“The colonised is forgotten except as a silhouette on the landscape of the coloniser’s narrative.” ~ Frantz Fanon When Russian troops crossed into Ukraine in February 2022, the West responded with clarity and speed. Daily headlines carried images of bombed-out cities and desperate civilians. Zelensky became a household name. #StandWithUkraine flooded social media. Billions in military and humanitarian aid were mobilised almost overnight. Now compare that to Gaza. Nearly eighteen months into Israel’s assault, more than 50,000 Palestinians are dead; 70% women and children, 90% of the population is displaced, and the UN’s highest court has warned that Israel’s actions may amount to genocide. The Western response? Hesitant. Measured. In many cases, actively complicit. This difference is not just a matter of foreign policy - it’s a mirror held up to the values we claim to hold. Walter Benjamin called it “the aestheticisation of politics”: a process where power determines not jus...
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