For the fourth time in almost as many months, the international elite collusion to actively support the genocide perpetrated by Jewish Zionism in Gaza has struck yet again. Not content with its many months of supplying weapons and other military support to the Israeli apartheid state, this genocide collusion was compounded by yet another to continually obstruct the UN resolution for a cessation of Israel’s shelling and bombing campaign in Gaza and the West Bank. This was followed by a third notable occurance of international elite collusion with the almost total official silence about (and an abscence of recognising) the provisional judgement made against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

Beyond quickly giving outright support for Israeli crimes against humanity, the elites of major international countries, headed by the US, UK and Germany have been outstanding by sitting on their hands and keeping their mouths shut with regard to the vast number of Palestinian civilian deaths. This is despite the most blatant, openly admitted and media documented, mass elimination of the Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the West Bank. However, the fourth international elite collusion by a collective  suspension of UNRA relief funds has demonstrated how quickly the genocide alliance can move when it comes to actions which are aimed at the ordinary people of Gaza.

Last week, a day after the ICJ ruling against Israel, unsubstantiated accusations were made and promoted by Israel that a dozen members of United Nations Relief and Works Agency, took part or were supportive of the Hamas  attacks on October 7th 2023. Imediately, the international elite genocide alliance sprung into action. In the USA, the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Estonia and Japan their respective elites immediately withheld relief funds for supplies to Gaza by (UNRWA). When doing so they knew that this organisation was the only source of supplies of aid getting into Gaza.

This action involves an obvious tactical support strategy by the international elites of the above named countries to the Israeli genocidal strategy of restricting relief convoys and thus starving and damaging the health of all the people of Palestine. Israeli elites have been doing this for months and they have now been joined by many western government elites. In this way the European and Western genocide alliance of elites will be complicit in causing the deaths of  those Palestinians who have so far avoided the bombs, shells and bullets supplied to Israel by the same alliance of elites. This  international elite support for Israel did not wait for proof or confirmation for the as yet unproven allegation involving just 12 people.

Yet even if this is true, it would still be a crime of collective punishment, and if it is false, then it will be a crime of falsehood on top of a crime against humanity. The infamy of this pattern of blatent elite collusion in the elimination of civilian people in Palestine must be breathtaking for those who naively believe that politicians have humanitarian principles guiding their actions. Clearly, the elites who continue to collude with Israel are socialised by the same or sufficiently similar political processes, as those of the Israeli Zionists and this should not be ignored or forgotten. Indeed, this pattern of dishonesty and perfidy is reminiscent of the worst aspects of elite inhumanity and collective punishment  demonstrated by the Hitler and Stalin political regimes in 20th century.

Politics of all shades, is once again demonstrating its pernicious inhumanity along with its class nature in that the elites in collaborating nations, stand together even when they are committing deadly crimes against other human beings. If the openly advocated and perpetrated  genocide by Israel, is not enough to stir any symptom of humanitarian condemnation or to motivate any form of preventative action, then there are clearly no lengths to which such elites would not be prepared to go. This entire episode should register as a warning to those who as the multiple crises become graver, are likely to be forced to defend themselves against future elite attacks upon their jobs, livelihoods and communities.

The current state of the political elite and their supporters internationally, demonstrates more than it just being a international fraternity club of privileged elites, who collude in the acquisition and accumulation of global wealth. It also reveals the decadence and stupidity of their system of choosing their leadership candidates. Just consider, the two contestants for the coming American presidential election, who should both be being supported and entertained in retirement villages or care homes, rather than being pressured or persuaded to pretend to be in charge of leading a country struggling with economic, financial, ecological and climate crises.

The situation is no less dire in Europe, the UK and the rest of the world, with candidates for office everywhere, who for decades have been a mixture of inept, discredited and out of their depth, ‘chancers’, more concerned with their own personal wealth accumulating situations than the dire straits of the millions they pretend to be serving. It is almost impossible to find any politician anywhere, with more than a temporary rhetorical commitment to integrity, humanitarian values or concern for the whole community.

If the 21st century  state of the world, politically, militarily, ecologically, environmentally and climatically wasn’t so serious, the current situation would resemble research material for series of incoherent film scripts and tired jokes, reminiscent of a Pinewood Studios  ‘Carry On’ film’ comedy. In this case  a ‘Carry on Governing’ would be an apt title.  But of course this doesn’t mean that there isn’t yet worse to come with a possible sequel – ‘Carry on Governing -Part 2. (Return of the Inept).

Roy Ratcliffe (February 2024)