Texte original :UNIFIL-supported solar project to benefit up to 4,500A solar project, completed with support from UNIFIL’s Polish peacekeepers, was inaugurated in the south-western Lebanese village of Ayn Ibil last week.Installed with nearly $13,000 made available by Poland’s international development agency, the Polish Aid, through UNIFIL, this photovoltaic solar power system was designed to ensure…
Textes originaux :3 Dec 2024UNIFIL peacekeepers open two vital roads damaged by airstrikesPeacekeepers in UNIFIL’s area of operations in south-eastern Lebanon conducted road clearing and repairing tasks last week, rehabilitating sections of two vital roads that were damaged by recent Israeli airstrikes.On 27 November, combat engineers from UNIFIL’s Spanish contingent cleared and repaired the road…
Texte original :27 Nov 2024UNIFIL statement (27 November 2024)UNIFIL welcomes the announcement of a cessation of hostilities and the recommitment to Security Council resolution 1701 as a path toward peace.We will cooperate with all relevant partners to make the cessation of hostilities work.We will continue performing our mandated tasks, and we have already begun adjusting…
Premier communiqué.Texte original :14 Nov 2024UNIFIL statement (14 November 2024)This morning, a UNIFIL patrol near Qallawiyah noticed a cache of ammunition near the roadway. After informing the Lebanese Armed Forces of the discovery, peacekeepers continued on their planned route. A short while later, they got out of their vehicle to remove some debris from the…
Texte original :29 Oct 2024UNIFIL statement (29 October 2024)This afternoon a rocket hit UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura, setting a vehicle workshop on fire. Peacekeepers were not in bunkers at the time. While some peacekeepers suffered minor injuries, fortunately no one was seriously injured. The rocket was fired from north of UNIFIL’s headquarters, likely by Hizbullah or…
Texte original :25 Oct 2024UNIFIL statement (25 October 2024)On 22 October, peacekeepers on duty at a permanent observation post near Dhayra were observing IDF soldiers conducting house clearing operations nearby. Upon realizing they were being observed, the IDF soldiers fired at the post. The duty guards withdrew to avoid being shot.The IDF has repeatedly demanded…
La force du silence.À l’origine, les cercles de silence sont une initiative franciscaine. Qui date de 2007, à Toulouse, pour protester contre les conditions d’enfermement des personnes sans-papiers. La démarche s’inspire de Gandhi, Lanza del Vasto, saint François d’Assise et, bien sûr, de l’Évangile. Il s’agit de protester sans violence en se retrouvant à date…
Gagner la paix.Où ? Sur l’esplanade de l’Hôtel de Ville de Paris. Quand ? Lors de la Journée Internationale des Droits des Femmes (8 mars). Quoi ? Un concert – avec Noa, Yael Naïm et Mira Awad – accompagné de prises de paroles par des femmes israéliennes et palestiniennes, militantes ou responsables religieuses, soutenues par…
Gagner la paix.Les Guerrières de la paix – nom paradoxal pour un mouvement né en 2022 et inspiré du titre d’un documentaire sur les femmes palestiniennes et israéliennes du mouvement pour la paix Women Wage Peace, ce dernier trouvant ses racines intellectuelles dans le mouvement de femmes libériennes Women of Liberia Mass action for Peace…
Précieuse paix.À l’appel de la CINPA (Coordination INterreligieuse du grand PAris), du Forum 104 (espace de rencontre culturel et spirituel), de l’Amitié judéo-musulmane de France, d’Efesia (Ensemble avec Marie), des Religions pour la paix, d’Agir pour la fraternité (groupe interreligieux de Paris 15°), de l’AJCF (Amitié Judéo-Chrétienne de France), des Focolari, de Coexister, de la…