Earlier in the week, while we were in the middle of moving and re-orienting this blog, we still had time to notice some other stories from elsewhere in the world that were reported at Broadsheet.

One link led to the main site for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), which has a page devoted to international women's peace initiatives.

We were especially struck, though, by the story of two Israeli women, Abir Kopty and Hannah Safran, both longtime peace activits, who started an organization, Women Against War, shortly after the current Israeli-Hezbollah conflict began. They risk their own safety with their daily demonstrations. You can read the rest at Women's eNews.

The disproportionate number of civilian casualties in this conflict, especially the high percentage of children should be an impossible nightmare. Unfortunately, it is all too true. We had had hopes, naive ones apparently, that Olmert would follow through on Sharon's plans that appeared to lead toward an eventual peace. Instead...