The Gaza Genocide Continues Despite Ceasefire Due to Institutional Indifference and Media Silence
Source: Lee Mordechai. "The Genocide in Gaza Has Not Ended." February 26, 2026. jacobin.com
The Gist
The author argues that Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza hasn't actually stopped despite the ceasefire announcement. He claims the violence continues but Israeli society, media, and institutions deliberately ignore it, allowing the killing and destruction to go on unchecked.
Conclusion
The genocide in Gaza has not ended despite the supposed ceasefire, and continues in a different form due to systematic institutional indifference, media silence, and societal normalization
Premises
- Violence against Palestinians continues after the ceasefire, with ongoing airstrikes, destruction of schools, and civilian deaths including women and children
- Israeli media actively sustains lack of awareness by either not reporting Gaza events or framing all violence exclusively as anti-terrorism operations
- Israeli academic institutions and broader society maintain deliberate ignorance, treating Gaza as distant and easily ignored
- Government and academia are largely aligned in their silence, with criticism of Gaza policy easily portrayed as support for Hamas
- The systematic destruction of evidence through continued bulldozing of neighborhoods suggests ongoing criminal activity rather than legitimate military operations
- Most Israelis remain unaware of continuing violence, allowing the process to continue unchecked
- International institutions have proven weak and easily bypassed in stopping the violence
Assumptions
- The initial military actions in Gaza constituted genocide rather than legitimate warfare
- A ceasefire should involve complete cessation of violence, not just reduced intensity
- Media silence and institutional indifference are forms of complicity rather than neutrality
- Academic and intellectual communities have moral obligations to document and speak out against atrocities
- The destruction of infrastructure and continued killings serve genocidal rather than security purposes