Molly Charles-Reflections

  The definition of democracy has changed, for Israel and US Genocide is an option within democracy to obliterate the Palestinian as Israel occupies them. Yes, US would prefer not to use the word Genocide but the actions of Israel that lead to the conclusion Genocide, is very rarely even questioned by US. Now, Israel asserts it has right over Philadelphi crossing, thought legally it has none. It is demanding the right of occupation all over again. Would any other democracy think making such outlandish assertion and would others even lend an ear, No! But US is not just providing political cover for Israel in UN it is also ensuring its illegal and criminal demands are brought up for debate. Why, Israel you need time to test jet F 15 or some tank for further action research. It is time the Countries in the area came together and assert "Law matters and Genocide is unacceptable, through their action". Israel's and America's need for tech based military equipment testing

                                                                                                                                                   Peace is something everyone can sense, and yet, find difficult to define. Its complexity, and simplicity is reflected in our restricted definition of peace as an absence of war/violence, even though we sense it is far beyond that.    Peace is a concept that exists beyond the boundaries of empirical reality, but we seek it within the realms of empirical reality, where power has the final say. We conceive it as a static state, where a world view palatable to us will reign over all else.   But, is Peace what we define it to be? The color white is often used to indicate peace as in calling for a truce with a white flag held high, or when a white dove is set free to express the desire for peace. None of us give a second thought to the fact that the color white is complex, on an RGB (Red, Green, Blue) color model, where it has the RGB col