WE are living in an end-time of another kind, the decline of the West's might-is-right world order. And with that, its self-proclaimed moral superiority.
Western hubris is as old as the Greek word. If it is said to have begun in ancient Greece, or geographically thereabouts, it is coming to an end in Gaza.
The discerning among us will note the two "G" words. In the beginning of grand hubris lies the end of great humiliation. If Greece birthed the hubris of the West, Gaza will bury it.
Palestine, the land of the greater end-time, will also be the land of the lesser end-time. Pride comes before a fall, as they say.
The West shouldn't be surprised about how eagerly almost all of humanity is waiting for the demise of its hubris.
Hellas-bred excessive pride — the source of all Western prejudice — may have gone unchallenged in ancient times. Not so in recent times.
North Vietnam tested it in its civil war with South Vietnam and won a decisive war against the well-armed American forces. Sure, in a way the war there was fought by North Vietnam with the help of Russia and China.
But the United States shouldn't complain. All its wars against Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and the likes were, and are being fought, with the help of its allies.
Like North Vietnam, Afghanistan, just as decisively, drove the Western powers away in a war of attrition. But that is not the point at all. Afghanistan lies in ruins, set back years in time. Iraq, Syria, Yemen and the rest lie in ruins, too.
More than half a million civilians were killed in the Vietnam War. And about five million since then in wars waged by Western nations. So why shouldn't most of humanity wish for the end of Western hubris?
Malaysia, South Africa and a few nations in the West have called for an end to the genocide in Gaza and Israel to be held accountable for the slaughter of more than 33,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
More than 60 prominent judges and lawyers have advised the British government that Israel is in breach of international law and that London faces the danger of being charged with complicity if it continues to arm the Zionist regime.
The legal position makes no distinction between London and Washington. There is still a window of opportunity before Gaza buries the West. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must heed the call of Malaysia and others to set up a Special Criminal Tribunal to try the Israelis for the crimes they have committed against the Palestinians for the longest time.
If the UNSC continues to be shamelessly recalcitrant, then the UN General Assembly (UNGA) must step in. The situation in Gaza demands that UNGA put an end to UNSC's betrayal of humanity. There are legal precedents.
One is its key role in the creation of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, an attempt by UNGA to hold to account those responsible for turning the country into the killing fields it became.
The other is the setting up of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria when the UNSC blocked accountability. This is the only way the UNGA can stop the tyranny of the minority in the UNSC.
