(1) The above image is of a protest held by the families of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas. As clear as day, the families are demanding a ceasefire to all hostilities between Israel and Hamas, so that the safe release of hostages can be secured.
(2) Netanyahu’s government is facing an unprecedented lack of popularity among Israel’s citizenry despite the country currently being at war. Israel’s citizens might be militantly nationalist, but they also have diverse and heterogenous rationales.
(3) One hopes that the majority will see the futility of rabid fascism and how destructive it can be to their collective well-being. Netanyahu and his coterie do not have their best interests at heart and they are walking into military traps against foes with a lot less to lose; traps that that Israel might not escape from in the long run, to the detriment of Israeli society.
(4) It is absolutely vital that the moderates of Israeli society demand a ceasefire lest their country gets dragged into a lengthy war it can ill afford by a clique of fascist robber barons. Yes, there is still popular support for Israel in the West and a responsibility to defend it’s last settler colonial project – but it is getting increasingly limited.
(5) For humanity’s sake, a ceasefire is the only sane and rational option. Only Israel’s citizenry can make that happen in the current state of affairs.
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Broken Shackles Media | Citizen Journalism | Oct 23 2023
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