The vast majority of people have never hurt anybody in their lives, don't want killing, don't want wars. In all the countries of the world, they just want to love their families and get on with their lives.

I witnessed a lot of violence, and I found myself asking the question: Do you ever use violence to try to bring about political change?

That will be my focus: building a culture that moves away from militarism.

We need now to build a culture of genuine nonviolence and real democracy.

There is no political will for peace in the Israeli government. They're not serious about political peace because they're still building settlements and demolishing Palestinian homes. That is a great tragedy.

We as a human family are on this train that is taking us into more and more war and more and more abuse of human rights where a lot of civilians are being killed and where human rights and international law are being set aside by America and NATO.

I have always been inspired by the American peace movement because it is operating in a very hard and militarist environment.