Kategorie: Gaza

Waffenstillstand darf nur der Anfang sein …

Erklärung der Combatants for Peace (CfP)

Today is the day we have been working towards.

Today is the day we have been shouting, crying, calling for in all means available to us. Today, we welcome the announcement of a ceasefire deal that allows us to let out a deep breath, but with mixed emotions. There is joy that this nightmare is seemingly coming to an end. There is cynicism that it has taken so long to reach this point. Nevertheless, today, we breathe a sigh of relief with the people of Gaza, with the hostage families, with everyone in the land who has been suffering the consequences of this war.

But we know that our work is far from over. We know the road to reconciliation is long and requires patience. The scars of this war, on bodies, on hearts, on the land itself, will not heal quickly. But we are more committed than ever.

Today, we breathe, and tomorrow we continue to act. We act against injustice, violence, and occupation. We act in support of a just and peaceful solution.

Today is a historical day and an important first step on the road towards achieving true safety, freedom, and equality for all.

– Combatants for Peace –

Hoffentlich nicht nur Geld …

Ein Beitrag von Jens Thurau zu den Überlegungen in Paris zur Zukunft Gazas/Palastinas

Und Überlegungen auf +972mag, was Befreiung heißen könnte …

The Perilous Path …

Viele offene Fragen, viel viel Hoffnung, auch mancher Zweifel und manche Skepsis: Eine Möglichkeit für eine andere Zukunft scheint sich aufzutun, sind aber auch beide Seiten schon soweit, nicht mehr an den eigenen Sieg zu glauben? Daniel Kurtz-Phelan im Gespräch mit Philip Gordon

07. Oktober (2025)

Eigentlich ist es ein Tag wie jeder andere, an dem Menschen leiden, leiden, weil ihre Verwandten, ihre Freund:innen noch in Geiselhaft sind, weil die Kinder hungern und die Besatzungsarmee (noch) immer in Gaza und anderenorts zugange ist … .

Und doch ist es ein besonderer Tag, weil wir Menschen in solchen Zyklen wie Jahrestagen denken und fühlen und auch weil es seit langem etwas, etwas Hoffnung gibt auf eine Ende der Gewalt.

Deshalb heute einmal vier Meldungen, die die Komplexität der Wirklichkeit spiegeln sollen, an einem Tag, nicht wie sonst jeden Tag („nur“) eine:

Das Gedenkprojekt der Israelischen Nationalbibliothek:

Zur Lage der Paästinenser:innen weltweitl: Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network … Global Solidarity with Palestine

Eine Reflexion von Aiman Mazyek auf zenith.me über eine inklusive Erinnerungskultur

Und eine Reflexion der Combatants for Peace (CfP)

Stimmen der deutschen Kirchen

Zwei recht unterschiedliche Positionierungen aus Anlaß des 2.Jahrestages am 7. Oktober

Katholische Deutsche Bischofskonferenz (Online)

Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (Online)

21 (jetzt 20)

Noch ein Plan – und doch ein Plan …

Washington Post

Times of Israel

Israel heute

Gaza und die deutsche Wirklichkeit

Ein Gespräch von Simon Wenzel, rbb|24 mit Dr. Jannis Grimm, Konfliktforscher am Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Friedens- und Konfliktforschung der Freien Universität Berlin zum Hinterrgrund der heutigen Demonstration in Berlin gegen den Gazakrieg („All Eyes on Gaza“ am Großen Stern)

Burg: Gaza is the very end of The Holocaust as Israel’s moral legitimacy

Aus dem (August-)Blog von Avrum Burg, harte Worte und schwere Kost …

The Holocaust will forever remain a black hole in human history. But the moral credit card it gave Israel has expired. From now on, Israel will be measured like any other state: by its actions in the present.

This is a painful realization for Israel. Perhaps the most painful since its founding. For the first time, it is asked for accountability and moral reckoning for its own deeds and wrongs. And yet this moment holds new possibility. The crimes of Hamas in October 2023 do not justify, let alone balance, Israel’s crimes since. Though it must repeatedly said: Jews never committed or attacked Germany, and the Final Solution had no justification, none whatsoever. Yet the post-2023 Israel must become Gaza’s Germany, Palestine’s Germany. Having destroyed, Israel must rebuild. Having denied, it must ensure an entire generation of Palestinian life in peace and hope.Since there is one more lesson from “our holocaust”. Not only the victims need healing and repairs. So does the criminal victimizer. This time it is us the Israelis.

Until Gaza Eats We Fast

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Aus dem aktuellen Mailing der CfP:

Every Monday, people across the world are coming together in a simple, powerful act of solidarity: refusing food and refusing to look away from Gaza. 
For 85 days, Combatants for Peace activist Mai Shahin refused food. By her side, Israeli ally David Ginati went on hunger strike for 55 days. Together, from the heart of the West Bank at Satyam, they put their own bodies on the line in solidarity with the people of Gaza who are being forcibly starved.
What began with two hunger strikers has now grown into a global action: #Mondays4Gaza.
Every week, Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals fast, gather, and speak out together — refusing silence, refusing despair, and insisting on life.
We invite you to join us: to fast, to bear witness, and to be part of this widening circle of courage and care.
Co-sponsored by CfP and AFCFP, some in our community are already taking part. Others may be hearing about this for the first time. However you arrive, you are welcome. However you choose to participate, you are needed.

World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel

The World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel is an annual WCC event held during the third week of September. This year from Saturday 20 to Friday 26 September 2025. The week aims to encourage people of faith to pray for, and work towards, an end to Israeli oppression and allowing both Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace.

Theme 2025 – “We must give account.”