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An eye for an eye, a civilisational step backwards

Holy books contain theological principles and play a crucial role in the transmission of faith. The Bible in Christianity, the Koran in Islam, the Torah in Judaism are texts that are taught from the cradle, becoming absolute, undeniable and exclusive…

Security Council: rejection of a Russian draft resolution on the situation in Gaza

Meeting early in the evening, the Security Council rejected by 5 votes for, 4 votes against (United States, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom), and 6 abstentions a draft resolution presented by the Russian Federation by which the Council notably…

Gaza: interview with Martin Griffiths, Head of UN Emergency Relief

UN emergency aid chief Martin Griffiths on Monday expressed deep concern about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the fate of the Israeli hostages while anticipating “good news” on aid access to southern Gaza from Egypt. “We are living…

Judith Butler: Nonviolence versus Condemnation

In times of confusion and unconscionable violence, we seek answers that can free us from the mental prisons into which such human atrocities lead us. How to deal with the unconscionable horror of Hamas’s attack on Israel? How and in…

“Step Back from the Brink”: Ex-Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy Decries Israel’s Actions in Gaza

President Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday in an unprecedented show of support for the country following last week’s surprise attack by Hamas that killed over 1,400 Israelis, including many civilians. The United States continues to rush ammunition, air defenses…

Palestine between nihilism and destruction

When I saw the images of smoke billowing from buildings after Israel’s heavy shelling and the destruction of some Kibbutz along the line separating Israel from the Gaza Strip, I knew from the start that both sides seek to destroy…

Veterans For Peace responses to AARP’s contribution to war machine propaganda

Letter to AARP by Mike Ferner, Interim Director of Veterans For Peace, first published by World Beyond War Letter to the AARP: A friend forwarded to me a notice of your event planned for November 11, described in this poster.…

Brazil chairs UN meeting to discuss Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira chairs a meeting of the UN Security Council today in New York, USA, to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Vieira, who concluded his working visit to Cambodia, postponed his visit to the Philippines and travelled to…

Historian Rashid Khalidi: Palestinian people “live under unbelievable oppression” that at some point “had to explode”.

From New York, Palestinian-American professor Rashid Khalidi, author of the book “Palestine, One Hundred Years of Colonialism and Resistance”, analyses how this weekend’s extreme violence between Hamas and Israel will lead to “a paradigm shift”. Colonial powers will no longer…

Massacred civilians, the collateral effects of a business they call war

The barbarity of death and pain of civilians The murders of civilians at the hands of armed forces, of state-of-the-art combat specialists, with their high firepower created in the military-industrial complex, are shamelessly broadcast live by the press networks of…

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