The violence that shook the Middle East produced heartbreaking images and statistics.As I write this article At least 160 peopleThe Israeli army bombed the densely populated Gaza Strip, and Palestinian armed groups dropped rockets on Israeli cities. The vast majority of Palestinians, including Palestinians, including at least 41 children (mostly Palestinians) were killed. At the same time, inter-ethnic violence broke out throughout Israel.

In response, the Western government under the leadership of US President Joe Biden has quickly and clearly condemned the rocket attacks by Palestinian organizations, but has taken a more cautious approach to condemning Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians.

Dissatisfaction with the death of the Palestinians expressed “frustration” and “serious concern”, interspersed with statements of “firm support for Israel’s security and Israel’s defense of its legal rights.” They also called for “moral clarity”, which means that despite the small part of the death and destruction caused by the Israeli bombing, the actions of the Palestinian group are still offensive.

Although some progressive politicians, such as the US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) pointed out the hypocrisy of the package of claims for Israel’s right to self-defense, even if they refused to completely reject Israel’s defense , Also expressed opposition.

Colonial occupiers have long advocated “rights” to defend themselves from resistance from local communities, including mass killings. The history of African colonization is full of corpses and mass graves of Europeans who dared to resist military superiority.

Historian Caroline Elkins (Caroline Elkins) described in her book “British Gulag” the “tragedy” carried out by the British in the Kenyan colony after the Mao Mao peasant uprising in the 1950s, including the establishment of Concentration camp. 1.5 million Kikuyu civilians The brutal system of torture camps may have claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands, or even thousands, of people suspected of having committed to rebellion.

In the face of UN General Assembly Resolution 37/43 of 1982, imperial land grabbers have the right to intimidate, cruel, torture, and murder those who steal land under the “self-defense” line. The idea is in UN General Assembly No. 37/43 of 1982 It is popular before the resolution. The people’s struggle for independence, territorial integrity, national unity and all possible means from colonies, foreign rule and foreign occupation, including armed struggle.” The resolution specifically reaffirmed this right in the struggle in Palestine.

Therefore, in Gaza today, the West is not seeking moral clarification, but is using moral confusion to justify the colonial power’s attack on refugees. The colonial power expelled them from their land and blocked them in substance. Upper is an open area. The air prison then demanded the right to do so in peace and tranquility.

When talking about the “escalation cycle,” the Western media equates oppression with resistance to oppression, and expresses violence as a conflict in which both sides have equal views on security and land.It ignores the Palestinians’ struggle for national liberation to combat decades of illegal and immoral occupation, and implements the system of racial and ethnic discrimination proposed by Human Rights Watch in a media report Sharply refused to propose, That it meets the definition of the international crime of apartheid.

An Israeli spokesperson repeatedly emphasized in interviews that Israel, which claims to be “the most ethical army in the world”, has encountered difficulties in finding and killing the leaders of the Palestinian resistance forces who are essentially hidden behind civilians.

The Western media happily accepted Hamas and other group leaders as legitimate targets, and thus hinted that although its tactics may be somewhat offensive, Israel is still waging a legitimate war. Accepting this structure uncritically has made the Western media complicit in the process of legitimizing the Palestinian people’s resistance to Israel’s colonial rule and the deprivation of Israeli resistance.

As Ocasio-Cortez pointed out, it refutes the statement that “Israel has the right to defend its rights” without including the background of oppression. This is just an excuse. The legitimate will suffer even more oppression. But she should go further. If the Western media, politicians and diplomats truly seek moral clarity, then they should refuse to deprive them of adultery and racism. This is the right of colonial nations like Israel to defend their rights from oppression. A heinous claim.

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