Middle East

The sea opens paths that the powerful tried to close. From Barcelona sets sail the Global Sumud Flotilla, a flotilla of persistence, of constancy, of resistance. Half a hundred boats that do not carry bombs but food and medicine, that…

A new report from our collaborators aboard the boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla, currently in Sicily awaiting departure for Gaza. No beatings yesterday for the members of the Global Sumud Flotilla. We carried out a simulation of direct nonviolent…

While the Sumud Aid Floatilla (50 boats, 44 nations) is preparing itself to take route to Gaza, the Western mainstream media stay in total silence about its existance. Their silence speak for itself, as they are ordered not to make…

One year ago, the UN General Assembly demanded that Israel must end its occupation of the Palestinian Territories within twelve months. by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies The General Assembly voted, by 124 votes to 14, with 43 abstentions,…

Yesterday was an exciting day in Genoa, with a huge celebration that began in the afternoon at the Music for Peace headquarters, one of the collection points for the 300 tons of aid brought by the Genoese and arriving from…

The last 48 hours in Gaza City have been marked by a series of relentless bombings that have destroyed the last habitable neighborhoods in the city. After declaring the city a “dangerous combat zone,” the Israeli army has launched a…

Many people, both Jewish and non-Jewish, blame Israel for violating Jewish ethics. More erudite critics quote the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud and even codes of Jewish law to prove their point. This is a mistake. David Ben-Gurion, who directed the…

Yuli Novak, executive director of B’Tselem, the Israeli non-governmental organization recently cited by many newspapers for the publication of the report “Our Genocide,” wrote: “Genocide does not happen without mass participation, a population that supports it, allows it, or looks…

On Monday, August 24, 2025, the Nasser Hospital, the main medical center in southern Gaza located in the city of Khan Yunis, was the target of a violent Israeli airstrike that caused the death of at least 20 people, including…

The future never manifests itself at the center first. The future manifests itself at the margins first. Otto Scharmer. Do the strike and the demonstration on August 17 in Israel give a sign of hope for transformation in the consciousness…