Vredesmanifestatie Gaza-Israel zaterdag 16 maart om 14.00 op de Dam in Amsterdam

English text below

De aanslagen van Hamas op 7 oktober in Israel waren afschuwelijk. Ongeveer 1200 mensen kwamen om en nog altijd worden mensen in Gaza gegijzeld gehouden.

Echter, de oorlog die nu in Gaza plaatsvindt is helemaal met geen pen te beschrijven. Ongeveer 30.000 Palestijnen zijn gedood onder wie 12.300 kinderen en 8.400 vrouwen. Dat is het hoogste aantal kinderen sinds lange tijd, zie de VN rapporten “Children and Armed Conflict.” Een groot aantal mensen is vermist. Er is geen schoon drinkwater. Honger is een groeiend probleem in Gaza, waarschuwt VN-hulporganisatie OCHA. In Noord-Gaza, waar amper noodhulp terechtkomt, leidt een op de zes kinderen tot 2 jaar oud aan acute ondervoeding. Er zijn nauwelijks functionerende ziekenhuizen en mensen worden geopereerd of geamputeerd zonder noemenswaardige verdoving. Veel vrouwen in Gaza krijgen een miskraam of verliezen hun pasgeboren kindje vanwege de extreme omstandigheden. Er dreigt een invasie in Rafah, waar 1,4 miljoen mensen naar toe zijn gevlucht. Zij kunnen nergens naar toe, de grens met Egypte zit dicht. Het Internationaal Gerechtshof (ICJ) oordeelde dat Israel er alles aan moet doen om genocide tegen Palestijnen te voorkomen, onder andere door te zorgen voor voldoende humanitaire hulp en basisvoorzieningen. Het geweld gaat echter door en de hulp nam juist af.

Reden voor ons om de straat op te gaan.

Wij willen:

  • Een permanent staakt-het-vuren
  • Onmiddellijke humanitaire hulp in heel Gaza
  • Vrijlating van alle gijzelaars
  • Een duurzame vredesoplossing met behulp van lokale NGO’s

Neem svp symbolen van vrede mee, zoals een bord van karton met een afbeelding van een duif met een olijftak. Geen nationale vlaggen svp, want we staan open voor iedereen. Laten we het leven van ieder mens koesteren, waar je ook woont. Samen voor: Een Wereld Waarin Alle Kinderen Kunnen Spelen.

Wanneer: zaterdag 16 maart van 14.00 tot 15.00

Waar: Tegenover het Paleis op de Dam

Wat: stiltekring

Neem svp mee: Evt. kartonnen bord met plaatje van een duif erop

 

Artsen voor Vrede

Burundian Women for Peace and Development

Jobar Oranje, vredesactiviste

Een Ander Joods Geluid

Ghandi Center Italy

FNV

The Hague Peace Projects

International Peace Bureau (ontvanger van de Nobelprijs voor de Vrede 2010)

Kerk en Vrede

Pais

Pax

Peace SOS

Platform Vrouwen voor Duurzame Vrede

de Quakers

Religies voor Vrede

Vredesmissies zonder wapens

Vrouwen voor Vrede Enschede

Gaza-Israel peace manifestation Saturday 16 March at 2pm on Dam Square in Amsterdam

The Hamas attacks on 7 October in Israel were horrific. About 1,200 people were killed and people are still being held hostage in Gaza.

However, the war now taking place in Gaza cannot be described with any pen at all. Some 30,000 Palestinians have been killed including 12,300 children and 8,400 women. That is the highest number of children in a long time, see the UN reports “Children and Armed Conflict.” A large number of people are missing. There is no clean drinking water. Hunger is a growing problem in Gaza, warns UN aid agency OCHA. In northern Gaza, where hardly any emergency aid arrives, one in six children up to 2 years old suffers from acute malnutrition. There are barely functioning hospitals and people are operated on or amputated without significant anaesthesia. Many women in Gaza miscarry or lose their newborn babies because of the extreme conditions. There is a threat of invasion in Rafah, to which 1.4 million people have fled. They have nowhere to go, the border with Egypt is closed. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel must do all it can to prevent genocide against Palestinians, including by ensuring adequate humanitarian aid and basic services. However, violence continues and aid actually decreased.

Reason for us to take to the streets.

We want:

  • A permanent ceasefire
  • Immediate humanitarian aid across Gaza
  • Release of all hostages
  • A sustainable peace solution with the help of local NGOs

Please bring symbols of peace, such as a cardboard plate with a picture of a dove with an olive branch. No national flags please, as we are open to all. Let us cherish the life of every person, wherever you live. Together for: A World Where All Children Can Play.

When: Saturday  March 16 from 14.00 to 15.00

Where: opposite the Royal Palace on Dam Square

What: silence circle

Please bring: a cardboard plate with a picture of a dove on it etc.

 

Artsen voor Vrede (Doctors for Peace)

Burundian Women for Peace and Development

Een Ander Joods Geluid

Jobar Oranje, peace activist

FNV (labour union)

Ghandi Center Italy

The Hague Peace Projects

International Peace Bureau (recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910)

Pais

Kerk en Vrede (Church and Peace)

Pax

Peace SOS

Platform Vrouwen voor Duurzame Vrede (Platform Women for Sustainable Peace)

the Quakers

Religies voor Vrede (Religions for Peace)

Vredesmissies zonder wapens (Peacekeeping missions without weapons)

Vrouwen voor Vrede Enschede (Women for Peace Enschede)

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