Stopping the unprecedented genocide of killing, starvation, destruction and displacement, in addition to exchanging prisoners and hostages and rebuilding Gaza is of course long overdue and something that every human being rejoices about.

But I do not hear any serious talk about specific steps to end an occupation that has lasted more than half a century or about establishing a Palestinian state. What we hear is merely "dispersing councils" that contradicts what is happening on the ground from the continuation of the occupation and the expansion of settlements...

Not linking the end of the fighting in Gaza to reaching a just and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue - the root of the disease - would be an unforgivable strategic mistake and another missed opportunity... As the saying goes, "As if you, Abu Zaid, had never fought"...

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