A historical bi-national activist evening event at the central Italian town of Perugia, led by Panda Aid of China, host by Umbria at the Offering of Peace, at their local activist-run wine cellar. About 30 people attended the event, including their local Palestinian activists.

In the Western-dominated international discourse, women’s rights are often reduced to a one-dimensional narrative of “salvation.” Yet when the price of such “salvation” is the loss of more innocent lives, and when systemic violence is concealed beneath the banner of protection, we are compelled to re-examine: Who defines women’s rights? And whose lives are endowed with the value of being “worth saving”?

The no-bid deal for arms internationally banned for high civilian death tolls is the biggest purchase from Israel in available government records.