OMNI WAR WATCH
WEDNESDAYS, #209, DECEMBER 25, 2024. Christmas 2024. Compiled by Dick Bennett.
Preventing Wars, Stopping Wars
Empathy: Jesus, Scott Ritter
International Law
International Children’s Peace Prize
PREVENTING WARS, STOPPING
WARS
COMPASSION
Jesus often spoke and acted for compassion; e.g.,
The Beatitudes. Washing
the feet of his disciples after a long, dusty day of travel. The parable of the good Samaritan. The parable of the lost son. Jesus identified with suffering people and desired
to bring them relief. I grew up with
the King James Bible, but today I read Thomas Jefferson’s Bible (i.e. Gospels),
especially on Christmas Day.
“In Search of Empathy” BY Scott Ritter (Dec 25, 2024). [A
small sample of Ritter’s search, including the truth about the origin of the
Ukraine War.]
. . .[The
beginning of the Ukraine War] Earlier
this year I had the opportunity to visit the Donbas region of Russia,
including the city of Lugansk. Once part of Ukraine, these territories
were caught up in the turmoil that gripped Ukraine following the coming to
power in Kiev of anti-Russian Ukrainian nationalists following the US-orchestrated
Maidan revolt [a coup] of February 2014. The Russian-speaking population of
the Donbas revolted against the new Ukrainian nationalists, who sought to
impose a sort of cultural genocide by banning the Russian language, religion,
culture and history. The revolt that followed lasted nearly eight years,
culminating in the Russian military intervention in Ukraine and the subsequent
annexation of four former Ukrainian regions, or oblasts, including the two—Donetsk
and Lugansk—which together form the Donbas.
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The
memorial “To the children of the Lugansk Region,” Lugansk, Russia
. . .While in Lugansk I was taken to a memorial dedicated
to the children of Lugansk who perished in the fighting that has been raging
since 2014. When the monument was installed, back in 2017, there
were 33 angels depicted, one for each Lugansk child that had perished in
the fighting. Since that time, 35 additional Lugansk children have perished,
raising the total number killed to 68.
What struck me when visiting the memorial was how each child’s life
resonated with the citizens of Lugansk, as if everyone in the city claimed the
lost children as their own. . . .
Some things cannot be forgotten. And
even though I was not a witness to any of these events, as a father of twin
daughters I felt the pain of those who lost their little ones as if the lives
lost were my own flesh and blood. Because
I had empathy. If the lack of
empathy is the principal characteristic of evil, then the ability to empathize
must be the trademark of good. This
Christmas season finds the world engulfed in conflict, with tragedy playing out
before our very eyes daily. . . . https://scottritter.substack.com/p/in-search-of-empathy?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=6892&post_id=153587903&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=533ym&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Resisting genocide: what
can we do? International Law offers an addtional
avenue.
“Wait, you can sue these people?” Roots Action E-News. December 20, 2024. [RootsAction and World
Beyond War are part of the same organization, constituting one of our nation’s most
effective peace organizations. —D]
Constituents
in California of U.S. Congressmen Mike Thompson and Jared Huffman, including
RootsAction National Director Norman Solomon, have filed a class action lawsuit
charging them with funding genocide. The project, endorsed by RootsAction, was
announced at a rally yesterday in San Francisco. For more information,
including the full text of the lawsuit, go here. For advice on doing
the same in your district, contact classactionagainstgenocide@proton.me.
“International Children’s Peace Prize.”
We advocate in
order to raise awareness about children’s rights, and ensure
children’s rights are put on the agenda of policy makers worldwide.
The International
Children’s Peace Prize (ICPP) is awarded annually to a child who fights
courageously for children’s rights.
The world’s most
prestigious youth prize was launched by KidsRights during the 2005 World Summit
of Nobel Peace Laureates at the Capitol in Rome, chaired by Mikhail Gorbachev.
Since then, the prize has been presented every year by a Nobel Peace Laureate.
The International Children’s Peace Prize is an initiative of Marc Dullaert,
Chairman and Founder of the KidsRights Foundation.
Since the inception of the
International Children’s Peace Prize, we have been honoured to have 20 winners
from 18 different countries, on 5 different continents. They include Asia,
Africa, Europe, North America and South America.
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