Selective Humanitarianism and the Demonization of Israel
Peloni: As I have stated previously: “Fake famines and fake genocides in Gaza earned instantaneous support and outrage from across the West, while real famines and real genocides are ignored by these same sources of outrage. There is a foul sickness in the West which supports such nonsense charges against Israel, while ignoring the ongoing slaughter across Africa. It is called antisemitism, the old hatred, which must be understood to stand uniquely apart from other forms of hatred, as clearly depicted by the cruel use of selective rage against Israel for a given charge of atrocities, even when it is obviously false from the outset.
Focus of international outrage must be made to deal with real atrocities, and in the process save what remains of the Christian communities across Africa which have been abandoned to suffer the cruel fate, which is only imagined in Gaza to suit an antisemitic agenda.”
Michael Derfler
Famine declareed in South Sudan over one year ago. Screengrab via Youtube
I. Introduction
Human suffering should command moral clarity. Famine, war, and displacement ought to provoke a universal outcry, regardless of geography, politics, or identity. Yet in today’s international discourse, outrage is applied unevenly—most vocally when one country, Israel, is involved. This essay explores the famine declared in Gaza in 2025 and contrasts it with the far more extensive but largely ignored hunger catastrophe in Sudan, among other countries. It argues that the disproportionate response toward Israel reflects not just political double standards, but often the repackaging of centuries-old antisemitic patterns into the language of human rights and humanitarianism.
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