Our Massive Gaza Blindspot: the Victim-Perpetrator Cycle
The Palestinian genocide rages on and shines a light on everything we don’t want to see. There have been lots of analyses on how it’s exposing the colonialism and hypocrisy of the academic world, the international relations world, western democracies, the human rights world, and international law. South Africa’s Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) claim to the International Court of Justice took a brave stand for integrity, but still lacks the support of many other nations that seem stuck.
The UN passed a ceasefire on March 25, 2024, the USA abstention rang so, so loud. Unsuprisingly, little has changed on the ground since then. So the movement towards denouncing the genocidal abuses of Gaza are oh, too quiet, even by those who voted in favor of the cease-fire.
I agree that colonialism and racism are center-stage, here. Dual-standards are norm in our world. The torture, hunger, and air strikes against civilians including children, is clear. The scale of Hamas’s killing of 1,410 Israelis is no way near Israel’s killing of 33,091 Palestinians as of April 5, 2024 according to UNOCHA. According to an article in the Miami Herald, both governments admitted in March, that that there was a casualty ratio of 26 to 1 — meaning the harm Israel has caused…
