by Peace | Oct 22, 2025 | Israel, Palestine, Vrede en oorlog
The first words Salama sent me this morning, 9 October, were: Good morning and happiness my friend May. Since yesterday I have been trying to congratulate you that the war will stop but the internet connection was very difficult. The ceasefire is expected to take...
by Peace | Oct 10, 2025 | Gaza, Palestine, Uncategorized, Vrede en oorlog
The Salama family in Gaza, with whom we are in contact, has fled from Gaza City to another part of Gaza. On Sunday, 28 September, Salama wrote to me: Bombing and destruction are widespread in Gaza. More than 90 people lost their lives in 24 hours. Entire families were...
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 | Sep 16, 2025 | Ukraine, Vrede en oorlog
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...
by Peace | Aug 14, 2025 | Gaza, Israel, Vrede en oorlog
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...
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...
