‘Hypocrisy Does Not Begin to Describe It’: Baroud on the Ukraine Crisis and the Changing Global Order (VIDEO)

By Palestine Chronicle Employees

In a wide-ranging interview with Palestine Deep Dive (PDD), Mark Seddon discusses with distinguished Palestinian journalist and writer, Dr. Ramzy Baroud, the unfolding disaster in Ukraine by means of the eyes of the Palestinian individuals.

Whereas inspecting what appears to be rising on the worldwide geopolitical stage, Baroud additionally highlighted the hypocrisy of the worldwide neighborhood, in addition to the mainstream media of their response to Russia’s navy invasion of Ukraine compared to their response, or lack of it, to Israel’s ongoing 74-year occupation of Palestine.

“Folks have the best to defend themselves in opposition to navy occupation, interval. Underneath any circumstance, whatever the geopolitical nature of that battle, and no matter who’s concerned in that battle,” Baroud stated. 

“We’re nonetheless buried on this huge dichotomy through which we Palestinians can’t even protest with out being accused of being anti-Israel or anti-America or anti this or that, in contrast to what’s occurring within the Ukraine throughout the matter of hours. The truth is, even earlier than the invasion occurred. When the Russian forces had been amassing on the Russia-Ukraine border, the condemnations had been coming from throughout Europe, throughout North America. In fact, we’ve to face the fact that the worldwide neighborhood doesn’t have truthful and simply requirements in its view of worldwide conflicts.”

Commenting on the United Nations Basic Meeting vote, which noticed 35 member states, together with South Africa, India and China, abstaining from condemning Russia’s actions, Baroud stated:

“I believe geopolitics has so much to do with it. (…) To provide you an instance, I used to be in Africa fairly not too long ago, and I visited a number of nations and have become considerably conversant in the political tussle that’s occurring in Africa itself.(…) African nations are very, very cautious of the character of the struggle that’s underway in Africa. South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, and different nations don’t wish to see this occurring. They need a extra balanced bipolar world.”

When requested about the potential for a brand new Chilly Conflict scenario in Europe, with a revival of the Non-Aligned Motion, Baroud stated:

“I believe it’s very attainable. In fact, we perceive that there are such a lot of transferring items right here, but when certainly, even when a stalemate is achieved, in different phrases, if NATO doesn’t get its manner in Ukraine and in Japanese Europe, and a few type of a compromise is made, will certainly embolden different nations to begin negotiating (for themselves) a brand new political contract.”

Relating to the double requirements at present displayed by Western politicians and media, Baroud stated: 

“I believe we have to revisit the time period double requirements or hypocrisy. It simply doesn’t even start to inform half of the story concerning what’s occurring in Palestine. What the West, what the Individuals are condemning proper now concerning Russia’s navy motion is strictly what Israel has been doing as a matter in fact, in Palestine each single day. What’s occurring in Yemen. These thousands and thousands of poor individuals are ravenous, combating cholera, combating bombs falling on high of them.”

Baroud went on criticizing social media censorship of pro-Palestinian content material, and describing the double-standards by worldwide establishments, such because the Worldwide Prison Courtroom, FIFA or the Worldwide Olympic Committee. 

In highlighting the inherent racism in Western media protection on Ukraine, Baroud stated: 

“That’s actually the mindset of the racist. I do know that this can be a time period that individuals are very cautious utilizing, but when this isn’t outright racism, I don’t know what’s. The factor a couple of racist mentality is that you simply by no means see your individual fault, and also you all the time undertaking that on another person.”

(The Palestine Chronicle, PDD)