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Double Standards: From Baghdad to Tehran to Tel Aviv<\/strong><\/p>\n

Justice, when it becomes selective, loses both its meaning and its worth.<\/em>
\nI was raised in an environment that taught justice as the foundation of life\u2014without it, no civilization can endure.<\/p>\n

As a child, I read Plato\u2019s words:
\n“Justice is giving everyone their due\u2014not based on power, but on merit.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

But as I grew older and witnessed how global affairs are conducted, I began to ask a bitter existential question:
\nIs justice truly a universal value? Or is it a mask worn by great powers when convenient\u2014and cast aside when it clashes with their interests?<\/em><\/p>\n

As a thinker interested in international politics\u2014and as a doctor who knows that a wrong diagnosis leads to disaster\u2014I see the nuclear issue as a glaring example of how values collapse in the face of raw power.<\/p>\n

From Baghdad<\/strong> to Tehran<\/strong> to Tel Aviv<\/strong>, standards shift, laws are molded by interest, the weak are punished, and the favored are rewarded.<\/p>\n

Take Iraq, for example. It was a grand lie paid for in blood.
\nIn 2003<\/strong>, the United States invaded under the pretext of weapons of mass destruction, chiefly nuclear arms.
\nDespite the lack of any credible evidence, a war was launched that resulted in the death of nearly 1.2 million Iraqis<\/strong>, according to a 2008 study, along with the destruction of state infrastructure and the onset of chaos that continues to this day.<\/p>\n

Later, American officials\u2014including Colin Powell<\/strong>\u2014admitted that the intelligence was flawed.
\nYet no one was held accountable, neither locally nor internationally.<\/p>\n

Iran<\/strong>, in contrast, signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)<\/strong> and allowed regular inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
\nIn fact, the IAEA\u2019s 2020 report noted \u201cno evidence of deviation from peaceful nuclear activities.\u201d<\/strong>
\nStill, Iran continues to face sanctions and pressure.
\nThe 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal<\/strong> was unilaterally torn apart by the Trump administration in 2018, even though Iran had not violated its terms.
\nSo the question becomes: Is the issue truly about nuclear weapons\u2014or about Iran\u2019s political independence?<\/em><\/p>\n

Israel<\/strong>, on the other hand, possesses a nuclear arsenal<\/strong> without any accountability.
\nIt is believed to hold between 80 to 90 nuclear warheads<\/strong>, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)<\/strong>, and whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu<\/strong> revealed the existence of a full-scale nuclear reactor in Dimona<\/strong>.
\nIsrael has not signed<\/strong> the NPT, does not allow international inspections<\/strong>, and faces no sanctions or pressure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The question is not why<\/em> Israel has nuclear weapons, but rather:
\nWhy is the West completely silent about it?<\/strong>
\nWhy is nuclear capability criminalized for some, while ignored for a favored ally?<\/p>\n

The contradictions are not limited to our region.
\nIndia<\/strong> and Pakistan<\/strong> both possess nuclear weapons, conducted tests in 1998, and have refused to join the NPT<\/strong>.
\nYet, India received a nuclear cooperation agreement with the U.S. in 2008<\/strong>, despite not abiding by international norms\u2014another stark double standard.
\nNuclear weapons are tolerated if you’re an ally; forbidden if you’re not.<\/p>\n

This political hypocrisy undermines the credibility of the Western narrative.
\nThe same double standards appear in human rights<\/strong>: invoked against specific rivals, but ignored when allies commit abuses.
\nDemocracy is imposed in some nations by force, while dictatorships are supported elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Such hypocrisy weakens the global credibility<\/strong> of the Western voice\u2014and feeds skepticism, not just about intentions, but about the very values it claims to uphold.<\/p>\n

We must strive for a universal, not selective, justice<\/strong>.
\nThis is not a call to justify nuclear proliferation, but rather a demand for the application of uniform rules<\/strong> for all.
\nIf Israel possesses a nuclear arsenal, it must be subject to oversight\u2014or at the very least, held accountable like others.<\/p>\n

There is no justice with exceptions<\/strong>, and no real international order<\/strong> if it\u2019s built on selective enforcement, not on equal standards.<\/p>\n

Let us face the contradiction with courage.
\nThis is not a call for hatred or hostility\u2014but for honesty and bravery.<\/p>\n

What the world needs now is not more militarization and fear, but a just moral order<\/strong>.
\nIf the logic of power continues to define justice, we may one day wake to a global system that has lost its legitimacy<\/strong>, and to societies that have lost faith in humanity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

When politics disconnects from conscience<\/strong>,
\nThe real threat to the world lies not only in the arms race or nuclear danger,
\nBut in the divorce of politics from ethics<\/strong>, and governments from their people<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Major powers speak of peace while practicing dominance;
\nThey wave the flag of human rights while turning a blind eye to massacres\u2014if it serves their interests.<\/p>\n

Shouldn\u2019t international relations be based on shared values like dignity, equality, and the right to life<\/strong>?
\nIsn\u2019t it ironic that the West speaks of a \u201cvalues-based global order\u201d<\/strong>, while overlooking injustice when committed by an ally\u2014and protesting only when it\u2019s a foe?<\/p>\n

Public opinion polls in many Western countries reveal a growing gap of trust<\/strong> between citizens and their governments.
\nThe widespread protests across Western societies in solidarity with the Palestinian people<\/strong> have shown that the public sympathizes with the oppressed<\/strong>, while their governments take purely self-serving stances<\/strong>, disconnected from the values they preach.<\/p>\n

Here lies a fundamental flaw:
\nThe people are better than their politicians.<\/strong>
\nThe collective conscience of societies<\/strong> is not in harmony with the decisions of their political systems.<\/p>\n

The world desperately needs to remind itself that justice is not a political tool\u2014but an existential value<\/strong>.
\nAnd those who exploit values as a means to impose dominance lose themselves first\u2014and then lose the trust of the world.<\/p>\n

Without aligning politics with conscience, power with wisdom, and legitimacy with ethics,
\nWe will continue to spiral in a cycle of contradiction, bloodshed, and betrayal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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