The Alternative Is Visible’ to the War Madness; Schiller Institute Announces International Conference

Nov. 1, 2024 (EIRNS)—In Southwest Asia, in addition to Israel’s continuing genocide warfare in Gaza and southern Lebanon, Israel this week perpetrated the emblematic act of bulldozing into the ground buildings in the West Bank provincial capital of Tulkarem, where the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been carrying out aid to the Nur Shams camp. UNRWA, mandated since its founding in 1949 to provide aid to Palestinians in the transition to Palestine becoming an independent state—a transition wrongfully extended for decades, has been unilaterally outlawed this week by Israel, and is now physically under destruction. In Lebanon, one estimate of the devastation there is that nearly a quarter of all buildings have been destroyed in 25 municipalities near the border with Israel.

In Ukraine, the Collective West/Global NATO continues its warfare against Russia through the Ukraine proxy, under the concocted narrative that combat must be continued “until Russia is defeated.” The reality is, as pointed out today by Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector and U.S. Marine, “Russia has won.” Reason should prevail and the situation resolved, instead of killing thousands more by the day. But instead of the approach of reason, more fuel is spread on the fire. The scare-narrative now, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the press yesterday, is that 10,000 North Korean soldiers are in training in Russia, and “information has it” that 8,000 are in Kursk fighting Ukraine, or if not, they will be there soon. Blinken spoke alongside U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and their counterparts from South Korea, who are in Washington for a 2 by 2 meeting.

Going over the top, Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), Chairman of the House of Intelligence Committee said in an interview dialogue with Atlantic Council President Frederick Kempe, reported Ukrainska Pravda, “I think the United States and NATO allies should seriously discuss and consider attacking directly North Korean troops that are in Ukraine.”

This is the Hell-on-Earth outlook in action. If it is not stopped, the madness will result in nuclear exchange, annihilating civilization.

At today’s meeting of the International Peace Coalition—the 74th consecutive weekly session—where Scott Ritter gave his evaluation, IPC initiator Helga Zepp-LaRouche, leader of the Schiller Institute, stressed that, “the alternative is visible” to the evil and war madness. She reviewed the way forces are coming together, as shown in the Oct. 22-24 BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia and other manifestations. Today is the second of the two-day meeting in Belarus, of the “Second International Conference on Eurasian Security.” Representing 40 countries, the 600 attendees are deliberating on “the promising contours of future Eurasian security,” as host Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said in his opening remarks.

There is motion even in Europe. In Vienna yesterday, a conference on peace was addressed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Germany’s former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. They spoke of the necessity of pulling back the war forces and moving to resolve the Ukraine conflict.

Zepp-LaRouche’s evaluation is that these positive developments indicate that “a completely different design of world politics is possible.” She announced that the Schiller Institute would sponsor an international online conference on Dec. 7-8, and released the following preliminary perspective for the conference. Details will be forthcoming soon.