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Nonviolence International Canada condemns all use of weapons and violence to resolve human problems. Once lives are lost conflicts become more, not less, intractable.
Nonviolence International Canda is a member of the International Campaign to Abolishing Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), and joins ICAN in condemning the United States attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities. These attacks have undermined international efforts to prevent the further proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Military strikes are not a non-proliferation strategy. The dual standard with which only some states possess nuclear weapons is the root cause of further proliferation. Possession of nuclear weapons by any state makes us all less safe, and for those states which feel threatened or bullied by nuclear weapons possessing states will result in a decision to try to acquire them.
Israel’s most recent attacks on Iran were used as an on-ramp by the United States. For Israel, the attacks served as a distraction to their ongoing genocide against the populace of Gaza and did nothing to weaken the internal oppression of the Iranian people.
These military strikes are very likely to feed further cycles of violence and unfold in ways not yet visible but unlikely to be positive for any of the parties involved. War does not bring peace.
Nonviolence International Canada:
- Condemns both the Israeli and United States attacks on Iran and lobbies for genuine diplomatic efforts to prevent further violence.
- Calls for comprehensive sanctions on Israel until there is full compliance with international law.
- Comprehensive sanctions should include an end all military, intelligence, and nuclear cooperation with Israel with the aim to hold Israel accountable for committing international crimes and its failure to comply with its conditions as a UN member state.
- Lobbies all governments to refuse to provide any assistance to further United States military actions against Iran.
- Calls on all governments to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons without delay.
- Condemns all actions to increase military budgets and requests instead that nations commit those financial resources to human well-being and uplift.