Galloway, Gaza and global conscience

• Main Author: Hasan, Md. Mahmudul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Media New Age Limited 2024
• Subjects: JN101 Great Britain; JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration; JZ International relations
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/111320/1/Galloway%2C%20Gaza%20and%20global%20conscience_New%20Age_12032024_p8.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/111320/; https://www.newagebd.net/article/227636/galloway-gaza-and-global-conscience

George Galloway’s election victory in Rochdale corresponds to the renewed awakening of the global conscience in regards to the question of Palestine. Perhaps, people of Rochdale have realised that politicians who facilitate injustice in other shores are likely to be unjust to those in their own country. They are smart enough to understand that political leaders who support oppression in Gaza have lost their moral compass and should not be entrusted with public office. There are other political leaders who pay only lip service to the Palestinian cause and ostensibly condemn Israel, but oppress their own people and maintain clandestine links with the apartheid regime. These are hypocrites and can be found in many countries. Rochdale by-election results have proved that, in a democratic system, voters have the power to punish unjust politicians and that people cannot be deceived all the time. I hope such a democratic system will be restored in our country and we will be re-empowered to choose leaders who will run our country.