ELDER OF ZIYON (Elderofziyon.blogspot.com 13-8-24)
It's funny how unimportant international law becomes when the world loves the supposed violator.
Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers smashed through the Russian border a week ago in a surprise attack, and they now occupy 28 settlements and between 500 and 1,000 square kilometers of Russian land.
That is far larger than all of Gaza.
Not only that, but some 200,000 Russians had to be evacuated and are now displaced from their homes.
I have no idea why Ukraine decided to do this. Its President said it was a matter of security because Russia had launched attacks from that region.
Where are the journalists, human rights advocates and world leaders expressing concern over an aggressive attack, taking of territory and and hundreds of thousands of displaced people? Isn't attacking another nation an act of aggression?
Well, Ukraine is in a defensive war. Just like Israel was in 1967.
Ukraine is trying to dissuade further Russian attacks. Just as Israel is today.
Ukraine is not targeting civilians. Neither is Israel, although Russia isn't so immoral as to hide its troops underneath civilians to use them as human shields. It has some concern for its own citizzens, after all.
Analogies are rarely perfect and people can point to differences. But how come those differences always seem to go against Israel's position?
The fact is that people, and nations, and the media, and human rights NGOs, act how
