"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them."

In what way are the People of Gaza unFree that was not of their own making? That they might not be quite capable of sustaining their own society _independent_ of Israel is a different thing than being unFree.

If Gaza truly desires a ceasefire, they should make efforts to convince their Hamas Government to turn over the remaining Oct 7 hostages and stop lobbing rockets into Israel.