Western news outlets have begun to call attention to the extreme juxtaposition of the United States government’s stance on the Russo-Ukrainian conflict with its position on the Israeli-Palestinian armed struggle and why the rest of the world views its preferential treatment for Ukraine and Israel as a gross display of partiality for its own satellite states.
“Western nations have long framed the Ukraine conflict as an act of ‘unprovoked aggression’ and blasted Moscow for the suffering of civilians.
However, the same nations have appeared reluctant to condition their support for Israel on exercising restraint in the wake of the deadly incursion by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, earlier this month. Israel has cut off essential supplies to the enclave and subjected it to intense bombardment.
An Arab official noted an apparent lack of consistency: ‘if you describe cutting off water, food and electricity in Ukraine as a war crime, then you should say the same thing about Gaza’.
The U.S. State Department last week instructed high-level diplomats working in the Middle East not to use three specific phrases regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: ‘de-escalation/ceasefire’, ‘end to violence/bloodshed’, and ‘restoring calm’.
This week, a Russian-proposed draft resolution denouncing violence against civilians and urging a ceasefire was rejected by the UN Security Council. Another one submitted by Brazil was later vetoed by the U.S., after twelve members voted for it.
Russia abstained on the second proposal, after its amendment to include a call for a truce was rejected”. -RT
While the Ukrainian regime’s crimes against the Donbass and the killing of approximately 14,400 Russians between the years 2014 and 2022 is far wider in scope than the various attacks committed by Hamas on the Israelis over the same timeframe, Russia’s military operations in Ukraine have been considerably more restrained given its capabilities than Israel is likely to be in supposedly “defending itself” against Palestinians.