It bears repeating that while a ceasefire is absolutely vital, it is only the bare minimum. We say this because we understand the cessation of this horrific violence as only the beginning of the road towards freedom and justice in Palestine.
Comparing Israeli aggressions against Gaza, even just the ones between 2008 to 2014 to 2023, though each one ended with a ceasefire agreement, each aggression was on a larger scale than the one that preceded it, each with more devastation and destruction than the one before. So a ceasefire is not the final answer to Israel's terror. A ceasefire doesn't end the occupation. A ceasefire doesn't end the apartheid. A ceasefire doesn't lift the siege. It doesn't allow Palestinians back to cultivate their lands and it doesn't hold criminals accountable.
In the words of Angela Davis: freedom is a constant struggle. We're here for the long run and we have a lot of work to do.
