How Support for International Humanitarian Law Shifted to Support for Hamas
Shany Mor, writing on his Substack and summarized by Reason.com, analyzes the behavior of Western NGOs, individuals, and institutions he calls 'Humanitarians' since the October 7 attacks. He proposes four hypotheses (H1-H4) for their responses, ranging from genuine neutrality (H1) to using Palestinian suffering to demonize Israel and Jews (H4). Mor argues that the overwhelming majority of actions align with H3 (wishing to see Israel defeated and acting as force multipliers for Hamas) or H4 (mobilizing hatred against Jews), with very few aligning with genuine humanitarian concern (H2 or H1). The article attributes this shift to a far-left takeover of once-liberal institutions, influenced by anti-colonialist theory and Soviet-era anti-Zionist propaganda, and questions why concern for international law morphed into support for an Islamist terrorist group.
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