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Two Israeli teens sent to prison for refusing to take part in the Gaza genocide

This morning, 18-year-old Ayana Gerstmann and Yuval Pelleg refused to enlist in the Israeli military. Gerstmann was sentenced to 30 days in military prison, and Pelleg was sentenced to 20 days. Before entering the Tel HaShomer enlistment base, Mesarvot Network…

Two 18-Year-Old Israelis Will Refuse to Enlist in the Army in Protest of the Annihilation of Gaza

On Thursday, July 31, at 10:00 AM at the Tel HaShomer military base, activists from the Mesarvot network will hold a demonstration in support of enlistment refuser Ayana Gerstmann, an 18-year-old from Ramat-Gan. Gerstman will refuse to enlist in the…

After the War: Strategic Distrust and the Collapse of Western Legitimacy

In June 2025, while indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States were still underway, Israel  followed soon by the U.S.  launched a military attack on Iranian territory. The attack, met with a 12-day Iranian response of surprising scale and…

We Choose Gaza as Our Legal Domicile

We, the undersigned: Raniero La Valle, Tomaso Montanari, Bishop Giovanni Ricchiuti (President of Pax Christi), Father Franco Mosconi (Archbishop of Manfredonia), Elena Basile, Ginevra Bompiani, and many others… Hereby declare our decision to make the city of Gaza our legal…

Fania Oz-Salzberger: “Soldiers, refuse to serve in the Israeli army!”

On July 23, Fania Oz-Salzberger, a history professor and daughter of the renowned Israeli writer and essayist Amos Oz, launched an appeal on X , asking soldiers to refuse to serve in the army. Soldiers, regular and reserve, parents of…

Music Against Silence, a demonstration against apartheid and the genocide in Palestine. Group interview

As Pressenza, we were able to personally follow the Music Against Silence demonstration in Varese and Brescia. In Varese, I met one of the organizers and proposed an interview to better explain this wonderful initiative against apartheid and the genocide…

Hunger as Sentence: The “Final Solution to the Palestinian Question”, the Genocide the World allowed to happen

The image of a ten-year-old child weighing only 4.2 kilograms is not up for debate. It is not an opinion. It is not a symbol. It is evidence. Evidence so brutal, so simple, so definitive, that it exposes every word…

Two Israeli soldiers arrested in Belgium for war crimes in Gaza

Belgian federal police arrested two Israeli soldiers at the Tomorrowland festival, following a complaint from the Hind Rajab Foundation and the Global Legal Action Network. The two are suspected of having committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip. The Foundation…

The deadly and unresolved hypocricy of Europe

When Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933 The US and several European countries started to do bussiness with him and his nazi party. The Netherlands was one of them. All of them putted a blind eye to what…

An Open Letter To The Israelis: Rise And Save The Soul Of Your Country

I have been agonizing over this appeal to every Israeli: why are you remaining silent in the face of the heinous crimes being committed in your name by your government against the masses of innocent Palestinian men, women, and children…

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