Two years into the genocidal war on Gaza, the world stands before an unbearable truth, that justice, in its international form, has failed. The devastation of Gaza is not just a tragedy measured in lives lost or homes destroyed; it is the collapse of a global system that once claimed to defend human rights and uphold the rule of law. What has unfolded in the besieged enclave represents one of the darkest moral failures in modern history, a systematic annihilation carried out with impunity, and under the silent gaze of those who claim to champion justice.

The horror is not confined to the bombs or the rubble. It lies in the political complicity that enabled this genocide to continue for two long years. Major powers, led by the United States, have shielded Israel diplomatically and militarily, supplying weapons and vetoes while echoing narratives that equate the oppressor with the oppressed. Every missile launched and every home reduced to dust has been accompanied by statements of “self-defence,” masking a policy of collective punishment that targets an entire population. This distortion of truth has not only deepened the suffering of Gaza’s civilians but has also eroded the moral foundations of the international order.

The silence of global institutions, from international courts to human rights bodies, has turned the promise of universal justice into an empty slogan. Resolutions have been passed, inquiries announced, but accountability remains a mirage. The genocide in Gaza has laid bare a world where law bends to power, and where victims are abandoned to their fate. As Anwar Al-Gharbi of the Geneva Center warned, what has been destroyed is not only Gaza’s infrastructure but also the credibility of the very institutions meant to protect humanity. The war may one day end, but its legacy will remain, a permanent scar on the conscience of a world that watched and did nothing.