This essay in The Guardian on the International Criminal Court's efforts to hold war criminals to account is exactly on point regarding the recent moral doublethink:
Leaders in the US and Britain condemn Hamas and Putin, yet somehow balk at attempts to hold Israel’s leaders to account. No one should be above the law.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/25/call-to-prosecute-netanyahu-for-war-crimes-exposes-the-wests-moral-doublethink
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