Mahboob A. Khawaja,
Western Leaders Forge Animosities but Seek Peace
Is NATO celebrating its 75th year of existence or averting its failure with new challenges to warn Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. Was the gathering more to watch the suitability of Biden for the presidency or recap its weaknesses to forge new animosities? NATO itself is a quagmire of contradictions and triviality in practices. There is no rational argument to converge peace in Ukraine and warmongering offers no optimism for change.
NATO lacking basic principles of human equality, moral and institutional integrity, when Russia is accused of bombing the children hospitals in Kiyv and civilians hubs, it is a’ crime against humanity’ and ‘genocide.’ But when Israel bombs hospitals, places of worship and innocent civilians in Gaza, NATO and the EU do not view it as a ‘crime against humanity’ and alleged ‘genocide.’
The UNO, the ICC and the ICJ blame Israel and the US direct complicity in these crimes against humanity. The US supplies all weapons to Israel to kill innocent people and destroy Palestine.
When perverted interest demands, NATO violates its mission and the limits of reason and responsibility to intervene in wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia and any situation considered vital to their collective strategic interest. After nine months, millions displaced forcibly, schools and hospitals continued to be bombed, more than 37,000 innocent civilian women, children and elderly people killed by design and some 15,000 or more children and women still buried under the rubble call urgent attention of global humanity to ‘save the succeeding generations from the scourge of war’, if there is any global conscience and morality still alive and intact.
The 33 leaders at NATO Washington, DC summit never fought any wars as they are just imposters to mislead their own people and the informed masses of the global community. Their presence are symbolic overtures to the US. They appear more robotic just like the stooges of Arab-Muslim leaders than normal human beings.
The AIPAC lobby offers money to the US presidential candidates to win the race. Their policies and practices in support of Israel and its wars are the same and competitive in scope. Often oil exporting Arab leaders (Saudi Arabia and the UAE) have contributed millions of dollars to the US leadership campaigns without any favor. Western leaders view them as subservient puppets – ‘camal jockeys’ and nothing else.The Arab-Muslim leaders live in dark ages, just puppets of the US. The Egyptian, Saudi, Emirates and others maintain friendly ties with Israel and have invested in Israeli technological manufacturing industries to keep Netanyahu happy and safe. PM Netanyhu is under the threat of “arrest warrant (The ICC) and the ICj alleged crimes against humanity but the US Congress, lacking any moral credibility after the 2003 Iraq war, invites Netanyahu to speak on July24 – one wonders what would a despotic figure speak about? The Israeli masses appear outraged against the continued war on Gaza. The daily civilian protests call for the resignation of PM Netyanhau and immediate ceasefire in Gaza to return the 120 hostages.
America and Israel Defy the Sanctity of Earth , its Consequences could make them Redundant
The US and Israel appear isolated and more a portrait of vices, deception and injustice to degrade humanity within the universe. They are afraid of the unknown future. The Earth is a Divine hub of human Life, Survival and a Trust, Those Bombing and Destroying it are mentally sick and defy the Divine Truth. It looks as if the US and Israeli leaders do not believe in life and death and accountability. The earth is living and spins at 1670 km per hour and orbits the Sun at 107,000 km per hour. Imagine, if this spinning fails, what consequences could occur to the living beings on Earth. Think again, about the average distance of earth from moon is 93 million miles -the distance of Moon from Earth is currently 384,821 km equivalent to 0.002572 Astronomical Units. Earth is a “trust” to mankind for its existence, sustenance of life, survival, progress and future-making. Wherever there is a trust, there is accountability.The Divine warning (Chapter 7: 56: The Quran), warns: Do no mischief on the Earth after it hath been set in order, but call on God with fear and longing in hearts; For the Mercy of God is always near to those who do good. (44:38-39), the reminder is explicit: We created not the Heavens and the Earth; And all between them merely in idle sport. We created them not, Except for just ends. But most of them do not understand.
The Divine Message (Quran:40:64),clarifies:
It is God Who made for you the Earth as a resting place and the sky as a canopy; And has given you shape and made your shapes beautiful, And has provided for your Sustenance, of things pure and good; Such is God your Lord. So Glory to God, The Lord of the Worlds.
And killing of innocent people is prohibited in the Ten Commandments (Torah):
‘Thou shalt not kill’ (Exod. 20:13; also Deut. 5:17). Jewish law views the shedding of innocent blood very seriously, and lists murder as one of three sins (along with idolatry and sexual immorality), that fall under the category of yehareg ve’al ya’avor – meaning “One should let himself be killed rather than violate it.
Global Peace and Security is undermined by the War of Economy and Future Appears Dark and Uncertain
To glance ahead it seems that the Western world failed to see a dreadful tragic history in the making of the end of time and loss of ingenuity to understand the consequences of naive egoism of Israeli leadership making war as an instrument of territorial expansion in the Arab Middle East. Rationally arguable conclusion to the war on Gaza was perceivable if there was a unified political-military challenge to the Israeli plans by the Arab-Muslim world. That landscape appears morally, intellectually and politically bankrupt as a scum floating on a torrent of naive puppets and discredited leaders. The American-Israeli collaborative war on Gaza and its immediate consequences made the Western world and all of its institutions shamefully redundant and void in the 21st century global norms of civility, human rights, freedom, justice and safety of civilians – whereas crimes against humanity are captured in obscure impulses and indecision and deliberate inaction by the UN Security Council. The Western news media ignored coverage of Israeli ‘genocidal’ acts against the masses in Gaza and occupied West Bank.
If Israel is not stopped, soon the leading Arab states will fly Israeli-American flags for a change. The Israeli-American denial of crimes against humanity, ”genocide” in Gaza, forcible expulsion of millions clearly represent ferocious conception of right and wrong and how irrational the leadership tends to be in real world affairs. Political cynicism is endemic and global leaders appear mentally and morally lost without any accountability to the informed global community seeking an end to the war and peace in the Middle East. What a shame, what a disgrace that Arab-Muslim countries have armies, resources but no responsible leadership and would not act to defend people’s freedom, rights, dignity, and sustainable future. Please see: “Israel Lost the War and America Betrayed Humanity in Gaza.”
*Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specializes in international affairs-global security, peace and conflict resolution and has spent several academic years across the Russian-Ukrainian and Central Asian regions knowing the people, diverse cultures of thinking and political governance and a keen interest in Islamic-Western comparative cultures and civilizations, and author of several publications including: One Humanity and the Remaking of Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution, and a forthcoming book: Global Humanity and the Remaking of Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution beyond the Lens of Human Consciousness.
