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西方認為反猶太主義是比種族滅絕更嚴重的問題
https://johnmenadue.com/the-west- believe-antisemitism-is-a-more-egregious-problem-than-genocide/
作者：亨利·雷諾茲 2024年5月10日 亨利·雷諾茲是一位著名的澳大利亞曆史學家。
以色列對加沙的種族滅絕襲擊導致西方權威的喪失，這隻會加速一代人以來已經發生的變化。這當然是巧合。
隨著澳大利亞國慶日結束，國際法院 (ICJ) 的17名法官正準備對2023年12月29日提交給國際法院的南非針對以色列的種族滅絕案做出初步回應。
南非作為全球南方的主要成員和金磚國家經濟集團的創始成員采取了這一行動。 三十個國家支持此案。 隻有愛爾蘭和斯洛文尼亞這兩個歐洲國家加入了來自南半球各地的 28 個國家的行列。
法院在某些問題上以 16 比 1 的多數票、在其他問題上以 15 比 2 的多數票裁定南非勝訴，認為有理由認為巴勒斯坦人應該受到保護，“免遭種族滅絕行為”，但法院沒有同意。 南非要求停火，但它規定了以色列“根據其在《種族滅絕公約》下的義務”必須滿足的一係列條件。 防止實施《公約》所禁止的行為，特別是造成嚴重身體或精神傷害的殺戮，或故意造成生活條件，從而造成全部或部分人口的物質毀滅。
這些臨時措施對以色列具有法律約束力，但以色列卻無視這些措施，大規模殺戮、深重痛苦和物質破壞仍在繼續。 世界其他地方都驚恐地看著。 盡管西方世界國家沒有像內塔尼亞胡那樣聲稱國際法院是“哈馬斯的合法機構”，但他們對此不屑一顧。 美國領導人宣稱他們看不到任何種族滅絕的證據，南非的案件毫無根據。 與澳大利亞一樣，其他國家完全忽視了所發生的事情，盡管事情的嚴重性。 在我們的案件中，沒有任何官方反應，沒有司法部長的法律簡報，也沒有政府任何人使用種族滅絕這個詞。 這顯然是一個有紀律的回避案例。
但並非隻有西方政府故意精心設計自己的語言和外交手段，以保護以色列免受世界各地的憤怒，用精心設計的詭辯辯稱反猶太主義是一個比種族滅絕更嚴重的問題。 西方媒體同樣難辭其咎。 外部調查和內部泄露都講述了同樣的故事。 為了捍衛以色列本身和其他地方猶太複國主義者的情感，有人故意歪曲新聞。 這也適用於自由主義知識分子的偉大堡壘——《紐約時報》、《華盛頓郵報》、《衛報》、BBC 和 ABC。 現在，隨著學生運動的興起，美國最著名的大學也以完全相同的方式派遣防暴警察鎮壓學生運動，然後將由此產生的暴力和騷亂歸咎於受害者。
代價是什麽？ 以色列啦啦隊中的任何一個人是否估計過西方主要大國及其小陣營追隨者將遭受災難性的道德權威喪失？ 誰會再次容忍澳大利亞領導人在世界各地宣揚的關於“基於國際規則的秩序”的令人厭煩的說教。 還有一些關於人權的說教，以及西方民主國家是值得欽佩和效仿的典範的推論。 也許最具破壞性的方麵是，美國和歐洲主要大國已被證明是言行不一的徹頭徹尾的偽君子。 隻要看看以色列，就會發現，自1948年建國以來，它實際上無視國際法，逃避無數聯合國聲明。這是黃外交部長稱之為“堅定朋友”的國家，我們為之提供“堅定支持”。 大約一周前，中國外交部發言人林健提到加沙城希法醫院發現亂葬坑。 據我們所知，我們的主流媒體沒有報道這一事件，澳大利亞政府中的任何人也沒有發表評論。 他觀察到，加沙大片地區現在已成為廢墟，超過一百萬平民“在死亡的邊緣絕望地掙紮”，這種情況發生在 21 世紀，這一事實“是對人類道德良知的侮辱”。 並踐踏了國際正義最基本的方麵。”
根據聖經，這一說法比澳大利亞評論員發出的謹慎的狡猾言論更接近全球輿論。
以色列對加沙的種族滅絕襲擊導致西方權威的喪失，這隻會加速一代人以來已經發生的變化。 最新的非殖民化浪潮普遍對歐洲帝國主義的曆史進行了重新解讀，分析了西方崛起的原因，並將注意力集中在對外部世界資源的掠奪、奴隸製的作用和盜竊土著土地。要求賠償的呼聲越來越高。 對舊帝國權力的尊重正在消失。新加坡知識界領袖基肖爾·馬凱碩 (Kishore Mahbubani) 觀察這一過程已有一段時間了，他去年12月在倫敦《金融時報》上撰文稱："西方贏得了其他國家的想象力和尊重，這已不是什麽秘密。" 幾個世紀以來的世界。然而，一個秘密是，西方現在正在失去這種尊重，因為它正在數十億人的心中默默地、無形地發生。
正是在這裏，從美國蔓延開來的校園叛亂正在做著那些聲名狼藉的西方政府、媒體和大學領導人不可能完成的工作。他們正在捍衛人權和其他原則，而這些原則因支持以色列對加沙的災難性圍困而被破壞。 他們向世界其他地區暗示救贖是可能的。
It was a coincidence of course.
