By Zabih Ullah Khattak (Pakistan)
The litmus test of the US-Europe is being held in the Palestine issue where widespread human rights are disdained and bruising of Palestinians at the hands of Israeli forces is happening. Following the 7 October attacks of Hamas, Hundreds of thousands civilians came in the mouth of brutality being exerted by the Israeli forces. Raping up their brutal treatment in a legitimate cover, they are based their attacks in the retaliation of Oct 7 attacks which is an iota in the front of this barbaric and uncivilized attacks on the innocent civilians. Moreover, centuries long self proclaimed human rights defenders are exposed to the world. Hours after the Hamas attack, British PM Rishi Sunak followed by the US President Joe Biden landed at the Israel airport condoning Hamas attack by extending their military support with a gigantic munitions and plan full of warhead machines.
Meanwhile, their dubious machinations have been disclosed when their impotence was seen in the Russia attack on Ukraine; their dual standard is now revealed to the world. On the one hand they are gravitating towards Russia attacks on Ukraine on the other hand they are assessing Israel to choke and suffocate Palestinian living in their inherited land. Israel’s attack on Gaza claimed thousands of lives and more than 80% are displaced and being pushed into open air siege where they wait for their turn to be killed.
Henceforth, the US-Europe is closely observing minute cases in remote areas and denounces them with exaggeration following harsh treatment from their sides. Ranging from women rights to the minority’s rights, none has left unspoken. From the far deserted Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, if an individual is deprived of human rights, the contender and self-proclaimed human rights champions are relegating their resources to save the individual being deprived of basic rights.
After the withdrawal of allied forces from Afghanistan, they are vigilant to disclose the facts and reveal to the world that in Afghanistan, women are disallowed in the public spaces and siege under a confined four walls.
Nevertheless, it is commendable to speak about ill-treatment being happened anywhere in the world but despite of a scanty issue, people in Afghanistan are miserably affected by hunger and half of the Afghanis are hardly managing two times bread and the champion of human rights are stagnant to not allow the freeze $9.5 billion Afghan reserve in American
Moreover, it was 75 birthday of Human Rights being celebrated on 10 December with a highly fumed environment. A hollow and dysfunctional body of Human Rights is not workable anymore especially for the people of third world countries because the fruit of Human Rights never tested by the people of Palestine nor by the people of Kashmir.
Likewise, India revoked article 35 and 370 respectively changing the demography of Kashmir in 2019. On Human Rights day the seal has been stamped by the Supreme Court of India on the move being initiated by the right wing government led by extremist Modi. According to the UN resolution, Kashmir would be an independent territory and won’t be claimed by any of the divorced states (India and Pakistan). Despite, explicit UN resolution, India is breaching laws by claiming Kashmir is part of India. Again, Human rights proponents are spectacles and amusing the topsy-turvy game from their respective places and utter not even a single word to denounce unlawful acts of India.
Similarly, their dubious approaches seem glimmering in several other areas like climate finance, treating criminals and ensuring justice to the victims. Criminal cases like Christchurch where 49 Muslims were relentlessly killed by a white supremacist.
Afterward, widespread denouncement eroded across the world but a universal declaration never built against white supremacists. Likewise, at several other occasions, white extremists are indulged nevertheless a global narrative is not made to denounce them and call them terrorists.
The dual standard does not go hand-in-hand with justice. Justice must be prevailed with equity and fair trial that engender the hope of just society and firm the cracked and antiquated belief in the widely exaggerated society of the US-Europe.
Thanks to social media despite its limited access being used as a voice of human rights, revealing the facts to the people. The brunt of outrage is feeling slowly across the global North with a huge blow of public disregard
about their rulers’ policies. In 2024, many states are going in elections, where the brunt of inhumanity would be extensively felt, especially, the US where pre-poll elections are showing a huge depletion in the votes of Biden.
Adding to that, conservative party is also orchestrating their leverages to Israel despite their political fate teetering at the verge of destruction. If the situation remains as it is now, it would be hard for the Tories to heal the political loss they are facing in the ongoing Israel-Palestine war. Because, some 100 rallies were set to be held on 18 November across the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe showing public outrage against the setting governments by helping the barbaric and inhuman Israeli forces by providing cash and formidable ammunition that exert hell on the people of Palestine.
A testing time is being reached. All the human rights contenders need to be gathered and genuinely denounce Israel to stop the hellish attacks on the Palestinian people. Before it is too late, a holistic and realistic approach should be invoked to parallel the Human Rights mantra and rebuild the lost hopes of the people of third World countries.
Zabih Ullah is from KPK, Pakistan. He is a visiting lecturer of Political Science at Government Postgraduate College Karak and writes about current affairs.
