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Rondzendbrief de rondzendbrief verschijnt 3 tot 4 maal per jaar nummer 94 - oktober 2017 Neve Shalom Wahat al-Salam “Er moest iets gebeuren!” Dit jaar stond de herdenking van de Zesdaagse Oorlog hoog op de politieke Israëli- sche agenda. Toen er in 1067 een reële oorlogsdreiging van de Arabische buurlanden ontstond, heeft Israël in een preventieve aanval tegen Egypte, Jordanië en Syrië haar bestaan weten veilig te stellen en zijn militaire superioriteit getoond. Deze overwinning is voor de huidige rechtse regering van grote symbolische beteke- nis. Vooral de kleine extreemrechtse en religieuze fracties in de regering van Neta- nyahu IV maken daarvan graag gebruik. Er zou een nationale viering van de overwin- ning plaats vinden. Waar: in een nederzetting!! Vele maatschappelijke organisaties in Israël verzetten zich tegen deze eenzijdige lezing van de geschiedenis. Eén van deze organisaties was Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam (NSWAS). Nava Sonnenschein, directeur van de School for Peace in NSWAS, heeft toen samen met partnerorganisaties besloten tot een tegenmanifestatie op 10 juni om zo een ander geluid te laten horen “Er moest iets gebeuren”!!’. Om getuige te zijn van deze bijzondere gebeurtenis, die in het dorp zelf zou plaats- vinden, is bestuurslid Ed Dumrese op eigen kosten naar Israël gevlogen. Hierna volgend doet hij verslag. De eerste delen worden nu gepubliceerd; de andere volgen in de rondzendbrief van december. Jordanië en Syrië na de Arabisch-Israëlische Achtergrond Oorlog van 1948. De lijn loopt dicht langs Het verleden is belangrijk om het heden te NS/WaS. begrijpen en handvatten te geven voor de Op de dag zelf verzamelden de deelnemers toekomst. Als echter het verleden als politiek zich bij het klooster van Latrun dat van groot instrument wordt gebruikt en misbruikt door belang is geweest voor het ontstaan en de de focus te veranderen, de context weg te la- latere uitbreiding van het dorp . ten of feiten toe te voegen en/of te verdraai- Voorafgaande aan de mars vertelde Cobi en, dan ontstaat een verkeerd beeld. Sonnenschein (echtgenoot van Nava) iets Voor de Joodse staat was de hereniging van over de gebeurtenissen in 1967 en de vernie- Jerusalem en het bereiken van de Klaagmuur tiging van de drie Palestijnse dorpen Imwas, van wezenlijk belang, maar er moest ook Yalo en Bayt Nuba. De bewoners zijn toen aandacht komen voor de vlucht en verdrij- gevlucht naar de West Bank en Jordanië. ving van veel Palestijnen. Daarbij komt dat Na deze toelichting zet de stoet zich in de overwinning in 1967 de kiem bleek voor beweging. Echter dit kon maar stapvoets de volgende oorlogen en de voortdurende omdat een brede rol met groen lint over problematiek van de bezette gebieden. de weg werd uitgerold om de groene lijn te Kortom: een tegengeluid mocht niet uitblij- markeren. De vrouwen van MachsomWatch, ven! maar ook ouderen en kinderen legden ste- nen neer om het doek op de weg te houden The Green Line en te voorkomen dat het weg zou waaien. Voorafgaand aan de manifestatie heeft De symbolische werking miste zijn doel niet. NSWAS samen gewerkt met partnerorgani- Veel media waren aanwezig om verslag te satie Machsom Watch bij de organisatie van doen. een mars langs de Groene Lijn. In Matchom De Groene Lijn is een geografische scheids- De mars eindigde bij het Alexandroni Me- Watch zetten Israëlische vrouwen zich in lijn tussen Israël en Palestina als aanduiding mument. Dit monument voor de brigade voor vrede, strijden zij tegen de bezetting en van de wapenstilstandsgrenzen die in 1949 Alexandroni herinnert aan de zware gevech- pleiten voor gelijke rechten van Palestijnen. overeengekomen zijn tussen Egypte, Israël, Vervolg op pagina 3 1 - nummer 94 - oktober 2017 Toekomst Nederlandse Vriendenstichting NSWAS De Nederlandse vriendenstichting van Neve Inmiddels is het dorp gegroeid en de in- Deze bestuursleden en adviseur treden af: Shalom/Wahat al-Salam bestaat ruim 35 jaar. frastructuur versterkt. Er is in het dorp een Net als in andere landen streeft de vrien- nieuwe generatie opgegroeid en dat betekent denstichting ernaar de nederzetting in Israël dat er een andere sfeer is ontstaan. Dat doet Thijs Kolster materieel en immaterieel te ondersteunen overigens aan de idealen niets af. en de vredesactiviteiten mede mogelijk te Ook voor onze vriendenstichting in Ne- maken. Vanuit Nederland hebben we ons derland is er veel veranderd. Het vinden vooral op de steun voor de educatieve vre- van nieuwe bestuursleden die zich willen desactiviteiten gericht. Om dit re realiseren inzetten is moeilijk gebleken. Jonge mensen hebben wij jaarlijks drie á vier nieuwsbrieven worden niet snel donateur en het bestaande uitgebracht, lezingen over het dorp gegeven, donateurbestand veroudert snel. donateurs en fondsen geworven en de web- Daarom bezinnen we ons momenteel op site www.nswas.nl onderhouden. de toekomst. Er zullen nieuwe, jongere Wij zijn de vele mensen bijzonder dankbaar bestuursleden gevonden moeten worden en die met hun persoonlijke bijdragen of met er moet gezocht