by Peace | Sep 18, 2025 | Palestine, Vrede en oorlog
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...
by Peace | Aug 4, 2025 | Gaza, Hongerbestrijding en honger, Israel, Palestine, Vrede en oorlog
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...
by Peace | Jul 30, 2025 | Israel, Palestine, Vrede en oorlog, water
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...
by Peace | Jun 18, 2025 | Hongerbestrijding en honger, Palestine, Vrede en oorlog
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...
by Peace | Jun 13, 2025 | Hongerbestrijding en honger, Israel, Palestine, Vrede en oorlog
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...
by Peace | Apr 5, 2025 | Israel, Palestine, Vrede en oorlog
This morning I received an e-mail with the subject line ‘SOS from Gaza’: Gaza is being destroyed. I am [….] from Jabalia. My house was bombed over the heads of my family. They are still under rescue. Please, we beg you. We need your help. We are without food and...