Western moral credibility is dying along with thousands of Gaza citizens
Western moral credibility is dying along with thousands of Gaza citizens
By Shaun Narine
Professor of International Relations and Political Science, St. Thomas University (Canada)
The western world’s feeble response to Israel’s attack on Gaza has severely damaged the West’s already tenuous moral credibility in the Global South and undermined the foundations of the human rights regime and international law developed after the Second World War.
The West claims it champions a liberal rules-based international order and human rights on the global stage. This rhetoric now appears completely disingenuous to most of the Global South.
The West’s inability to rally the world against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reflects the Global South’s rejection of what it views as western hypocrisy. Few states supported Russia, but fewer accepted the West’s claim that punishing Russia was a “moral imperative” when the western commitment to morality is so selective.
This has been particularly exemplified by the illegal invasion of Iraq by the United States in 2003 and Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine.
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