As of 17 July 2026, the most reliable quantitative data indicates that the overall Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip exceeds 73,000 dead and 173,000 injured since the start of the war on 7 October 2023. In July, the list of journalists killed in Gaza has grown longer.

No sanctions have been adopted against the government of the United Arab Emirates that supports the ruthless Rapid Support Forces militias. As the United Arab Emirates are firmly linked to NATO, the sanctions concern individuals, companies, and financial networks but not the state entity.

A strong protest challenges the Turkish repressive apparatus during the ongoing Nato summit in Ankara. The regime responds with a wave of arrests. We publish images of the protest. Nato Secretary General Rutte does not condemn the repression and justifies the US raids against Iran.

This summit is a blatant application of the double standard policy. NATO preaches democracy and freedom and then meets in Turkey where democracy is trampled and freedom comes at a high price for political opponents, journalists, and human rights activists.

Over a hundred participants in the protest against NATO have been detained. Journalists, academics, and members of leftist groups searched and arrested by the police in various Turkish provinces in the days leading up to the event.

Multiple peace events scheduled across Britain in July 2026, including monthly nuclear vigils at RAF Lakenheath, Women in Black demonstrations, and Durham Miners Gala, amid political tensions over defense spending increases.

New initiatives for peace and against rearmament in Germany are being prepared. Three main events will take place: actions against the Rheinmetall arms factory in Berlin, the Attac - Summer Academy in Frankfurt, and the Flag Day of Mayors for Peace in over 600 cities.

The demonstration – culminating in the area of EU institutions – called for the allocation of the 800 billion euros planned for rearmament to social causes. Over eight hundred organisations mobilised. In the evening, a meeting was held at the Royal Library to define the next initiatives.

New Zealand pacifists are calling on Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and the government to reject military agreements with the United States and not to send troops, funds, or information in support of their wars. Another issue in the public debate is the transit of nuclear-powered submarines.

The shooting down of a drone in Latvia by a NATO aircraft raises the complex issue of the risks at the borders with Russia caused by the war in Ukraine. In May, there had been incursions by drones suspected of being Russian in the Baltic states, but those were also Ukrainian.