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A European media outlet recently commented that since there is clear evidence on Israel’s war and anti-humanitarian crimes, if the European Union takes no measure against the country, it would only confirm that the EU applies double standards.

The Western countries have taken every opportunity to style themselves the “defender” and “arbitrator” of peace and “champion” of international law and human rights.

But this is nothing more than a lie and hypocrisy.

The West has become more blatant in its double-dealing practice by taking advantage of the Middle East crisis.

After the outbreak of the Gaza crisis, some high-ranking politicians of the West tried to justify Israel’s criminal acts, saying that they support its right to self-defence and that a ceasefire might give time for Hamas to pull its forces together again and possess missiles.

But when the international community raised voices against Israel’s massacre of Palestinians, the Western countries outwardly denounced Israel while putting on a show of recognizing Palestine as a state. However, they did not take any practical measure to check Israel’s atrocities.

This is because the West gives precedence to its economic interests over the human rights of Palestinians.

As a major trade partner of Israel, the West fears that its economic interests would be jeopardized, if it gives up trade deals with Israel, and therefore it turns a blind eye to Israel’s war crimes and miserable deaths of the Palestinians.

The calculation of the selfish West, which places its economic interests above the lives of the Palestinian civilians and peace in the Middle East, has resulted in Israel’s military attacks against Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Qatar, to say nothing of Palestine.

The reality clearly shows that the “respect for human rights” much touted by the West is nothing but a fiction, as it concerns itself with its own interests.