Stopping Wars and Making Peace

“What’s clear both from the reporting I just saw on CNN and from dozens of previous incidents is that far too many civilians have died in the (last) six months of this conflict against Hamas,” Coons said in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett on Tuesday. To date, the US has dropped approximately 797 tons of humanitarian assistance supplies, CENTCOM said. There is a way to end war, and one sees signs of the solution appearing wherever people realize that we share the same goal, to achieve a prosperous, healthy, sustainable planet. War doesn’t serve this shared goal, and the question is how long it will take for a positive global purpose to overshadow the metaphor of war that is embedded in nationalism, tribalism, racial and ethnic divides, and the other fellow travelers of war. They exist because we constructed them, and the secret is that whatever you made you can unmake.

With clear awareness, we must note that violence never solves problems but aggravates them. Before the bombs, the words of war sow terror, stir up hatred, destroy reason. Urgent to build a barrier to those who speculate on the fears stop war and indignation of citizens, who want to replace goods with malice, who deepen the divisions, create new enemies and always erect new barriers. On television, on the web, on the radio and in print, anyone who sincerely wants peace must desert the war of words. The grammar of peace throws water on the fire of discord, extinguishes controversy, isolates the wicked, unites honest women and men in a common front.

Biden administration believes Netanyahu’s claim of invasion date for Rafah is a bluster, senior officials say

To go to the root of the problem, it is also necessary to firmly counter the legal and illegal trafficking of weapons and their production. A first reason why we should stop war is to put an end to people dying in conflicts. Today, hundreds of thousands of people a year are killed in violent conflicts. It is not only soldiers that die in wars, but huge numbers of innocent civilians are killed in conflicts. Impeach any elected leaders who promote or support illegal, preventive war, what was described at the Nuremberg Trials as an “aggressive” war.

Date for Rafah ground offensive is set, Netanyahu says

“Today we learned that our request, which was welcomed by the Jordanian authorities, was rejected by Israel,” Fidan said. “There is no excuse for Israel to block our attempt to airlift aid to starving Gazans,” the foreign minister continued. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert believes his successor Benjamin Netanyahu is running his governing coalition — and the war in Gaza — on the “basis of personal interest,” and in order to remain in power, Olmert told CNN Monday. Rep. Gregory Meeks, a Democrat from New York, told CNN on Tuesday he would seek answers on the proposed sale during classified briefings in Washington, DC, this week. As one of the leading lawmakers on a key weapons-approving committee, Meeks holds an effective veto on any proposed weapons sales, making his comments to CNN notable. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Israel still has not told the US the date of their announced invasion of Rafah, but that he expects the Biden administration will see “Israeli colleagues again next week” for discussions on the issue.

Nor can we be silent on the disproportionate reaction of the Israeli government,” Harris continued. National Security adviser Jake Sullivan said he made the request in a phone call Tuesday morning with Qatar’s prime minister, who has acted as a mediator in the ongoing talks to free hostages in exchange for a pause in fighting. After inspection, 468 trucks carrying humanitarian aid were transferred to Gaza on Tuesday, Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said. “What I’m calling for is for the Israelis to just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six, eight weeks total access to all food and medicine going into the country. I’ve spoken with everyone from the Saudis to the Jordanians to the Egyptians.

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His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. Brendan joined Newsweek in 2018 from the International Business Times and well as English, knows Russian and French. You can get in touch with Brendan by emailing or follow on him on his X account @brendanmarkcole. “Putin for fear of additional military means given to Ukraine, and Zelensky to avoid a major shutdown of U.S. support,” Colson told Newsweek. “At any rate, it will not be the end of the war, but rather an armed ceasefire.”

Russian compliance with the deal would need to be closely monitored, with the possibility remaining any phased-out sanctions could be reinstated upon a Russian reneging. Indeed, even if the war and Ukrainian resistance drag on for longer, indefinite Russian occupation or a frozen conflict throughout the country are not sustainable paths forward for the Russians or the Ukrainians. Similarly, the Russian economy will likely not survive under the perpetual weight of current and future sanctions.