Fruit of Liberalism: Supporting Zionists' Crimes

Kazi Azizul Huq

Hakimeh Saghaye-Biria, Assistant Professor at Tehran University

One of the most frequent expressions used in describing the crimes committed by the Zionist regime in recent days is the issue of its resorting to the "collective punishment" of civilians in Gaza, aka the genocide of the Gazans. This issue is sensitive because collective punishment is considered a war crime which is prohibited by the treaty in international and non-international armed conflicts, especially Article 33 of the Geneva Convention and Article 6 of the Additional Protocol II. The full support of the United States, England, Canada, Germany, and France for this crime has been met with the negative reaction of the global public opinion.

The question that has formed in the minds of people around the world is: Why are the countries that are the world leaders of liberal democracy not only tolerating this tremendous crime but also managing it? A few questions are raised here. First of all, is it right to say that the problem lies in the dichotomy of liberal values and their practice? Or does liberalism as a theoretical view make these kinds of crimes possible? If so, how is this possible?

The most important flaw of liberalism is that it revolves around "individualism" and therefore "ethics" does not enjoy a central, primary status in it. When we speak about other components of liberalism, such as equality, rationality, rights, private property, and freedom, they are all defined in relation to individualism. Human values, which should be placed beyond individualism as the criteria for human relations in human societies, no longer have a place in liberalism. This equates to the absence of moral rule over society. It is in these kinds of societies that we witness the emergence and internalization of theoretical structures of racism and social Darwinism. In other words, only strong societies have the right to survive and the weak will be eliminated naturally.

Hundreds of years of colonialism by liberal countries might seem to be the most unjustifiable behavior in accordance to the principles of liberalism. But when we take a closer look, we face a phenomenon called liberal imperialism.

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