ISL Assignment#3

The document discusses the differing reactions of Western countries to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, arguing they exhibit double standards. While Western leaders condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and supported Ukraine, they have not applied similar pressure to Israel regarding its occupation of Palestine. The document asserts this reveals Western countries prioritize their own interests over international law and human rights.

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ISLAMIYAT

Assignment#3

Name : Muhammad Mujtaba Haider Naqvi

Roll no : FA23-BCS-125
Program : BS(CS)
Section : D
Batch : Fall 2023
Course Code : HUM110
Teacher name : Hafiz Muhammad Zuhaib Amjad
Deadline : 11th December, 2023
“West’s Double Standards On Gaza And Ukraine Issue”

The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have become intertwined in the global debate
and in American politics. Contrasting reactions to them have widened the chasm between
Western democracies and much of the rest of the planet, as mutual accusations of double
standards inflame passions. The two wars have major differences in their roots and
dynamics, but they also have essential similarities. One is the staggering level of civilian
suffering, with many tens of thousands of dead and injured in each region. Another is the
shared predicament of millions of Ukrainians and Palestinians living under the indignities
of military occupation. The polarization over who to blame for each war almost mirrors
the global divide over the other war.

The Western governments were quick to condemn Russia for violating international law
when it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, observers in the
developing world say the West has been far more reluctant to forcefully condemn Israel
both for the enduring occupation and for not doing enough to prevent the deaths of
thousands of civilians in its ongoing assault on Gaza. Israel’s siege of the enclave is a
response to Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas,
which killed more than 1,400 people and took over 200 hostages.

While the leaders of western countries declared their Position in full solidarity with
Ukraine, among others, providing protection for civilians during Russian operations,
taking solid measures to ensure the flow of weapons to Ukraine's army, imposing diverse
packages of boycotts and sanctions against Russia, demonization of Russia on the
international scene and describing it as an occupying country outside international law...
etc. sadly, the Palestinian finds nothing of these processes or pressure against Israeli
occupation since 1948.

The double standards and attitudes of western countries, and what they have done in the
life of people across the world, reveal the criminal and aggressive nature of such
attitudes. Western countries are predatory for wealth, especially the wealth of weak
countries. The aggressive character of the West is what produced double standards as an
expression of their true essence. Like the rest of the non-western people of the earth, we
suffer from the negative aspects of this policy. Therefore, the policy of domination
expressed by the West will not continue without resistance and rejection by the people of
the world and their governments. western domination prevents people from living in
dignity, security, and stability. of comparing decisions taken against Russia, at a
minimum, Western countries are required to ban all business with the Israeli settlements,
instead of merely labeling their products, imposing more pressure, and activating the
financial, economic, technology…etc. boycott over Israel, to force it to implement UN
resolutions, the Palestinians also demand western countries end hypocritical policies and
double standards against them, and assume their responsibilities with their obligation
under the laws of the EU and international law to stop assisting this illegal Israeli
occupation of the State of Palestine, the democratic countries should determine who is the
victim and who is the aggressor.

However, in the Middle East and across the world, we believe at the present moment, the
world is going through an important turning point and a fundamental turning point. The
war in Ukraine revealed the truth of the West’s position. We in the region are key partners
in creating this moment because the fundamental issues and the prices paid directly were
paid from the blood, conscience, rights, and dignity of the afflicted people, mainly the
people of the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, but the focus of American
domination was with us in the Middle East region more and uglier than others from all
over the world. The majority of people across the world especially in Palestine see
obviously that the double standards of western countries are exacerbated, in other words,
western countries are particularly concerned about their interests, not maintaining
international law, or human rights. It should be noted that these values and international
law principles are important everywhere, not just in the case of Ukraine or Russia.

It is because of these ambiguous approaches caused the Palestinians to lose even more
faith in western policies, Security Council resolutions, the UN, and the so-called
international community as a whole regarding their cause. At this moment, we must see
an essential element, which is the reformulation of the political and geographical map of
a multipolar world away from the American unipolarity. America and its allies, and
between a multipolar axis led by Russia, China, and many countries in the world that
reject American hegemony, towards a new world based on recognition of the rights and
security of people, and the search for settlement and dignity for them and the right to self-
determination, away from western domination and duality of standards.
The Palestinian sources of alarm are many. American officials’ positions are
contradictory regarding targeting hospitals, infrastructure, civilians and journalists during
the Russian-Ukrainian war and the war that Israel is waging on the blocked Gaza Strip.
While US government officials do not hesitate to accuse, condemn and besiege Russia by
imposing harsh sanctions because of Moscow’s “special military operation” in Ukraine,
they take the opposite position regarding Israeli attacks on Gaza.
It is a point to wonder where the western countries' moral and legal outrage was
regarding the clear instances of international standards violations, like the Israeli
occupation of Palestine since 1948. The Palestinians see double standards in western
policies. Many find the West's approaches to threatening the national security of Russia
through separating Ukraine from its Russian roots, a closer association with NATO states,
and imposing thousands of types of sanctions on Russia disturbing. However, as a faulty
and unrealistic policy. Sadly, despite hundreds of UN and Security Council resolutions,
reports from hundreds of human rights organizations, and despite the Palestinians'
struggles to end the Israeli occupation since 1948 based on UN Security Council
resolution 181, the West was unable to impose any sanctions on Israel. One thing
becomes clear to us: the Israeli occupation army's procedures in the Palestinian territories
have breached all of these judgments and western principles.