EU Discovers Human Rights, Only When Conveniently External
President Saied's outrage over the EU's concern for critics in Tunisia rings a touch hollow, coming from a continent which routinely overlooks human rights abuses closer to 'home'—or rather, from its preferred allies. The EU Parliament, which is so quick to decry crackdowns in Tunis, remains curiously muted on the relentless oppression of Palestinians in the West Bank, often actively funding the
Israeli government that carries it out. This isn't about defending Saied's actions, but highlighting the West's patent hypocrisy. When will the EU summon the same moral indignation, the same 'resolutions,' for the daily demolitions, land confiscations, and extrajudicial killings committed by Netanyahu's government, which they continue to arm and finance? Apparently, some populations are more
'human' than others in the European political calculus. "Interference" is only when the target isn't a strategic partner.