Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip. May 11, 2021. (Getty Images)
Editorial of the Palestinian Union of Latin America – UPAL
What we have witnessed in recent days demonstrates that Gaza is not an isolated incident, but the beginning of a larger fire. In just a few hours, Israeli aircraft attacked Gaza, the West Bank, Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, and Qatar, as if to make it clear that borders do not stop the war and that the project of destruction crosses skies and territories.
The message is clear: Gaza is the beginning, not the end. Whoever believes that blood can be contained within walls is mistaken; whoever thinks that silence, neutrality, or the mirage of the “peace process” offers protection is signing their own death sentence. The fire that devours Gaza today could devastate any Arab capital tomorrow.
The most painful thing is to see governments that, instead of facing the truth, take refuge in lukewarm declarations or shameful silence. As if the bonfire could respect borders or distinguish between one people and another. But Israel doesn’t differentiate: whoever bombs Gaza can bomb Damascus, Beirut, or Tunis. The objective is always the same: to shatter dignity and erase identity.
History teaches us that people see further than their rulers. While elites rely on illusions of individual survival, the majority knows that destiny is shared, that defending Palestine is not a distant option, but the condition for defending one’s very existence.
Today, the lesson is clear: whoever does not raise their voice for Gaza will one day have no homeland to speak for. Because, sooner or later, the future belongs to the free and never to the subjugated.
Palestinian Union of Latin America – UPAL
September 11, 2025
