The World of Beasts and the Lie of Justice

In today’s world, international law has been hollowed out—reduced to symbolic language with no teeth—and reason itself is increasingly shaped not by justice, but by raw power. The leaders of the so-called G7 have once again gathered to issue one of their formulaic declarations: carefully worded, predictably imbalanced, and ultimately designed to placate public conscience without addressing the underlying injustice. Their latest statement followed the same well-worn script: “Israel has the right to defend itself.” A phrase now deployed after every round of aggression, every airstrike on civilians, every time a neighbourhood in Gaza is flattened into dust. But this time, the message carried a deliberate omission. By asserting Israel’s right to self-defence, the G7 implicitly denied Iran that same […]