Dutch religious leaders ask Rutte to act in the context of the civil war in Yemen

Leaders and representatives of various religious movements and organizations urge Prime Minister Rutte to do something to fight the civil war in Yemen. They address the Prime Minister with "a passionate request to continue to show leadership with all their might".

"We must break the sense of helplessness that threatens to break us," write the directors of the Council of Churches, the Jewish denomination, the contact group of Muslims and the government, the Union. Buddhist, Hindu Council and Humanist Association. 19659002] The authors of the letter hope that the government calls on the warring parties in Yemen to agree on a ceasefire as soon as possible. They also wish "the creation of famine as a weapon of war" and the creation of a "safe humanitarian corridor for the supply of food and medicine to the hungry Yemeni people", as indicated in resolution 2417 (2018) of the UN. 19659002] "It is simply impossible that the political situation, the confrontation of the powers lead to an incomprehensible disaster", declares the rabbi Abraham Soetendorp, initiator of the program NPO Radio 1 . News and Co.