Category: Editorial

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Gaza, a fragile, uncompromising peace

Gaza, a fragile, uncompromising peace

IN 2011 at the People's Health Assembly I asked a delegation of Palestinian doctors whether or not, a binational state solution like Belgium, in which the Flemish and Walloons coexist under a unitary constitution, could be a possible solution to t...

Compassionate communication: Talk, talk must replace war, war

Compassionate communication: Talk, talk must replace war, war

MY WISH for this year is that we all spend a little more time to engage each other and our respective communities with active peacebuilding and compassionate communication aka non-violent communication. Over New Year I spent some time reading Marshall Rosenberg's classic 'Non-Violent Communicatio...

RAMAPHOSA GAFFE: A River too Far?

RAMAPHOSA GAFFE: A River too Far?

FOR some it was merely a ‘gaffe’, an awkward ‘statement that many regard as anti-Israel’, for others it was a ‘river too far’, a red line in the sand marked Antisemitism. In many countries such as the UK and Germany, the phrase ‘from the River to the Sea’, is banned outright due to its falling […]

Open letter to IOL’s Lance Witten,

Open letter to IOL’s Lance Witten,

Dear Lance Witten, Your Editorial refers A delusion is an unshakeable belief in something that's untrue. You could call the Israeli government right wing and even extremists, and the status quo highly problematic (and take a non-binary approach) but you cannot call, the rape and murder of over 26...