Revoking the Western governance model in the Gaza war.
American and European citizens challenged the central sign of the state/nation model or the “nation-state” which is the “rationality of states” in the millions of demonstrations in London or the demonstrations of hundreds of thousands of people in Washington, Berlin, and Paris, to the extent that Olaf Schultz, the German chancellor and Rishi Sonak, the British Prime Minister, were forced to change their negative positions regarding the conclusion of any ceasefire in the Gaza Strip under the influence of the direction of public opinion in their countries.
“Government/Nation” or “Government/Citizen” refers to a special type of state-building in the international system in which governments establish their political legitimacy by exercising sovereignty in the name of a nation in a sovereign territory. Sociologists, politicians, historians, and specialists in various fields of human sciences usually do not look at the concept of the state/nation and its examples from the same point of view. However, in the Western world, the state/nation is considered a model and a modern phenomenon, which, according to Max Weber, is the result of the rationalization of cultural, social, and economic structures. In the realist and liberal approach prevailing in the Western world, the government has rationality and selective power, and the nation is considered a subordinate of the government.
1- Undoubtedly, one of the most important effects and consequences of profound developments such as the Gaza war is proof of the false demarcation of government rationality and citizen activism in America and Europe. After the Gaza war the beginning of the brazen and catastrophic genocide of the Zionists and the continuation of crimes such as the bombing of the Al-Moamdani hospital, the Jabalia camp, and the al-Khore school, the Western nations officially rejected the narrative, and even the strategy of their governments, which was formed on the basis of absolute support for the Zionists. Instead of submitting to the false portrayal and propaganda of the open and hidden lobbies of the political power of the bitter story of Gaza, they destroyed this virtual image.
American and European citizens challenged the central sign of the state/nation model or the “nation-state” which is the “rationality of states” in the millions of demonstrations in London or the demonstrations of hundreds of thousands of people in Washington, Berlin, and Paris, to the extent that Olaf Schultz, the German chancellor, and Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister of England, were forced to change their negative positions towards the conclusion of any ceasefire in the Gaza Strip under the influence of the public opinion of their countries, and even by issuing statements, after 46 days of supporting the heinous crimes of the occupation regime, of the ceasefire agreement. Welcome fast! The situation is clear; Western governments are no longer innovative and creative actors, nor are they considered symbols of rationality and points of gravity for their citizens. Certainly, one of the aftereffects of the Gaza war, which will show its effects in the near future, is the intensification of theoretical conflicts in the West over governance models and discursive and central signs. This will be a real wake-up call for positivists and positivists, and beyond them, the rulers of the West.
2- The crystallization of lampoonism and populism in the West and the historical habit formed after World War II in America and Europe to form a supporter/follower network has left no room for the crystallization of rationality in the governance method of the politicians of these countries. In such a situation, there is no reason to accept the authenticity of governments lacking rationality and supporting oppression in the international system. This is the great lesson that the nations gave to the pretentious Western politicians during their zealous and responsible support for the Palestinians.