ISRAEL’S SELECTIVE OUTRAGE OVER IRAN PROTESTS EXPOSES MORAL BANKRUPTCY |
As widespread protests convulse Iran, Israeli officials and right-wing Western media and celebrities have abruptly discovered a deep concern for Iranian human rights, women’s freedom, and civilian suffering.
Statements of solidarity circulate widely, op-eds frame Israel as a moral ally of Iranian protesters, and television panels speak earnestly about the need to “stand with the Iranian people”.
Coming from the same actors who justified, downplayed, or ignored Israel’s devastation of Gaza — and who continue to remain largely silent about daily violence in the occupied West Bank — this sudden moral awakening rings profoundly hollow.
There is no denying that Iranians have legitimate grievances. Economic collapse, corruption, and shrinking civic space have driven repeated waves of protest over the past decade. These realities deserve serious attention and honest reporting.
But when Israel — a state documented by major human rights organisations as committing war crimes and crimes against humanity — positions itself as a global champion of freedom, the contradiction is impossible to........