{"id":8283,"date":"2026-06-20T14:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/?p=8283"},"modified":"2026-06-20T15:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:11:13","slug":"newsletter-148-june-12-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messageriesdelapaix.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/newsletter-148-june-12-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter 148 – June 12,\u00a0 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Newsletter 148<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 12, 2026<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S.O.S. LEBANON
S.O.S. ISRAEL
S.O.S. PALESTINE
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\n This is the second series of S.O.S. we are sending. In the midst of the frightful night. The time now is 4 :19 a.m.. There is no artificial intelligence behind this. It is only human. Whoever you may be, you will recognize the human nature of real voices. We are<\/em> sinking. Human lives are lost. Scores are threatened. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n We sent the first series eight units ago, to 175 Nobel destinatories worldwide, connected to all companies. Only three answered. Offering reception and understanding. One said it was \u00ab dark everywhere \u00bb The next one, a Peace vessel, answered to \u00ab keep up \u00bb. The last one, another Peace vessel, sounded helpless. \u00ab I don\u2019t even know what to say\u2026 I feel a deep scream in my soul\u2026 the words escape me\u2026 \u00bb\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n We are no part of the Sumud flotilla, as we share a different worldview. Theirs is too restricted to us, unilateral, antagonizing \u2013 but stating this will antagonize some, and there is no time for that. There is no time. No time left. Pass it on. Lives are at stake. Pass it on.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n It\u2019s the growing extension of the warfare state. The spreading of what radical muslims call the dar al-harb<\/em>, war territory. It covers more and more space. From Mar Elias church in Damascus, the Manchester synagogue, England, and the Bondi Beach massacre, Australia, to the Islamabad mosque attack in Pakistan in February this year.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Defense<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open the scope. Unlockdown yourselves.
S.O.S. GAZA<\/strong>\u00a0:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Is this picture from Gaza or Lebanon ? Emaciated and hardened as the child is, it must be from Gaza. How many like him ? Twenty thousand children disappeared, blown up into blood and dust in two years. Omnipresent ossuary in the horrendous stenchy \u2019open\u2019.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s it gonna take ? <\/em>Have we <\/em>forsaken our own humanity ?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thousands of bodies trapped under Gaza’s rubble<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gazan families are still unable to bury dead trapped under rubble<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC<\/strong>, May 17, 2026\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n The heat in Gaza is stifling, starting in May. 80% humidity. Hundreds of thousands living in tents.\n
\n Last message from Gaza as of June 8 :\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n \u2018[\u2026] They have just targeted a flat in our area and there are a number of casualties. We are not safe. They allow little food and expensive as well. We cannot afford to buy fruits or vegs, which means another face of the starvation and hunger. \u2018\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n When a shell comes close, you wonder where the next<\/em> one is going to hit, closer, and whether the one after that may hit you<\/em>. Do they have real targets, or is it just some sick boy playing with his rich boy\u2019s toys ? Or obeying whose orders ?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel’s Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway<\/a> \/ The Banality of Evil<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Gideon Levy, Haaretz<\/strong>, May 30, 2026 \/ Ahmad Tibi, September 16, 2025\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Suspicious, biased ? By the end of May, the army was ordered to take over 70%<\/strong> of the Gaza Strip. Over two million survivors squeezed into slightly over 100 square kilometers of rubble and ruins. Where do we go from here ?<\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S.O.S.LEBANON<\/strong>\u00a0:<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Israel said it\u2019s applying the Gaza model in Lebanon. This is what the devastation looks like<\/strong><\/a>
Samuel Granados, Abdi Latif Dahir, Sanjana Varghese, The New York Times<\/strong>, May 3, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n


On average 11 children killed or injured every 24 hours in past week in Lebanon: UN<\/a>
Al Arabiya<\/strong>, May 29, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘We’ve already heard these promises’: In Lebanon, the announcement of a new cease-fire struggles to convince<\/a>
Layal Dagher, L’Orient Today<\/strong>, June 5, 2026
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Israel Attacks Lebanon 3,500 Times Since April Cease-fire, Lebanese PM Says<\/strong><\/a>
Reuters<\/strong>, June 8, 2026
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Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill 17, reports say<\/a>
David Gritten, BBC<\/strong>, June 10, 2026
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Vatican envoy\u2019s aid convoy stopped by Israeli forces in south Lebanon: Convoy member<\/a>\n
Al Arabiya<\/strong>, June 12, 2026\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n [Should I, should <\/em>we go to Lebanon <\/em>now ? To Beirut, Tyr\u2026 A straight flight costs over a thousand euros. One stop-over through Turkey is half-price. You have to see for yourself, with your own eyes… A French delegation of MPs and MEPs did the job lately, meeting President Aoun and a whole array of people \u2013 if they managed to make it, why should not others ? Courage emulates.]<\/em>\n
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S.O.S. ISRAEL<\/strong> ? <\/strong>How dare we focus on Israel now, in the wake of what it inflicts upon its neighbours, with its thousand drones (one third of them attack drones), its 600 American bombers and helicopters, its two thousand tanks ?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the sake of friends and loved ones, on both sides<\/em> of the divide. Intertwined as they all are.
Who remembers there are two million Arab Israelis, living right next to, in the midst of some seven million Jews\u00a0\u2013 almost twenty percent of them so religious that they refuse to carry a gun, let alone serve in the army ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘We Will Enlist and Die’ vs ‘We Will Die and Not Enlist’
<\/strong><\/a>\n Gideon Levy, Haaretz<\/strong>, June 7, 2026\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WATCH: Haredi draft protests shut down highways, trains for two hours, scuffle with police<\/a>\n
The Jerusalem Post<\/strong>, June 11, 2026\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Forgo abstractions, labels and speeches, a prioris and flags.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Wherever you look around, all you see is people.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n From America, I received this other s.o.s. message, from a dear one who served in the Marines in Viet-Nam, and who chose to become a preacher when he returned :\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n \u00ab I\u2019m sick of the war. I\u2019ve been in combat and seen the destructive nature that people assume the longer they are in war<\/strong>. \u00bb\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n If you wonder what that means, you can check it up with observers, witnesses willing to testify, Hazel Brief, Adam Rasgon, Or Hadar, Gid\u2019on Lev, Nir Gontarz, Yael Lee, Ella Ben Emanuel, Manuela Dviri, Rossella Tercatin :\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who has the rights to a soldier’s soul: bereaved mother’s open letter to Betzalel Smotrich<\/a>\n
\n Hazel Brief, YNet News<\/strong>, June 11, 2026\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After new attacks, Israelis lament a \u2018never-ending loop of war.\u2019<\/strong><\/a>
Adam Rasgon, The New York Times<\/strong>, June 8, 2026
\u00ab\u00a0Dashing back and forth to bomb shelters. Classes canceled. Businesses closed\u2026\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n


