What do you mean? In case with China for example
So our government have (recently) come out with harsh words against Israel, it went down pretty poorly. Unfortunately we have no relationship with Israel where sanctions would really make them even consider what they're doing.
We wouldn't dare criticise China despite their political concentration camps, we'd lose too much money.
In the 70s and 80s we boycotted South African products.
Obviously we put pressure on the UK re the north too.
And we have heavy involvement in UN peacekeeping in Africa.
I'm quite proud of most of that, we've had our own problems and tend to hold other countries to the standards we want, and I'd say have mostly achieved here. We are always near the top of quality of life and racial equality indexes so it's hard to point at us and claim hypocrisy*. If third party countries' only approach to civil war/unrest here was to take in refugees I can say with certainty that this island would be a far worse place to live with far less equality on both sides of the "border", I'd have also never been born.
External pressure is required when an imbalance of power has lead to oppressive regimes with tiered class systems in place. Because without it you have two or more opposing groups who hate each other and, more importantly, fear each other which leads to pig headedness and a total lack of dialogue as is evident in Israel today.
Saying this, I don't think the classic US World Police approach works, almost all of their attempts to intervene with army presence have failed miserably. But economic/trade sanctions, political condemnation etc... Should be a tool to destroy obvious widespread oppression like this.
*Not to say we're perfect. I think there's still widespread discrimination of traveller and gypsy people here.
Most of Jews left it for Israel in 90s from what I know. Interesting region,in general, with a wild nature (and Amur tigers). I haven't visited it yet though, unfortunately
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