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Yesterday felt like doomsday in Gaza
The Salama family, with whom we are in contact in Gaza – and who until recently distributed drinking and shower water to refugees in Gaza – are having a very tough time. They now have to flee to the south of Gaza. To a so-called “humanitarian zone” in Gaza, but as...
The principle of nonviolence remains key even after this Russian attack
On Thursday morning, I read on the Dutch news website NOS that 15 people had been killed in a major air strike on Kyiv, including four children. An EU building had also been hit. My thoughts went out to Yurii Sheliazhenko, my pacifist Ukrainian peace activist friend...
Can you evacuate us from Gaza as soon as possible?
Today I read on the NOS website that Israel wants to occupy Gaza City. A little later, Salama contacted me from Gaza City. “Unfortunately, Israel wants to occupy Gaza City and displace us from it. I am thinking of moving to the south. I contacted my friend there and...
Starving and bombed in a ‘safe’ zone in Gaza
Netherlands and EU: stop genocide now On Tuesday morning, Salama, the husband of the family from Gaza wrote to me: ‘my children are still crying from hunger.’ I thought about that, and how bad that must be. That as parents you want nothing more than for your children...
Make babies and hostages in Gaza a priority
Note: trigger warning related to violence in Gaza Today I read on the Dutch national news broadcaster NOS website that peace negotiations for a cease-fire in Gaza are in danger of failing. Which very sad, because a cease-fire and humanitarian aid for the people of...
SOS message from Gaza
On Tuesday I received this SOS message from Gaza and I hope that all world leaders attending the second day of the NATO summit in The Hague today read it: The current situation in Gaza is very difficult. Food is very scarce, prices are high, and aid distribution has...
YPS (Youth Peace Summit)
Youth Speak Peace at NATO Summit: “We’re not here with easy answers for peace – we’re here because we’re done inheriting silence and toxic rhetoric.” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will receive the manifesto. “Close your eyes and imagine someone in a conflict zone...
Statement by the International Peace Bureau (IPB) | 13 June
The International Peace Bureau strongly condemns today’s large-scale Israeli military assault on Iranian territory. This operation, which reportedly struck nuclear enrichment sites—including Natanz—ballistic missile facilities, and military leadership compounds, marks...
Message from Gaza: “We want to live like other people in the world, far away from violence and hunger.”
Just before the Internet and telephone connection to Gaza went down, I asked the family in Gaza if they had a message for the world. This was Salama's message: "We hope the genocide and killing will stop soon, the famine will stop, the war will end and reconstruction...
Gaza family on the chaotic food distribution due to starvation
With help from donations from Peace SOS, the family in Gaza has distributed water to a group of about 500 people in Gaza five times since the beginning of May, as well as food to a group of about 500 people on four occasions. Generally, the distribution process as...
The family in Gaza: I do not consider the Israelis my enemy
Gaza's borders have been closed to humanitarian aid since March 2. Peace SOS has provided food and three water trucks to the needy population with the help of a Palestinian family. We received videos of these so we can share them with others. On each occasion about...
The family in Gaza: “The famine is rolling like a snowball, it is getting bigger and bigger with speed”
The family with whom we maintain contact in Gaza asked us this week if we could help with food supplies and a water truck. We wondered how they would get this, since we read in the media that everything had run out and no aid had been allowed in for two months. There...
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