A call from the families of hostages contains the seed of true safety.
ONE VIDEO SHOWS Palestinian teenagers in Ramallah just released from Israeli prisons disembarking from Red Cross buses and tearfully embracing their mothers amid cheering crowds thousands deep. In another, nine-year-old Ohad Munder—who was held hostage by Hamas along with his mother and grandmother—jumps into his father's arms, the joy palpable as the parent sweeps his child off the ground. These scenes of jubilation (...)

Tôt dans la journée du 22 novembre, Israël et le Hamas ont finalisé les détails d'un accord visant à interrompre les hostilités (« trêve », « pause humanitaire ») dans la bande de Gaza, près de sept semaines après le début de la guerre. L'accord prévoit un cessez-le-feu de quatre jours et l'échange de 50 otages israéliens contre 150 « prisonniers de sécurité » palestiniens [la catégorie « security prisoners » dérive d'une décision administrative de l'Israel Prison Service-IPS], avec la (...)

More than any other person, Henry Kissinger set Israel's special status in America's foreign policy, as a state exempt from abiding by norms the U.S. demands of others. His approach was congruent with Israel's foreign policy
Henry Kissinger, left, with Benjamin Netanyahu in 1999.Credit: REUTERS
Over 50 years ago, Henry Kissinger shaped the strategic alliance between Israel and the United States, creating something that would successfully prevail over changes of U.S. administrations (...)

In 2021, Myanmar faced one of its darkest periods in history. Despite prior steps towards democracy, the nation found itself gripped by a military coup. The military junta's crackdown was ruthlessly severe, leading to the tragic loss of countless innocent lives. As the junta's stranglehold grew tighter, visible street protests became a rarity. The atmosphere turned repressive, casting a veil of silent fear.
Yet, in this stifling environment, where voices of dissent were perilously (...)

PRESS STATEMENT NO TO WAR 28 November 2023 Contact: Wilson Fortaleza 09452182693
We, the Philippine groups representing various interests and advocacies, including those on human rights, labor, women, youth, urban poor, Moro and IPs, environment, and political parties, form ourselves today into NO TO WAR network in solidarity with the world's people who are suffering from the devastating impacts of ongoing conflicts and in preventing the slide of other conflicts into new wars, including (...)