Opinions

When a war breaks out it is as if a conversation, a journey were interrupted. At Rondine it is the discourse that addresses the conflict, it is the path that looks towards peace. In these tragic days in which war,…

Through the international news agency for peace and nonviolence Pressenza, we have been covering for years: the mass attacks, violence and blockade of the Gaza Strip, the settlements and violence in the West Bank – by the Israeli governments, the…

As pacifists and nonviolent people, we would have liked to go to the Palestinian embassy these days to protest, but we couldn’t because there is no Palestinian embassy to protest in front of. And this should make us reflect on…

Dear Mickey, like many people, I am stunned to see the level of violence exercised by Hamas militants on Israeli citizens. It is terrifying, all these acts of barbarism! But in retaliation, the response of the Israeli state to declare…

What do we mean when we discuss mental health? The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines it as: “A state of wellbeing in which each individual fulfils his or her potential, can cope with the stresses of life, can work productively…

Thousands of deaths, again and again, how many more will we need? The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become a real equation impossible for humankind to resolve. Yet we are not supposed to have been lacking in spirit, reason, and common sense…

The Brandenburg Gate and the White House are laser-painted in Israeli blue-and-white colours. They used to harbour the Ukrainian blue-and-yellow colours. In both cases, Western governments pledge unlimited support and declare the recent attacks on Israel, as earlier on Ukraine,…

Canada’s House of Commons gave a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, a member of the 14th Grenadier Division of the Waffen-SS (1st Galician Division), formed under the aegis of none other than Heinrich Himmler. This SS division was directly responsible…

It may be trivial for some but in this dramatic and confusing moment of military escalation and propaganda I believe it is important to reiterate a simple concept: Nothing can be solved with violence! This is not just my statement…

In a previous editorial (What Must Be Done TMS 11 Sep 2023), I made the point that public discourse may not manifest underlying objective facts that play a key role in causing it. For example, something that I am calling an objective…