The Boston Violinist: A temporary ceasefire is both long overdue and simply not enough.

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

A temporary ceasefire is both long overdue and simply not enough.

Harris,

It was just announced that a ceasefire agreement has been reached:

A temporary ceasefire is both long overdue and simply not enough.

For Palestinians facing genocide to finally get a break from Israel's bombing and for hostages to be reunited with their families is something to celebrate.

But there's no justification that a ceasefire did not come 15 months earlier to save countless more lives.

The Israeli government was never going to stop this genocide until every Palestinian life was lost and they annexed an entire nation.

It was always clear that pressure from its biggest weapons supplier was the greatest path we had to end this violence. Instead, the Biden administration continued to arm them with billions more in bombs and weapons.

Even waiting until January 19 gives the Israeli military 4 more days to wreak havoc on an already obliterated Gaza and occupied West Bank. The US must ensure they don't.

There's no military solution to this conflict, this is made even clearer after Israel achieved none of its alleged goals.

What must come immediately is rapidly sending aid to the Palestinian people, rebuilding of critical infrastructure in Gaza, holding war criminals accountable at the ICC, a return of all Palestinian and Israeli hostages to their families and homes, and preventing death for the millions still at risk—including restoring US funding to UNRWA and ensuring they can enter the Gaza Strip.

This conflict won't end as long as Israel is allowed to govern as an apartheid state, occupy and annex the West Bank, blockade Gaza, enable settler violence, and receive a blank check from US taxpayers.

The Palestinian people deserve a permanent ceasefire and freedom once and for all.

In solidarity,

Justice Democrats