Veteran Hans teaches children that freedom is not something you are automatically given.
Hart van Nederland, 25 april 2025 
In the run-up to 80 years of freedom and with tensions rising around the world, it is more important than ever for veterans to talk about their experiences,
They served in the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon 40 years ago. 'I feel even more powerless now than I did then.'
Published on: October 13, 2024 
© Author: Kees Versteegh, Photos: Annabel Oosteweeghel.
The NRC newspaper spoke to five veterans who served in Lebanon in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Israeli raid rips open old wounds of Lebanon veterans: 'To make you despondent'
Lebanon veteran Bert Kleine Schaars and his wife Jeannet, with whom he runs the Veterans for Lebanon foundation.
AD PREMIUM, 09 october 2024, © Ronald Hissink, Tonny van der mee. 
The Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon evokes many emotions among Lebanon veterans.
Concerned veteran Bert offers Lebanon a helping hand: 'The situation has only got worse'
Schalkhaar, 4 October 2024 
© text Luuk ten Kleij / photos Ruben Meijerink
He served there as a soldier in 1980 and is still closely involved in the country.
Lebanon veteran appeals: give medicine to Lebanese people
Schalkhaar October 2, 2024 
Text: © RTV Oost / Teun van der Velden
Almost every day he is in contact with the inhabitants of Lebanon,