrest of Netanyahu and other officials for war crimes. Has led dozens of countries to denounce genocide. The Spanish government has declared that it will recognize the Palestinian State, As Norway and Ireland have also done, And he has asked Europe to send weapons to Israel. Brazilian President Lula compared the current genocide with Hitler's and withdrew his Israel ambassador. Even the Pope condemned Israel's "cruelty" with "genocide characteristics" in Gaza.
On the other hand, It has been clear that Netanyahu did not achieve, Despite tons of bombs, Gaza's bloody occupation and US financial and military support., The central objective that promised Israeli society to end Hamas definitely. He could not even free the hostages and to continue a better panorama was not glimpsed.
Although notably weakened, Hamas is with whom Israel has had to agree on this cessation to the fire and the exchange of hostages, demonstrating that the Gaza Strip continues to control.
To the fact of not having achieved the objectives declared in more than a year of brutal offensive and international pressures add that within Israel broad sectors believe that the government sacrificed hostages in pursuit of other objectives.
All this has weakened Netanyahu to the point of having to accept an agreement he never wanted and has put it on the verge of losing the parliamentary majority that has been holding him in power.
That behind the agreement is the requirement of the main sponsor of Zionism can also be seen with the date chosen to begin it, A day before Trump's assumption as president. The United States needs to avoid extending instability in the region and trying to “normalize” Middle East with the help of Qatar and the rest of the Arab Bourgeoisies, which requires that Netanyahu be fry and the indiscriminate massacre of Palestinians ends, without which any serious understanding is unfeasible.
Washington, It seems determined that the cessation to the fire is maintained and ends the "war" open, Visible and on a large scale, which does not imply prohibiting Israel to continue with its colonial ethnic cleaning plan, But on a more overlapping scale and rhythm.
But the pressure of the ultra -rightist sectors within Israel tensions in the opposite direction. In the midst of mobilizations and right -wing street cuts against the agreement, The cabinet approved it, But with strong opposition of its most fascist sectors. Ben-Gvir National Security Minister and the ministers of his party withdrew from the cabinet, leaving the government alone 2 deputies of losing the parliamentary majority and having to resign. There are also reports that Netanyahu promised that he would return to an intense war in Gaza at the end of the first phase of the agreement to prevent the Minister of Finance Smotrich from renouncing.
Palestinian resistance
Hamas presents the agreement as a great triumph. Evidently resist during 15 Months the sunionista demonstrates the heroism of the Palestinian masses and the ties that unite them to organizations that have carried out resistance. However, this cannot lose sight of the fact that Hamas is very weakened, having lost its main leaders and an important part of its structure in Gaza.
His confidence in Iran's support to face Israel turned out to be utopian and for the first time he has lost a part of his social support in Gaza. At best, If this agreement advances towards the complete withdrawal of the Zionist forces, The previous situation is returned to 7 October. But with 50 a 100 A thousand dead, A devastating destruction and most likely a government controlled by foreign enemy forces of Palestinian self -determination.
As a balance of these months you also have to count the huge blows that Zionism has caused to Hezbollah, The only concrete support of Hamas in the region. And the enormous weakening that meant to lose the government friend of Al Assad in Syria.
All this raises the need to open a debate with the Palestinian fighters and throughout the Middle East about the strategy to follow in the next period to face the Zionist Monster, that will try to recover the initiative and continue feeding the colonization.
Redouble the resistance
While Qatar and other Arab regimes in the region accompany the United States strategy, They are anxious that some calm allows them to return to their capitalist businesses. Another is the situation of the working masses that oppress authoritatively. They are the ones who have the fundamental key to open the path of peace, which is only possible with the defeat of the genocidal state of Israel. Because only a revolution of the Arab masses would have the necessary strength to defeat this monster.
We call to regroup the socialist and left forces in the region and fight behind the only program that can freely and forever release the Arab masses: that of the socialist revolution to achieve a unique Palestine, secular, democratic and socialist, Member of a Federation Free of Socialist Republics of all Middle East.
In summary, The genocidal strategy of the state of Israel receives a blow and the Palestinian masses earn a respite more than necessary with this ceasefire. But its precariousness makes the future very uncertain.
While this is clarified, We must redouble the mobilization in support of the Palestinian people worldwide.
