Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Marwan Barghouti remains one of the most consequential—and controversial—figures in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Arrested by Israeli forces in April 2002 during the Second Intifada, he was later convicted in 2004 on multiple counts of murder and conspiracy related to attacks…

We are publishing this opinion piece as a contribution to the debate on possible solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. People often introduce me as a peace activist. I accept the description—but I reject the definition most people attach to it.…

What will it take for the world to call things by their name? How many houses were demolished? How many schools shut down? How many Palestinians have been killed with no one held to account? How many villages emptied into…

(Moscow Bureau) – Russia is pursuing, during these contemporary times, a new form of economic architecture and is simultaneously portraying military power in the world. While Russia stands against Western hegemony and dominance, and against NATO, Israel maintains a complex…

Prime Minister Netanyahu does not seek a negotiated peace with the Palestinians; instead, he perpetuates constant hostilities as a means to incrementally seize ever more territory in the West Bank and Gaza—territory he knows he could never secure at the…

An Alternative Peace Prize in Line with the Will of Alfred Nobel The annual  Nobel Peace Prize ceremony takes place on December 10 in Oslo, Norway. In a symbol of Western hypocrisy, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was controversially awarded…

The series of events triggered by the operation of October 7, 2023, revealed pre-existing realities that had remained hidden until then. Before October 7, the Middle East was evolving in a way that sidelined the Palestinians and disregarded their rights…

The Armenian NGO Democracy Today convened (again, for the 14th time) women (and men) from civil society from far (Canada, USA) and near (Europe, the Caucasus, Lebanon) as well as other people via video link, from 4 to 6 October…

The world is bleeding. Life force is leaking from a thousand wounds, and maybe the most serious hemorrhage is that issuing forth from Gaza. The wound of Gaza festers with hate, despair, and cruelty, leaching those poisons through the body…

It may be trivial for some but in this dramatic and confusing moment of military escalation and propaganda I believe it is important to reiterate a simple concept: Nothing can be solved with violence! This is not just my statement…