UK Jails Activists as War Criminals Tour, Undeterred
According to The New Arab, Qesser Zuhrah is among several Palestine Action activists on hunger strike, jailed for disrupting the operations of Elbit Systems in the UK — a company supplying 85% of drones to the Israeli military. The irony, sharp as a shard of shrapnel: these activists are imprisoned for non-violent direct action against a company profiting from alleged war crimes, while figures
like Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, facing accusations of actual war crimes from international bodies, travel globally with diplomatic immunity. This selective justice isn't new. For decades, Western nations have offered sanctuary and trade to those responsible for the systematic oppression of Palestinians, often while criminalizing dissent at home. The 'rules-based order' appears to have a
different rulebook for those who arm the powerful versus those who challenge them. One might wonder if human rights only apply when they don't interfere with arms deals or political donations.