just one of the many double standards in the empire;

What Palestinians have been asking for over the last 50 years – international actions to stop an aggressive occupier – were implemented for Ukrainians within seven days… A parallel demand for such actions to benefit Palestinians sounds like a stale joke…

By Jack Khoury, reposted from the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz

The Palestinian leaders are following developments in Ukraine and biting their lips. “This is a time for remaining silent,” a senior Palestinian official told me. “Any statement or taking of a position will cost us dearly. Why annoy the United States and the West? We desperately need their help. And why open a front against the Russians and Putin?”

But despite the silence, neither Ramallah nor Gaza are concealing their frustration and disappointment given the different messages coming from the international community. The argument that the United States and Europe have double standards isn’t a new one. It arises every time there’s an international crisis where the “West” intervenes against tyrannical aggression. But the Ukrainian case brings into sharper focus the Palestinian struggle against the Israeli occupation.

What Palestinians have been clamoring for over the last 50 years was quickly internalized by the West in Ukraine. Decisions to mobilize for stopping an aggressive occupier, imposing economic sanctions, closing airspace and boycotting sports and cultural events were implemented within seven days. Ukrainians will receive weapons, ammunition, intelligence and technology that could wear down Vladimir Putin and the Russians..............read more.....