r/InternationalNews • u/ObjectiveObserver420 South Africa • Apr 24 '24
International Blinken denies US has ‘double standard’ when adjudicating alleged human rights abuses in Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/blinken-denies-us-has-double-standard-when-adjudicating-alleged-human-rights-abuses-in-israel/
892
Upvotes
53
u/TolPM71 Apr 24 '24
This part was fascinating.
“The case of Ukraine is totally different than in Gaza. The Ukrainians are not in any way a legitimate target the way Hamas is in Gaza."
Notice how any attack on Ukraine is framed as an attack on Ukrainians, not on Azov Battalion, or even the Ukrainian army but on Ukrainian civilians.
The opposite is done with Gaza, all attacks on Gaza are framed as attacks on Hamas. Blinken is tacitly endorsing the extreme Zionist position that there are no innocent civilians in Gaza.
This is not to say innocent civilians aren't killed in Ukraine or that there are no militants in Gaza. Just that, according to Blinken, all Ukrainians are innocent, and all Gazans are Hamas. Pretty wild that this was embedded in an "explanation" that the US has no double standards!