The American Counter Punch website confirmed that the United States is no longer able to maintain the balance between protecting its interests and the interests of the West, and the required respect for international institutions.

The website added in a report that this situation prompted a number of Western countries to adopt political positions independent of American logic, the political results of which are supposed to be influential in the future.

The report stated that the joining of a number of countries - some of them Western - to South Africa's lawsuit at the International Court of Justice against Israel on charges of genocide revealed a difference in opinions within the Western system in dealing with this sensitive issue.

The division increased after the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, submitted requests to the court to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Galant on charges of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

Western sanctions

The report shows that Washington was quick to denounce the decision, and the US House of Representatives approved imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court because of its position on Israel’s leaders.

The writer continued that, given the enormous influence exercised by Israel and its allies in Congress and in the media, it is clear that Tel Aviv is more influential in American domestic politics than Congress. Consequently, American military and political support for a country accused of mass murder and genocide continues.

He stated that the former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, spoke on behalf of the “Group of the Elders,” and warned of “the collapse of the international order,” and said: “We oppose any attempts to delegitimize” the work of the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice, through “threats to take punitive measures and sanctions.” .

According to the report, signals of the collapse of the legitimacy of the international order established by the West have been made by many other parties in recent months, including UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

The writer mentioned that Karim Khan himself referred to this in his statement regarding the request to issue arrest warrants against Israeli war criminals.

The report highlighted that these developments have placed Europe facing a major political dilemma, as it has always blindly followed the steps of the United States in the Middle East.

He continued that the war on Gaza constituted a major breaking point as it divided the Western unity that emerged after October 7, as the United States - along with Germany - continued to support Israel clearly, while the positions of many European countries, which began to unite with the countries of the South, wavered. With the aim of holding Israel accountable.

The report commented on this by saying, "It is a major transformation that we have not witnessed for many years, which indicates that the scale of Israeli crimes in Gaza has exceeded the moral limit that some European countries can bear."

Source: American press