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...
by Peace | Jan 21, 2025 | Israel, Palestine, Vrede en oorlog
On Wednesday 15 January, I received a happy message from Gaza from the family we are in touch with. ‘We don’t know if we are in a dream or reality…. The ceasefire will stop… We are crying with joy… Have my wife, children and I been spared from...
by Peace | Feb 13, 2024 | Gaza, Hongerbestrijding en honger, Palestine, Vrede en oorlog
We may be unable to find words to describe what we are going through… We are trapped between gunfire and a separation border wall. We cannot advance, retreat, or return to our home, and there is no place to escape and survive. We only have to wait for death,...
by Peace | Feb 8, 2024 | children, Gaza, Palestine, Vrede en oorlog
In October last year, I wrote an opinion article entitled “Stop the violence in Gaza and Israel.” In it, I expressed how shocked I was by the horrific attacks on Israeli civilians by Hamas on 7 October and called for the Israeli hostages to be released. I...
