Double standard of the West laid bare in the Gaza Strip

Both the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine conflicts are tragedies, for they have claimed thousands of lives and caused massive destruction. Yet they have also exposed the double standard of Western politicians whose narratives on the two conflicts are wildly contradictory.

While sitting in the European Parliament's news briefing room in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday morning and listening to the speeches of leaders of political groups, this contradiction became even more apparent.

Manfred Weber, president of the European People's Party, the largest political group in the European Parliament, repeatedly condemned Russia and voiced support for Ukraine while defending Israel's right to defend itself, without bothering to mention the alarmingly high number of Palestinian civilians' deaths.