Genocide in Gaza and the decline of a flawed world order

The post-war global system set up to protect great powers’ interests has predictably failed. The current state of the world is the tragic manifestation of history repeating itself, echoing the famous line, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” In 1919, at the end of World War I, the victorious powers – Britain, France, Italy, the United States and Japan – convened for the Paris Peace Conference, which produced the Treaty of Versailles and established the League of Nations, heralding a new era of international relations. This mass death is happening under the watchful eye of the “civilised” world, the victors of World War II who pledged never to repeat genocide or wars – those who dominate the UN Security Council. The failure to apply rules of justice and accountability confirms not only Western double standards and hypocrisy but also the decline of the order established by the World War II victors, as it is failing to stop bloodshed, genocide, injustice and exploitation in Palestine and the rest of the world. This declining system has deprived the diverse and changing world of its right to strive for a fairer, more balanced, and more reasonable order, governed by equitable relations that establish peace and international cooperation based on rejecting wars, occupations and exploitation, and respecting human dignity, human rights and justice.