This is sent by my friend Ramadan, from Gaza
Palestinian prayers for peace
All Stories now are about peace. Everyone is only
talking about peace, and no one wants to see other
than peace. Oh my God, would it be real and exceeds
its usual nature of being only words. Will we finally
breath fresh peaceful air. Will we see pictures of
love and with lots of red flowers instead of red
blood. Dear friends, peace lovers, is not its our
right and our children right both Palestinians and
Israelis to live for the future. Don’t we have the
right to plan for our future and think of how nice and
beautiful life is. Don’t you think that we all had
enough of killing and bloodshed down here. Lets pray
all peace lovers, for the future of peace and the
future of our children. Lets hold our hands together
and go forward have a clean war for peace. Lets give
peace a chance and hope it will last.
(This is Ramadan. The red flower grows in the garden of NCCR in Gaza)
Ik bid met Ramadan mee dat het vrede zal worden, maar tegelijkertijd voel ik een angst dat het weer net zo zal gaan als met oslo. Het enige goede wat mij betreft aan Oslo is dat ik mijn man er aan te danken heb. Ik hoop dat dit vredesinitiatief meer resultaten zullen opleveren en met name voor de Palestijnen die stukje bij beetje steeds meer inleveren.
Laten we ons bij dat gebed aansluiten.
Joan.
Let’s never give up hope, Ramadan.
Yes, you have the right to plan for a better future. And so do your children.
I wish you all the best!
Dear Ramadan. i hope so much for justice, for a normal live for you, your friends , your children, but I don’t know. I have my doubts. How is it possible that from one moment to the other both leaders can talk about peace? Why they couldn’t do that 4 years ago. is al this suffereing from the last four years for nothing? I don’t know. But I pray with you, for justice and for real peace.
I already spoke with some friends of my from Gaza, as soon as it is possible we want to make a picknick at the beach of Gaza. You and your family are invited.Only when that is possible I start to believe in it. Sincere Trees
Dear Ramadan, I share your dreams, for sure. I am an optimist, I cannot deal with situations when there is no hope at all. This is why I am so dedicated (addicted) to my work for the NCCR. But after seven years of moreorless frequent visits to Palestine and after having read a lot and after lots of talks with all kinds of people, I have my sorrows and doubts if REAL peace can be reached. Because peace is far more than just be not at war, not being shot, not being occupied, not being exploited. REAL peace is that you get a real possibility to build up your own country with a civil society, with justice and so much more. That you can travel free, that you can create your own means for living. And that is so much more than living in a kind of prison with high fences around it without having the possibility to be in contact with the rest of the world. The world does not know the real situation of the palestinians and my big fear is the world now is going to think that peace just is the stopping of shooting, bombardments and occupation. There is so much that has to be done, but the first condition is that there will grow trust from both sides. And this condition is still so far away. This will need generations and tremendous efforts. But okay, let us have and keep this dream that one day….. And let us take our role to reach it!
Een mooi(e oproep tot) gebed. Ik heb zelf weinig hoop voor Israël/Palestina, maar ik hoop hoop te vinden. Een hoop hoop…
The words of Ramadan are written with love. Love for peace. Love for his country. Love for a hopeful live. He feeds his faith for a peaceful future with love. Without faith there won’t be peace and understanding. Without faith there’s nothing. When we don’t trust ourselves in love, understanding, respect and peace, it won’t be possible at all. We have to trust, even if it seems impossible. When we don’t believe, it means that we neither trust ourselves.
So let us feed our faith for peace, love, respect and understanding in Palestine and Israel with love. With love I hope that there will soon be peace in Palestine. I believe that one day the Israelis and Palestinian people will live together in harmony. Love will finally conquer their suffering.
LOVE – FAITH-TRUST-LOVE
Dear All;
I love you all and respect you all. This is what I meant, it is you the power, you the people who are looking on us with faith and hope to see peace on land. Lets unite our hearts and spread love all over the world, our unity will attract others and we will be the seed for ending up hatered and starting with peace that is surrounded by love and faith.
Hopen/ bidden en ons niet laten leiden door de media over de kwestie.