The poet called it “the great refusal,” this decision not to take a side. And by sides, I don’t mean Israel or Hamas. I mean the side that represents law, diplomacy, and international institutions, and the side that represents lawlessness, hatred, and brute force.
Western leaders have been speaking in double-talk since the bombing of Gaza began, but no amount of newspeak can hide their real message. When it comes to the “rules-based order,” they’ve let us know the rules don’t apply to them.I’ve known some of these people in my time—the diplomats and lawmakers, the pundits and politicians and advisors and analysts. Their manners are impeccable. They always use the right pronouns.
If a neighbor hurts my child, should I go over to his house and slaughter his entire family? Anyone who uses Lipstadt’s phrase is declaring support for lawlessness, for the trampling of international institutions, for brute force over civilization. Yes, Hamas also violated international law. But we have never financed Hamas .The people making Lipstadt’s argument forget that Americans have sovereign rights, too; one of them, surely, is the right not to participate in war crimes.
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