Introduction: More Than a Ceasefire, a Reaffirmation of Life

The announcement of the ceasefire in Gaza was not, for its people, the mere acceptance of a diplomatic truce. It was an outburst of joy from a people who, after years of a genocidal siege planned and executed by the Israeli regime, reaffirm their very existence. As the streets filled with Palestinians celebrating, the world witnessed a fundamental political fact: in Gaza, surviving is victory. This celebration was not for a concession from their executioners, but for the recognition of a moral and political triumph forged through the fiercest resistance. In this analysis, we argue that the ceasefire represents the defeat of the Zionist project to erase Palestine from the map and the urgent need to translate this moral victory into sustained international action to end the occupation, apartheid, and impunity.

The Victory of Existence and Resistance: Dignity in the Face of Extermination

The persistence of the Palestinian people is the ultimate act of resistance. Against a war machine designed for eviction and destruction, every child born, every family clinging to their ruins, every flag waving among the rubble, is an act of defiance. The Israeli plan, consistently described by human rights organizations and the UN itself as a system of apartheid, has employed every weapon at its disposal: from phosphorus bombs to starvation and thirst as instruments of war. Yet the result has been the opposite of what was intended. Far from being subdued, the Palestinian people have shown that their dignity and resistance are indestructible. This phase of the offensive may have ended, but it is only a pause in an ongoing structural aggression. However, this pause has incalculable value: it is living proof that Israel has not been able to defeat the will of a people who refuse to disappear.

The Death of the Myth: The Collapse of the Zionist Narrative

The genocide in Gaza—the first to be broadcast live by the victims themselves—has laid bare to the world the true nature of Israel. The narrative constructed for decades by Western media of a “democratic Israel” has collapsed under the weight of its own crimes. What is revealed is the essence of a colonial, genocidal, and terrorist entity, whose founding project is based on the systematic extermination of the Palestinian people.

Israel is not a democracy; it is an apartheid regime that has made crime a form of governance and colonial racism its ideology. It has used the most advanced technology not for progress, but to perfect massacre, and propaganda to turn it into spectacle. Yet the strategy has failed. The mask has fallen, and today the entire world bears witness to reality. Israel has died as a moral and political narrative. What persists is a criminal machinery artificially sustained by the complicity of the United States and the European Union, who prefer to look the other way rather than jeopardize arms contracts or strategic alliances.

The Scorpion Fable: The Predatory Nature of Zionism

Israel’s behavior up to the very last second before the ceasefire illustrates its true nature. Bombings of homes, hospitals, and schools continued right up to the moment of signing. This behavior reflects the logic of the scorpion fable: “I cannot help it; it is my nature.” Zionism acts with predatory instinct, even when promising to cease fire. This is why the international community must maintain extreme vigilance. History is filled with broken truces and agreements betrayed by Israel. There is no good faith in a power structure that thrives on war and extermination. Trusting its word without real enforcement mechanisms is an exercise in naivety the Palestinian people cannot afford.

Sovereignty and Humanitarian Urgency: The Right to Decide and to Live

In the wake of the ceasefire agreement, the stance of international solidarity must be clear: respect the sovereign decision of the Palestinian people and their organizations. They are the ones who know better than anyone else the cost of every minute of war. Supporting their decision without paternalism is an act of trust in their capacity to guide their own destiny and continue the struggle for self-determination.

At the same time, this ceasefire must translate into immediate humanitarian action. It is imperative to demand the permanent, unlimited, and unconditional opening of a humanitarian corridor. For two years, the Palestinian people have survived in the Gaza Strip under a medieval blockade, deprived of food, medicine, water, and fuel—deliberately used as a weapon of war. This situation must end. Colonizers cannot continue to block aid while the occupying government feigns commitment. Every hour of delay is a death sentence. Aid must enter now, without conditions.

Mobilization Does Not Stop: From Moral Victory to Political Victory

The victory of the Palestinian people is, above all, moral and political. But the announcement of the ceasefire cannot demobilize global citizens. Popular mobilizations worldwide have been historic and unprecedented, forcing governments and institutions to take positions. We must maintain pressure and vigilance because Israel systematically violates what it signs.

Active solidarity must continue, demanding that the international community:

            •          Take concrete measures to enforce the agreement.

            •          Sever economic and military relations with Israel, canceling partnership agreements that finance and legitimize its war machinery.

            •          Ensure those responsible for this genocide are brought before the International Criminal Court.

Celebrating the truce is not enough; moral victory must be transformed into tangible justice. This is the only way to ensure that Israel does not “get away with it” and assumes the place history has reserved for it: that of an apartheid and genocidal regime defeated by the unbreakable dignity of a people.

Life Persists

Palestinian resistance has shown that, in the face of the most documented attempt at extermination of the 21st century, life endures. In the face of death, they cling to the land, memory, and justice. Their victory challenges us all: we are either on the side of the executioners or on the side of life. There is no neutrality in the face of genocide. The ceasefire is one chapter in this long struggle, but it marks a turning point: the Zionist narrative is dead, and it is time to redouble efforts so that peace, justice, and self-determination for Palestine become a reality. Mobilization is today, more than ever, an ethical and political imperative.