It has been three months since the ceasefire was announced in Palestine, imposed as a consequence of Donald Trump’s so-called peace plan. In November, the United Nations Security Council ratified this “peace plan,” intended to govern the organization and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. While it states that there should be “a credible path to Palestinian self-determination and statehood,” it contains hardly any concrete political measures to guarantee this process.

Meanwhile, the destruction of Gaza continues: According to the BBC, Israeli forces have demolished thousands more buildings since the ceasefire began. Experts estimate that over 80 percent of buildings in Gaza are destroyed or at least severely damaged. Over 10 percent of the population is dead, injured, or missing.

Due to the brutality of Israel’s war conduct, the first observers raised the accusation of genocide as early as October 7, 2023, although this accusation was and remains controversial, especially in Germany. One of the first to speak openly of genocide was Avi Shlaim, an Israeli British historian of Iraqi Jewish origin. An emeritus professor of international relations at Oxford University, he is one of Israel’s new generation of historians who advocate a historiography beyond the official Zionist national myth.