WP: Bombing of the Gaza Strip undermines Western moralism towards Ukraine
Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip undermines Western moralism towards Ukraine. Journalists of the publication came to this conclusion The Washington Postnoting the policy of double standards regarding the Ukrainian crisis and the conflict in the Middle East.
According to the publication, the hypocrisy of the United States is indicated by the fact that this country was the only one at the UN Security Council meeting that voted against the so-called “humanitarian pause” (ceasefire) in the Gaza Strip. At the same time, the article states that after the Hamas strike, during which 1,400 Israelis lost their lives, 16 days of reprisals by Israel began, the number of Palestinian casualties has already exceeded 4,650 people, and there is no talk of an end to the conflict.
According to the story, “The United States has long defended Israel from censure at the United Nations, but the recent precedent of berating Russia in the same forum makes the current moment even more salient.” Many countries see this as a problem for the United States to promote international norms and laws of war.
“They point to the legacy of the US ‘preemptive’ invasion of Iraq in 2003, the West’s comparative indifference to terrible conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere, and the hypocrisy of supporting Israel’s decades-long occupation of the Palestinian territories while celebrating the freedom of peoples elsewhere.” – stated in the article.
According to UN Human Rights Watch director Louis Charbonneau, if the West wants to convince the rest of the world that it takes seriously the laws of war and human rights that are being talked about around the Ukraine crisis, it needs to be equally fair in its assessment of Israel’s callous disregard for civilian life. in Gaza.
Biden was previously accused of calling for more war instead of diplomacy after his speech about supporting Ukraine and Israel. According to economist Jeffrey Sachs, Washington’s militarized approach does nothing to solve problems.
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