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Gaza: The urgent need to address the process of dehumanization of the human being

You will make your conflicts disappear when you understand them in their roots, not when you want to resolve them. (Principle of wise action, Silo Teachings) According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, the “worst-case famine scenario…

The Caution Dilemma: Chile’s Inaction in the Face of Genocide in Gaza and Brazil’s Bold Leadership

I ADDRESS YOU, MR. PRESIDENT: While Brazil steps forward with decisive sanctions, President Boric’s ever-classic “let’s be cautious” reveals itself as inaction that condemns Chile to the role of a mere spectator in the historic passage of a genocide. This…

Western Pressure On India Over Russia Already Backfired Even If It Partially Complies

It’s reshaping Indian policymakers’ views of the West and breeding resentment of their governments among its society. India’s former Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin recently published an informative opinion piece at NDTV titled “Tariff Blitz: Is India Becoming…

The Invisible Gold of the 21st Century

“It doesn’t shine like gold nor smell like oil, but it’s worth more than both. And the countries that don’t control it will vanish from the new energy map.” The Resource You Can’t See, But That Powers Everything Green hydrogen…

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…

Who Better Than You to Tell the World Your Recipe 

by George Banez “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.”  Says Juliet to lover Romeo whose family name betrays him as nemesis to her own.  She convinces him that…

Deciphering the ambiguity and controversy surrounding the alleged demolition of Satyajit Ray’s ancestral home in Bangladesh

Amid confusion and controversy surrounding its historical significance, Bangladesh halted the demolition of a century-old house next to “Shashi Lodge” in Mymensingh (in the first lane of the “Hari-Kishore Ray Road”). Some claim the house belonged to the ancestors of…

Energy and Sovereignty, the Map of Power

“Whoever does not control their energy has no homeland. They have territory.” The energy world and the new colonialism Energy is not just electricity, nor just oil, nor merely turbines spinning in the wind. Energy is power. It is independence…

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…

On the Climate Change Obligations of States: The International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion

The Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI) affirms the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) historic advisory opinion on the obligations of States to act urgently to protect the climate system for both present and future generations1. It recognizes that States have…

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