Peace and Disarmament

Thousands of kilometers away, bombs and shrapnel fall. Missiles criss-cross the air, weaving webs of smoke and death. In the streets, the stones of destroyed buildings are stained with the blood of hundreds of people. News reports exacerbate the massacres…

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,…

Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is calling on Israel and its allies to define their end goal, amid renewed violence between Hamas and Israel. Calls for a ceasefire from CJPME and the UN Secretary-General have…

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…

Hamas militiamen attacked civilian and military targets in Israeli territory last Saturday, killing hundreds of people and causing panic among the population. The Israeli government’s answer has been swift, including the bombing of defenceless towns, causing hundreds of civilian casualties…

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,…

On October 2nd, the third edition of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence was presented both at the Congress of Deputies of Spain and at the legislative assembly of Costa Rica. We could say [it is] a handover. The…

I am woken by the wail of a siren, followed by a couple of explosions, which I later learn are interceptor rocket attack missiles fired by the Palestinian group Hamas from Gaza. Later, my host in Tel Aviv appears, commenting…