Since two months I haven't written a blog, although I many times planned to do so, and even started some attempts. Someone asked me a while ago how it is possible to write every week a new blog about essentially the same subject: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is a good question, and I find myself also posing another one. What use is it?
To answer the first one: there are plenty of occasions to voice my anger: Achmadinejads remarks on the destruction of Israel, the suicide bombing in Hadera and especially the fact that thousands of Palestinians took to the streets to celebrate this great success (something that for some reason didn't make it to the media in the Netherlands), the fact that Israel still hasn't removed the illegal outposts built since 2001 (how often did they promise to do so?) etc. etc. Another source are interesting articles that I like to discuss, and more seldom, little signs of peace and understanding like the fact that the parents of a Palestinian child who was killed by mistake by the IDF, decided to donate his organs to Israeli children. There have been such initiatives from both sides in the past, and they should be an example of hope and inspiration for everybody who feels involved in this often so depressing and insoluble conflict.
So the reason I didn't write is not that I had no inspiration or nothing happened to comment on. It is a new website I have been working on, together with others, about, yes, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Amazing as it is, we thought there is something new to say, at least in Dutch, and there is information that needs to make it to a larger audience. There are so many myths to be revealed and untruths to be exposed. And we want to help good articles and good websites to get more attention. In time, there will be more English content added. The website is called Israël-Palestina Informatie. You are welcome to bring interesting articles, blogs or websites to our attention.