Nonviolence
The Psychic and Affective Effect of Violence in Gaza: A Call to Global Awareness and Self-Care
The constant live broadcast of extreme violence, bombings, and atrocious acts of genocide in Gaza has left a deep mark on the collective psyche worldwide. In the 21st century, where information travels instantly through social networks and media outlets, these…
Israeli conscientious objector Yona Rosemann sentenced to 30 days in military prison
Yesterday, August 17, Yona Rosemann (19 years old, Haifa) was sentenced to 30 days in military prison for her refusal to join the Israeli army, which is committing a genocide in Gaza. The Israeli police brutally dispersed the demonstration of…
Latvia: A new face for civilian-based defense (CBD)?
The Russian invasion of Ukraine. The rise of Russian-style hybrid warfare. General receptivity to the idea of nonviolent civilian-based defense (CBD) in Latvia, one of the two Baltic states that share a border with Russia, has never been lower. It…
You Can’t Stop the Wars If You Don’t Stop the Violence
It is paradoxical that many advocate for ending wars without acknowledging the root issue of violence. If now is not the time to finally address violence, when will it be? We must name and challenge all its forms—physical, religious, economic,…
Civilian-Based Defence (CBD) – Who is threatening who?
To what should we give the name “threats”? What criteria should we use to analyse threats? What process leads us to perceive a given event as threatening? How can we decipher language aimed at public opinion concerning real risks? Many…
What is Civilian-Based Defence (CBD)?
Why this special issue? When Ukraine was invaded by Russian armies on February 24, 2022, who could fail to have been worried? A war on the very borders of Europe? Since the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) and the…
“The Camp to Stop the War” Resumes Tomorrow (Sunday) in Tel Aviv, One Week After Its Activists Were Attacked
Following protests in Dizengoff Square and near Gaza, the camp will be set up tomorrow in Tel Aviv at the Cinematheque plaza from 2:30 PM to 10:00 PM The “Camp to Stop the War,” organized by the “It’s Time” coalition,…
Yurii Sheliazenko: “The protests are good, but there are still some Ukrainians who believe in the war.”
In Kiev, I met Yurii Sheliazenko, a Quaker conscientious objector and leader of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, whom I had met and interviewed during my trip to Ukraine last August, and his friend Artem Denysov, also a Quaker. They took…
Bodies that do not collaborate: The tenth Insurrection of The Royal Ballet & Opera against the genocide in Gaza
The image is moving and sublime. A ballerina in full grand jeté, suspended in the air with a Chilean flag waving above her head, while behind her a water cannon truck and an ammunition carrier loom: a symbol of criminal…
Statement on the escalating atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank
As a binational movement of Palestinians and Israelis committed to nonviolence and equality, Combatants for Peace issues this urgent statement in light of the deepening humanitarian and political crisis across Gaza and the West Bank: In response to the continued…
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