The myth of Neutrality in the West, Australia a clear example of Western Blind Spot or Conscious choice?

 Blind spot has been made very popular through crime stores, where the focus is on physical limitation of certain spot in our eye or it may be cognitive which may result from individual factors including it being culturally determined. Even after 22 months and more of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, if the West still believes in Israel, assumes it is a functional democracy, or assumes it would be objective and unbiased in investigating its own crime, then the problem is not with Israel but the Western Countries themselves. It is not because of blind spot cognitive or otherwise, it is a conscious choice of the West.

Western countries in their slow-paced manner of taking measures against Israel, often are immobilised to act and only deliver measured words, that seems to reek with hypocrisy to cover up discrimination, injustice and outright religious and cultural bias. Recently Australia expelled Iranian Ambassador over Tehran’s alleged role in antisemitic attacks in Australia, this is first time Australia has expelled a diplomat since end of second world war, this news was covered by Al Jazeer English. According to Mark Kenny from Australian National University; this is a significant move and according to him Australia maintained continuous diplomatic relationship with Tehran even when many western nations ceased it.

At the same time Israel claims Australia is Pro-Palestine, but is this true?

What do facts indicate:

     1.      Israel has destroyed around 80 percent of mosques in Gaza [1], which is 1,109 mosques in Gaza, out of these 275 were partially destroyed and 834 totally destroyed this was as of January 2025 [2]. Israel also killed 315 mosque officials and employees. 

 Not satisfied with the destruction of mosques, Israeli forces attacked 40 of the 60 cemeteries in Gaza enclave, they completely destroyed 21 of them.  Israeli soldiers dug up and stole dead bodies, “mutilating” them in “barbaric” ways.

2.      In Australia, in United Kingdom or in United States the antisemitism case seems large in number but when exploring further there are no deaths or major physical injury in antisemitic cases reported in either Australia or United Kingdom. Majority of cases refer to abusive words or taunts and even minor injuries are a few. The pattern is the same in United States as well. Yet when one reads the news or report on antisemitism it is often “An increase in antisemitism cases in the country”. Such titles are rarely seen in case of hate crime against other communities, why? Are Jews the first-class citizens across the globe, do they have special rules. If there are no special rules, then it is this institutionalised bias that exist within institutional and non-institutional frame of governance within western countries that has led to Jewish community in Israel assuming they are always above the law. Even, won’t be surprising, if they assume they are entitled to carry out a genocide.

 3.      Why has no Western country taken any measure against Israel though it is carrying out war crimes for two years, has done acts of anti-humanity, is accused of plausible genocide and is consciously blocking aid for months and gloats about it. It makes false claims there is no shortage of food against all logic, for even when it recently started aid distribution it does so only at three sites which common basic intelligence would indicate it is impossible to reach millions of people. But the West is so polite and kind to Israel, never accusing it of lying or even making false claims. What should world understand, Western leader believes like Israelis that Israelis are above all others in human race?

 4.      If this is the state of affairs, as Western countries together are more powerful than Israel, isn’t it fair to conclude Western Countries are responsible for Israel’s onslaught on Gaza and Plausible Genocide, far more than Israel that carries out Genocide because West refuses to hold it accountable and obviously condone it!

 

        Molly Charles