As Biden and Trump Fight each other Claiming Credit for Ceasefire, It is upto the Palestinians not to fall into the Trap set by Fascist Yankee-Zionist Axis !
The extremely fragile nature of the truce – comprising both ceasefire and hostage release – between Israel and Hamas announced by mediator Qatar on 15 January 2025 has already exposed as US-backed Netanyahu regime continued its genocidal airstrikes killing at least 75 Palestinians and injuring around 230 in Gaza on 15 January night itself. Meanwhile, far-right and terrorist sections of the Zionist regime are reportedly opposing the ceasefire deal leading to a delay in Israeli cabinet’s approval of it.
After all, Biden, as outgoing president, has already lost his control over the US military machine. And the world clearly knows that Israel is primarily a ‘military outpost’ of the US and that the reins of the Netanyahu regime including the massive supply of weapons to Israel and horrific war-crimes committed on Palestinians by it, are all based on the diktats of US. For, it was the US that on 20 November 2024 vetoed and blocked a UN Security Council Resolution through which all members of UNSC (except the Yankees) demanded a permanent cease-fire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages. At that time, the US representative Robert Wood’s sole justification for vetoing the resolution was: “… the proposed language would have sent the wrong message to Hamas.”
Now the facts are obvious. Neofascist, far-right and reactionary Trump, who is to ascend the US throne on 20 January with his motto of “America First”, and “Make America Great Again” (MAGA), has his own imperialist priorities including the approach to ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the Israeli war. It was Trump’s Middle East Envoy who played the decisive role in the present truce. And, as already noted, even ministers of Netanyahu regime are aware of the fact that the present truce is superimposed by Trump on them with its repercussions on Netanyahu’s own political future itself. At the same time, well-meaning people are aware that regarding US imperialist foreign policies and geopolitical strategies, there is no fundamental difference between Republicans and Democrats, and the present Trumpian move on Gaza is only transitory and necessitated by short-term political expediency.
Of course, for the most persecuted and oppressed Palestinians, who are in a “living hell”, even a temporary halt of incessant bombings and massacres will be of great relief. As the first phase of truce will take effect from 19 January, international community can take initiative for channeling the much-needed humanitarian assistane to Palestinians. At the same time, it is upto the Palestinians and Palestinian Liberation forces to move forward, with the firm solidarity and warm support of all anti-imperialist democratic forces the world over, towards the ultimate objective of establishing a secular, democratic Palestine fully liberated from the clutches of imperialism and Zionism. Viewed in this perspective, and since fascist neo-Zionism is the antithesis of a liberated Palestine, the Palestinians and all their Resistance Forces should have a cautious approach to the present truce and they have to take care not to fall into a plausible trap set by imperialist-Zionist axis.
In Solidarity with Palestinian People!
P J James
General Secretary
CPI (ML) Red Star
New Delhi
17 – 01 – 2025