25,000 wounded since Oct. 7 push Israel toward major rehabilitation overhaul and budget rise<\/a>
Gal Ganot, YNet News<\/strong>, June 8, 2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n


A nation in distress, a system of prescriptions: Israelis are drowning in pills<\/strong><\/a>
Or Hadar, YNet News<\/strong>, June 3, 2026
In Gaza, in Lebanon, where are the pills, the drugs needed against hypertension and cardiac disease ? <\/p>\n\n\n\n


Country, Interrupted: War Has Triggered Clinical Mental Illness in Millions of Israelis<\/strong><\/a>
Gid\u2019on Lev, Haaretz<\/strong>; May 2, 2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n


[How I\u2019d love to forget it all, just let it be, not return\u2026<\/em> Let it all drown deeper and deeper, out of sight, sickening as it has become\u2026<\/em> Healing through oblivion\u2026 But then, what of my dearest friends,<\/em>
Najib and his family in Sebastiya\u00a0; Adam, Ava and their three teenage sons in Ha\u00effa\u00a0; Malik in Balata\u00a0; Arik in Jerusalem\u00a0; my shelter at one of the Gates of the Old City; Ran and the other Nir Oz refugees in Kyriat Gat\u2026 Amir, Mahdi, Abdennour, and their families, in Gaza\u2026]
Listening to Yael Lee, whose son is a \u2018combat engineer\u2019 in Lebanon\u00a0:
<\/em> \u2018I have a weight on my heart all the time. All the time.[\u2026] in the end it’s very clear that there is nothing to do except lie down and pray [facing drones]. It’s really like they’re sitting ducks.
[\u2026] overall, in this country, in this government, there is no one watching over him, he’s of no interest to anyone. These kids are simply cannon fodder.
But that’s how I raised him. Partly out of stupidity, and partly out of\u00a0naivete. And this country really was different. [\u2026] I truly believed that human lives were important. I truly believed we were peace-seeking. I truly believed that war was only a last resort. I truly believed that after every war would come dialogue and there would be an agreement, and that there would be an end to this madness.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Did You Let Your Son Be a Combat Soldier?<\/strong>\u00a0‘I Was Naive. I Truly Believed Israel Sought Peace’<\/a>
Nir Gontarz, Haaretz<\/strong>, June 5, 2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n


We are all sick to death of war<\/strong><\/a>
Ella Ben Emanuel, The Times of Israel<\/strong>, June 4, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n


<\/strong>28 years after her son fell serving in Lebanon, activist mother slams IDF\u2019s return<\/strong><\/a>
Rossella Tercatin, The Times of Israel<\/strong>, June 3, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n [Right now, I have but one wish, to be allowed to return to Gaza, after visiting my friends in Nir Oz, Kyriat Gat, be able to meet and hug those whom I know in Gaza, whom I miss, and fear for.
Given that I am granted a permit, like before, how shall I stand the amount of devastation ? How can we restore life and care ?]<\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Every day, there is just too much chaos rushing in, from all directions. We <\/em>also hear about ceaseless fire in Ukraine, Russia, Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria\u2026 Still, Gaza and Jerusalem remain the hinge between the continents and peoples, Muslims, Jews, Christians. Caught in time as we all are, we are only striving to stop the murderous flows feeding on indifference and ignorance. Restore the minimal trust and common sense to make people feel better.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Mahdi wrote, in Gaza, \u00ab we are determined to live and exist regardless of the pain and suffering. \u00bb The day his daughter Hayat got engaged, he added : \u00ab we could force ourselves to smile and be happy.\u2019 As he also wrote at the end of 2025 :<\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018[with] your help and support\u2026 You encourage us to smile and live. You indeed heal our wounds and alleviate our suffering.\u2019]<\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can we still endure much more than we think we can ? We<\/em> are losing lives. As if doctors and surgeons did not already have their hands filled with cases in ordinary life ! So, by all means, pass it on. Let your scream out. Pass it on. Make peace happen.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, we\u2019re running out of vital fuel. Hopefully, we\u2019ll emit again soon. There is more you should know about the way the whole thing is unraveling. When we say, <\/em>we are sinking, it is not just an image. It is a slow, insidious process. May 2026 was the worst we\u2019d been through in all these years. June isn\u2019t looking any better. But there\u2019s talk of an imminent agreement between the POTUS and the Islamic Republic of Iran . Check on our lifeline :<\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details of the imminent draft agreement between Tehran and Washington<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egypt Today<\/strong>, June 12, 2026\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Media June 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>