Is the Defence Industry of Israel Fear Based?
My inner feeling: ‘what you resist persists, what you look at disappears’. Israel’s defence is coming from deep fear. They are not at peace. Peace in truth is fearless. That is why there is no fight, there is nothing to fear. The military spending in the world reflects the depth… Continue reading
Is Israel Selling Weapons to Myanmar Military Enabling Persecution of Rohingya?
My inner feeling: Will arming regimes to defeat Muslims solve the Palestinian problem in Israel or fuel further conflict and loss of life on all sides? Gandhi comes to mind, ‘an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind’. I was sharing with another about my teaching of peace and in… Continue reading
Is the Nobel Peace Prize Honouring Nobel’s Wishes?
“Nobel wanted to liberate humanity from the extremely dangerous and counterproductive military security policy we are trapped in…”
For myself the ‘security’ policy is the core issue. Inherent within this is the idea of an enemy. It can be found in the military, in leadership, in authority across a range of roles.
Human Rights Watch: Have Israel and Palestine Learned Peace? Defence or Re:solution?
This is a report on the Israel and Palestine conflict in 2016. Today I am noticing there is a commemoration whereby the Australian Prime Minister is in Israel honouring the battle of Beersheeba. Refer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beersheba_(1917)
I reflected on whether Israel and Palestine has found inner peace yet. I see violations on… Continue reading
Is the UK Government Investing in Defence or Democracy?
It is interesting that a democratic government is selling to countries that are repressive. It brings up the issue of profit over people and whether democratic governments believe in democracy. Imagine if governments understood that the money spent on the military could be diverted to humanitarian efforts such as the civilians suffering in places like… Continue reading
Professor Tanter States the Need for Informed Debate on Pine Gap
It is fascinating to think that Pine Gap in the Northern Territory is US territory not Australian. I remember talking to people in Alice Spring who told me they have seen people who work there coming into town with dark glasses. They drive in tinted vans. I have to laugh although I am… Continue reading