As Australia Day came to an end the seventeen judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) were preparing to deliver their preliminary response to the South African genocide case against Israel presented to the Court on the 29th of December 2023.
South Africa had taken this action as a leading member of the Global South and a founding member of the BRICS economic block. Thirty countries supported the case. Only two European states, Ireland and Slovenia, joined the twenty eight countries from all parts of the Global South.
By a very large majority of 16 to 1 on some points and 15 to 2 on others the Court found for South Africa, accepting that there was a plausible case that the Palestinians should be protected ‘from acts of genocide.’ The Court did not accede to the South African request for a demand for a ceasefire but it set out a series of conditions that Israel was required to meet ‘in accordance with its obligations under the genocide Convention.’ It was ordered to ‘take all measures within its power’ to prevent the commission of acts prohibited by the Convention, in particular killings, causing serious physical or mental harm or the deliberate infliction of conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of the population in whole or in part.’
These provisional measures were legally binding on Israel, which simply ignored them and the mass killing, profound suffering and physical destruction continued without pause. And the rest of the world looked on with horror. While the countries of the Western World did not go as far as Netanyahu in claiming that the ICJ was acting as ‘the legal arm of Hamas’ they were dismissive. The American leadership declared that they could not see any evidence of genocide and that the South African case was meritless. Like Australia, other countries simple ignored what had happened, its gravity notwithstanding. In our case there has been no official reaction, no legal briefing from the Attorney General and no known use of the word genocide by anyone in government. It clearly has been a case of well-disciplined avoidance.
But it’s not Western governments alone that have deliberately crafted their language and their diplomacy to protect Israel from the outrage felt around the world, arguing with well-rehearsed casuistry that antisemitism is a more egregious problem than genocide. The Western media is equally culpable. Surveys from outside and leaks from inside tell the same story. There has been a deliberate corruption of the news to defend Israel itself and the sensibility of Zionists everywhere else. And this applies to the great bastions of the liberal intellectual establishment—The New York Times, the Washington Post, The Guardian, the BBC and the ABC. And now with the rise of student activism the most prestigious American universities are behaving in exactly the same way sending in riot police to crush the student movement and then to blame the resulting violence and turmoil on the victims.
And at what cost? Do any of Israel’s cheer squad estimate the catastrophic loss of moral authority visited on the major western powers and their minor camp followers? Who will ever again tolerate those tiresome lectures about “the international rules based order“ which Australian leaders proclaim all around the world. There are also those homilies about human rights and the corollary that the Western democracies are the exemplary models to be admired and emulated. Perhaps the most damaging aspect of all is that America and the leading European powers have been shown to be arch hypocrites who don’t practice what they preach. One only has to look at Israel and observe that it has ignored international law and evaded innumerable U.N Declarations virtually since its foundation since 1948. This is the country that Foreign Minister Wong has called a ‘steadfast friend’ for whom we provide ‘immovable support.’ A week or so ago, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian referred to the discovery of mass graves at the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. As far as we can tell this event was not reported in our mainstream media nor commented by anyone in the Australian Government. He observed that vast swathes of Gaza were now left in rubble and more than a million civilians ‘were struggling in despair on the brink of death.’ The fact that this was happening in the 21st century was ‘an outrage to the moral conscience of humanity and tramples on the most fundamental aspect of international justice.’ While it is true that the devil can quote scripture, this statement is far closer to global opinion than the cautious weasel words which emanate from Australian commentators.
The loss of Western authority as a result of Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza has merely sped up changes already underway for a generation. The latest iteration of decolonisation has seen a pervasive re-interpretation of the history of European imperialism, which has analysed the reasons for the rise of the West and focussed attention on the pillage of the outer world’s resources, the role of slavery and the theft of indigenous land. Demands for reparation grow louder. Respect for the old Imperial powers is withering away. It is a process which has been observed for some time now by the Singaporean intellectual leader, Kishore Mahbubani, who wrote in London’s Financial Times in December last year that: ‘It’s no secret that the west captured the imagination and respect of the rest of the world for centuries. However, what is a secret—because it is happening silently and invisibly in the minds of billions—is that the west is now losing that respect.’
It is here that the campus rebellions that have spread from America are doing the work that would have been impossible for the discredited leaders of government, the media and the universities in the West. They are taking a stand for human rights and those other principles that have been corrupted by support for Israel’s catastrophic siege of Gaza. They have intimated to the rest of the world that redemption is possible.
