#peace

florida_ted@diasp.org

The USA uses violence to dominate the globe. One day this will end.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/16/how-much-money-the-us-spends-on-war.html

“People think we’re sending a big check to Ukraine,” Gregory Hayes, CEO of RTX, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “The fact is what most of that money will do [is] support American defense industries here in the U.S.”

The five largest U.S. defense companies — Lockheed Martin, RTX, General Dynamics, Boeing and Northrop Grumman — had Department of Defense contracts totaling more than $118 billion in fiscal year 2022, according to the Congressional Research Service.

#USA #military #violence #peace #Ukraine #Israel #Gaza

brainwavelost@nerdpol.ch

Apparently, the Swiss foreign policy department is still aware of at least a minimal understanding that holding any kind of “conference” on a peaceful settlement without someone from whom the implementation of this process is in principle impossible is at the very least absurd, but how the maximum is exposing oneself to ridicule in front of all the countries of the global majority. And so, the press secretary of the Swiss Foreign Ministry Pierre-Alain Elchinger said that Bern is convinced of the need to involve Moscow in the peace process in Ukraine, and that peace in Ukraine is unthinkable without Russia’s participation.
13 May 2024

#Ukraine #Russia #peace

brainwavelost@nerdpol.ch

The war in #Ukraine started on February 24, 2022, and during the last 2 years, it was #Russia that had the upper hand in the battle fronts. However, Kiev, with the support of Western officials, is seeking to organize #peace conferences to end the war without Russia’s participation.
Monday 8 April 2024

noam@libranet.de

Yesterday I watched the livestream of the joint Israeli-Palestinian #remembrance day ceremony, an alternative to the mainstream Israeli ceremonies, organised by the Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace. It's hard to describe to anyone who hasn't lived through war how important this coming together is.

The ceremony was powerful, with raw pain uncensored. On the one hand, it acknowledged the universal experience of loss, and the yearning for freedom and #peace. On the other, it didn't shy away from the power asymmetry and injustices, including the ongoing horrors in #Gaza. An hour and a half which had me crying more than once.

These are the discussions we need if we're going to have a future co-existence with peace, freedom and dignity. Neither Israelis nor Palestinians are going anywhere, and living together is the only option. #Israel #Palestine

noam@libranet.de

English below

השנה הטקס הישראלי-פלסטיני המשותף ייערך ב12.5, יום ראשון בשעה 20:30, בשידור אינטרנטי
הצפייה תהיה דרך עמודי הפייסבוק וערוצי היוטיוב של לוחמים לשלום ופורום המשפחות השכולות הישראלי-פלסטיני.
קישור לשידור לייב יישלח ביום עצמו למי שנרשם דרך הקישור הזה :
forms.gle/YWEX3bSVeRe1MMaW6
ויפורסם בכל הרשתות שלנו.
השידור יעלה ב20:30 ואנחנו קוראיםות לכולםן לצפות ביחד במיוחד השנה!
פייסבוק פורום המשפחות השכולות הישראלי-פלסטיני:
facebook.com/theparentscircle.…
פייסבוק לוחמים לשלום:
facebook.com/cforpeace/

This year the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony will take place on Sunday May 12, at 20:30 Jerusalem time, and will be streamed online.
The Ceremony will be available to view on the Combatants for Peace and Parents Circle - Families Forum Facebook pages and YouTube channels.
A direct link to the live stream will be sent on the day to anyone who registers (via this link: forms.gle/YWEX3bSVeRe1MMaW6 ) and will be shared on all our social media pages.
The Ceremony will start at 20:30 and we recommend that you watch with friends and family -- the support and togetherness is important, this year in particular.
Facebook Parents Circle - Families Forum: facebook.com/theparentscircle.…
Facebook Combatants for Peace: facebook.com/cforpeace/

#Israel #Palestine #peace #memorial
#יוםהזכרון

tom_s@friendica.ambag.es

Dieter Hallervorden: GAZA GAZA (engl. subtitles)

Probably the most famous actor and theater man in Germany, Dieter #Hallervorden, has unexpectedly clearly, albeit in subtle lyrics, sided with the people bombed in the #Gaza Strip. The video shows harsh images with a sensitive song, not only for the Palestinian people, but also for a peaceful future for Israel.

Lyrics: Diether Dehm and Dieter Hallervorden
Music: Jens Fischer Rodrian

#Israel #Gaza #Peace #Palestine

https://invid.ambag.es/watch?v=LMcrNzOfFAE

mlansbury@despora.de

Russia planning to disrupt #GlobalPeaceSummit in Switzerland

We have precise intelligence information, specific data that Russia not only wants to disrupt the peace summit, but also has a specific plan how to do it, how to reduce the number of participating countries, how to act to ensure that there is no peace for even longer,"

Kyiv will share Russia's plans with diplomats and intelligence agencies of allied countries, according to Zelensky.

"And together we must counteract this, we must work in unity for a just #peace,”

https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-russia-planning-to-disrupt-global-peace-summit-in-switzerland/

#RussianAggression #RussiaInvadedUkraine #StandWithUkraine

brainwavelost@nerdpol.ch

The antiwar movement may differ on whether to call February 24 an invasion, an incursion, or a special military operation to protect ethnic Russian regions of Ukraine under attack. But unity has been forged that the solution to the conflict is a negotiated settlement and that the US/NATO project of “winning” the war is a threat to world peace.
#antiwar #peace
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2024/04/17/the-north-american-peace-movement-at-an-inflection-point/

eileen@despora.de

Declaration of Peace
“I understand that wars and militarism make us less safe rather than protect us, that they kill, injure and traumatize adults, children and infants, severely damage the natural environment, erode civil liberties, and drain our economies, siphoning resources from life-affirming activities. I commit to engage in and support nonviolent efforts to end all war and preparations for war and to create a sustainable and just peace.”

Please sign

https://worldbeyondwar.org/individual/

#Peace Declaration

brainwavelost@nerdpol.ch

To End the War in #Ukraine, Expose Its Core Lie

“there is no evidence in the public record that Putin was contemplating, much less intending to put an end to Ukraine as an independent state and make it part of greater Russia when he sent his troops into Ukraine on February 24th.” It was never one of Putin’s stated goals, nor was it ever taken seriously by the Ukrainian leadership. David Arakhamia, the head of Ukraine’s negotiating team in Belarus and Istanbul, recently revealed that the “key point” for Russia was Ukraine not joining NATO, and “everything else was simply rhetoric and political ‘seasoning.’”

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/to-end-the-war-in-ukraine-expose-its-core-lie/
#NATO #Russia #peace #