The greatest threat to global peace is not Iran. It is the two nations who have just bombed it. With military strikes launched by the United States and Israel, the world has entered yet another dangerous escalation that risks a broader conflagration in the Middle East and beyond. These attacks are not acts of self-defence; they are a blatant demonstration of imperial muscle flexed with catastrophic disregard for human life.

Europe’s complicity with US and Israeli brutality must be accounted for. EU governments that applaud these attacks, supply arms, or provide political cover are deeply implicated in the violence. Empty condemnations and lukewarm statements of concern are not enough. Silence by European leaders amounts to consent, and consent enables further bloodshed.

Now is the time to rise up for peace and justice.