“The government must stop arming Israel and instead use every possible means to facilitate immediate access to humanitarian aid and push any temporary ceasefire into a lasting deal that is framed around principles of justice and rights.”
By the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
We share the huge relief expressed across Palestine this morning that a ceasefire, however tenuous, might now take effect. Israel’s bombing campaign had not stopped in the past few days as talks were underway, and the casualty numbers have continued to mount.
Palestinians in Gaza desperately need the bombing to end, and the prospect of a prisoner release is also positive. Both could be steps in the direction of a lasting ceasefire. Crucially they need the immediate influx of aid to be distributed by the UN to prevent mass starvation.
However, we also share the trepidation of the Palestinian people rooted in the knowledge that Israel has violated every ceasefire agreement it has ever signed. Far-right Israeli ministers have already indicated that they will reject a ceasefire and vote to continue the genocide.
Beyond that immediate fear is this central truth: the Trump plan is not a viable path to a lasting ceasefire that would ensure relief for those suffering the genocide and deliver the justice and accountability that are needed after two years of almost unimaginable atrocities.
The ceasefire deal will not bring an end to Israel’s decades of apartheid and oppression of the Palestinian people. Israel’s ramped up ethnic cleansing in the West Bank is not addressed in this agreement and can now be expected to escalate further.
That this agreement has finally come due to international leverage is a damning indictment on all those who have enabled, supported and defended Israel’s genocidal actions throughout the past two years.
Now more than ever, our pressure on the British government matters. The government must stop arming Israel and instead use every possible means to facilitate immediate access to humanitarian aid and push any temporary ceasefire into a lasting deal that is framed around principles of justice and rights.
- This article is a published version of a Twitter/X threat posted by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign on 9 October 2025.
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