worden naar nieuwe wegen andere financiële bronnen hebben bijge- tot financiering. Al een jaar lang is via de dragen om de vredesactiviteiten van deze nieuwsbrief gevraagd om nieuwe bestuursle- unieke plaats mogelijk te maken. den. Dat heeft tot op heden niets opgeleverd. Als blijkt dat in de twee komende maanden geen nieuwe mensen zich aandienen dan is het lot van de Nederlandse Vriendenstichting bezegeld. Colofon Freerk Boekelo Deze maand nemen twee bestuursleden en De rondzendbrief is een uitgave van de een adviseur afscheid. Thijs Kolster was als stichting vrienden van Neve Shalom/Wahat bestuurslid al eerder teruggetreden vanwege al-Salam. Hij wordt 4 maal per jaar gratis zijn vertrek naar Marokko. Per 1 januari 2018 toegezonden aan alle begunstigers van de treden secretaris en administrateur terug. De stichting en aan alle belangstellenden voor basis is dan te smal om door te gaan. het werk van het dorp Neve Shalom/Wahat Mocht er een nieuw, verjongd, bestuur al-Salam in Israel. aantreden, dan zal zeker de communicatie met de donateurs veranderen. Wat dat in Stichtingsbestuur concreto inhoudt zal het nieuwe bestuur Pieter Rookmaaker Jan Peters, voorzitter moeten besluiten. Heeft u zelf wensen en Maaike Lok-Funcke, secretaris/penningmeester suggesties als donateur, dan vernemen we Ed Dumrese, lid deze graag van u. Comité van aanbeveling Prof. Dr. Simon Schoon, Amersfoort Rabbijn Awraham Soetendorp, Den Haag Adressen Annette Rookmaaker Secretariaat Piratenweg 6, 2132 TS Hoofddorp Tel.: 023-5615104 E-mail: [email protected] Goed doel in uw testament? Rekeningnummer van de Stichting Overweegt u een goed doel in uw testament op te nemen en zou u daarbij ook aan Neve NL30 INGB 0001 4326 55, Shalom/Wahat al Salam willen denken? t.n.v. Stg. Vrienden van Neve Shalom / Wahat Daarvoor is het belangrijk om te weten, dat de Vriendenstichting Neve Shalom/Wahat al al-Salam Salam (NSWAS) is erkend als goed doel en het CBF keurmerk draagt. Uw bijdrage komt ten goede aan de vredesactiviteiten in Israël. Als u wenst dat NSWAS deelt in uw nalaten- Redactieadres rondzendbrief schap moet u dit laten vastleggen in uw testament. Maaike Lok-Funcke De notaris kan u hierover adviseren en het testament opmaken. Piratenweg 6, 2132 TS Hoofddorp De Stichting ‘Vrienden van Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam’ (KvK 41059729) te Hoofddorp E-mail: [email protected] is erkend als een Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling (ANBI). Daarom hoeven wij geen erfbelasting te betalen en komt uw bijdrage volledig ten goede aan NSWAS. Internetsites Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam Mocht u een legaat of erfenis aan de stichting overwegen en daarover een persoonlijk ge- www.nswas.nl sprek willen voeren dan staan we uiteraard graag tot uw beschikking. U kunt dan contact www.wasns.org opnemen met Ed Dumrese, 06 40766218 of een mail sturen naar [email protected]. Graag helpen we u desgewenst bij het proces en bespreken we hoe u uw nalatenschap ten goede kunt laten komen aan de vredesactiviteiten van Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam. 2 - nummer 94 - oktober 2017 Vervolg van pagina 1 wasns.org/50-out-event-en). Sprekers waren (voormalige) politicy, par- tijprominenten, journalisten en schrijvers. Namens NSWAS heeft Nava Sonnenschein het woord gevoerd. Ook bekende muzikanten toonden hun soli- dariteit en leverden een bijdrage. Zo was er de Arabisch-Israëlische rapper Nafar Tamer; de Arabisch-Israëlische zangeres Murkus Amal, zanger Rotem Bar-Or, de Arabisch-Is- ten die de brigade in 1948 tijdens de Ope- raëlische hip-hop band DAM. Bijzonder blij ratie Bin Nun heeft geleverd en waar vele was ik met het optreden van Yonatan Shapi- verliezen geleden zijn. Er werden veel, vaak ra. Hij was een veelbelovende helikopterpi- emotionele toespraken gehouden. Na afloop loot in het leger maar werd (mede door zijn waren bussen beschikbaar om de deelne- deelname aan een workshop bij de School mers naar Neve Shalom te brengen. for Peace!) activist tegen de bezetting en is sinds kort ook zanger. Tijdens de mars had ik de gelegenheid om In een eerdere rondzendbrief heb ik al over kennis te maken met de verschillende deel- hem geschreven. Nu had ik de gelegenheid nemers. De achtergrond van de mensen was om hem (kort) persoonlijk te ontmoeten. zeer verschillend. Zo sprak ik met mensen Zijn liederen zijn melodieus en toegankelijk die hun herinneringen aan de Holocaust met maar de teksten zijn hard en activistisch. me deelden, maar ook met een jonge vrouw Bij de manifestatie waren ca 1000 tot 1500 die 67 dagen in de gevangenis heeft gezeten bezoekers. De drie maanden voorbereiding omdat ze vanwege gewetensbezwaren hebben geen financieel voordeel behaald, weigerde in het Israëlische leger te dienen. maar het gebeuren had sterke publicitaire Ondanks de verschillende achtergronden waarde. Het was een bijzondere gelegenheid waren de mensen verbonden in hun wens voor NSWAS om met deze activiteit naar naar vrede. Mij werd duidelijk dat een recht- buiten te treden.
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