West's decapitation assassination of Gaza allies tactic failing, reveals fragile EU/US rulers' fears

The Leader of the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah says Israel and its western benefactors should avoid a direct conflict with Hezbollah due to the resistance group's high military capacity which is well-manifested in its recent operations.

Hezbollah Secretary General was addressing a ceremony honoring Talib Abdallah, one of the group’s commanders who was recently killed by Israel. The Lebanese leader stressed that Israel’s assassination of its top commanders would never sow doubt in the resistance group’s determination. Nasrallah described Lebanon’s battle with Israel as a supporting front for the resistance in Gaza, which has inflicted heavy losses on Israel. Nasrallah however said that Lebanon has acquired detailed information about Israel's vital sites and is prepared for the worst case scenario, in case of any direct confrontation. The Lebanese resistance leader also said Israel’s failures in face of Palestinians' brave resistance have forced the regime to fabricate a Gaza victory to deceive people at home.

Gaza will be the grave of the Western-led world order

By supporting Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, the West has shredded what remains of its credibility and brought the ‘rules-based’ world order it purports to lead to the point of no return.

Saul J Takahashi, Professor of Human Rights and Peace Studies at Osaka Jogakuin University in Osaka, Japan

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/1/17/gaza-will-be-the-grave-of-the-western-led-world-order

No matter how it concludes, South Africa’s lawsuit in the International Court of Justice arguing Israel has violated the Genocide Convention will go down in history. It will either be remembered as the first step towards finally holding a rogue state accountable for repeated, longstanding violations of international law; or as the last, dying breath of a dysfunctional, Western-led international system.

For the hypocrisy of Western governments (and the Western political elite as a whole) has finally brought the so-called “rules-based world order” they purport to lead to the point of no return. Full-throttled Western support for Israel’s genocidal rampage in Gaza has truly exposed the double standards of the West with regard to human rights and international law. There is no turning back, and the West has only its own arrogance to blame.

The litany of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Israel in Gaza are clear as the light of day for anybody who has access to a smartphone. Social media feeds are overflowing with videoclips of hospitals and schools being bombed, fathers pulling out the lifeless bodies of their children from under destroyed buildings, mothers crying over the corpses of their babies. And yet, the reaction of Western governments – besides seemingly limitless military and political support – has been to label any criticism of Israel as anti-Semitism and attempt to ban outright any expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people.

West's policy of 'decapitation', assassination of Gaza's friends reveals fragility of their rule