I recently tried to help a friend find a direct flight from London Heathrow to Russia for a specific date. After asking around and checking, it turns out there are no direct flights from the UK to Russia at all right now. The reason? Because of the ongoing war, the UK and many other countries have banned flights to Russia as part of sanctions and airspace restrictions.
Out of curiosity, I decided to check flights from the UK to Israel — a country currently involved in its own serious conflict. To my surprise, direct flights from the UK to Israel continue nonstop, without interruption.
And this is where the hypocrisy hits me like a punch in the gut, ladies and gentlemen. If we condemn Russia for invading Ukraine — rightly so — and punish it with sanctions, bans, and isolation, then why is Israel, accused of massacring Palestinians and committing atrocities, still openly welcomed with zero consequences? Why are flights still running freely, and why is business as usual?
This double standard is not just unfair — it’s disgusting. It exposes the dishonesty of international politics where justice and human rights mean nothing if the one who is committing a crime is a “friend” or a strategic ally. It’s a cruel reminder that some lives matter less because of who the oppressor is, and governments are happy to turn a blind eye when it suits their interests.
I refuse to accept this silence and this selective morality. If peace and justice are true values we claim to hold, then they must apply to everyone — not just when it’s convenient. The world needs to stop pretending this is acceptable.
I just feel that the ones in the west and eu, making such decisions, and turning a blind eye for such inequalities, do not have brains. There is nothing more that can explain it, because this is what it looks like.
