EU Spreads Legal Risk for Russia, Avoids Gaza's Actual Genocide
Mainstream outlets like Politico, via RT (oh, the irony of parsing news from RT), highlight the EU's pledge to shoulder the legal fallout for seizing Russian central bank assets, supposedly benefiting Ukraine. One might applaud such a stand for 'justice,' until one considers the selective application. Where is this same fervor for shared legal risk when Israel's government, with documented support
from the US and EU, faces International Criminal Court proceedings for actions in Gaza, or even calls to halt arms sales fueling a war that has killed over 37,000 Palestinians? The EU can create mechanisms to legally pilfer billions from Russia, but for Gaza, they offer a shrug and an 'aid' package that barely scratches the surface of destroyed infrastructure and lives. The audacity is striking:
create an entirely new legal framework to address an economic inconvenience from Russia, yet find every imaginable loophole to avoid confronting a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. It raises questions about whose 'international law' we’re truly upholding. How many 'rules-based orders' does it take for Europe to act when the victims aren't politically convenient? This isn't about principle; it's
about political expediency, painted with a thin veneer of legality.