Ahmad Kazmi, Editor, Media Star World. https://youtu.be/jm5JNaGApag
The current ceasefire could have been agreed upon in May 2024 itself, as the terms are similar. Netanyahu failed to reach his war aims, despite being provided by the Biden/Harris/Blinken regime with "the tools to get the job done...."
Today, Israel stands far more reviled & delegitimsed in the eyes of the world, a pariah state, with its top political & military leaders being tried for war crimes."
Gaza ceasefire reveals Israel’s fragility, and the transformative power of resistance https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/gaza-ceasefire-reveals-israels-fragility-and-the-transformative-power-of-resistance/ By Abdaljawad Omar January 17, 2025 In the wake of a ceasefire, many will try to force the discourse into a binary of victory and defeat. But as the dust settles, a true picture emerges: one of the fragility of the Israeli colony, and the transformative power of resistance.
Delays in finalizing a ceasefire, prioritization of settlement expansion over recovering prisoners for many rightwing forces, and the Haredim’s refusal to enlist have deepened internal fractures )In Israel) .. For a state that ties its survival to military dominance, these cracks reveal the limits of unity after the war. As Israeli society will now have to reckon both with its crimes, its successes, and its new image in the world.
the very fact that a ceasefire agreement was reached—a ceasefire that mitigates some of the worst anxieties among Palestinians—disrupts the logic of those who argue for the futility of resistance, though not entirely. It reveals that Israel, despite its plans for ethnic cleansing in Gaza, was compelled to concede. ..
At its core, resistance cannot be reduced to its tactical or strategic dimensions. It is not merely a confrontation on the battlefield but a disruption of the ontological certainties of the colonizer. Its essence lies in forcing the colonizer to confront questions they have sought to evade: Can their power truly secure resolution? Do massacres deliver finality, or do they deepen the abyss?
Resistance forces the colonizer to encounter their own contingency, to recognize the fragility of the structures they believed unassailable. In this sense, the battlefield is not just a space of violence but a space of interrogation—a site where the colonizer’s sovereignty is subjected to doubt. In other words the goal of resistance is to force the enemy to question itself.