#gaza resources

[northgazaupdates]

**MAJOR UPDATE FROM OUR FRIEND MOATAZ**

We have featured Moataz Abu Sakran @moatazart many times in past. He is a gifted multimedia artist and a friend of this blog. You can read more about Moataz’s situation on his blog and in our “#Moataz Abu Sakran” tag.

Moataz’s home was bombed by the occupation early on in its latest onslaught against Gaza. He has been undertaking months of difficult fundraising in order to rebuild his home. In the short-term, he hopes to evacuate with his wife and daughter to Egypt. However, they do not plan on staying in Egypt, but instead to return to Gaza to rebuild their house. He has been undertaking months of painstaking fundraising toward this goal via PayP*l. However, without warning, PP terminated his account. This brought his campaign to a halt, and he was without a way to support his home reconstruction fund.

You can still buy him a coffee to support his work and the rebuilding of his home. So far he has had only 2 supporters. We would like to see that number increase to 10 in the next 24 hours. Let’s see what we can do!

[glitterdumpstermotel]

3 lessons from a war survivor

↪️ @eslamostaz80

click to donate for their relief

FIRST LESSON

SECOND LESSON

THIRD LESSON

the sun will rise on THE OPPRESSED thanks to you!

[fivetrench]

Two poster-style pieces, the second is a redraw of this (link).

Places to donate (link) / Huge information masterpost (link) / Info/resources/stories (link) / Do your daily click (link)

[Image Description: Two digital drawings made in the same style, with geometric line art and block colors. The drawings have the same background, which is a gradient of dark grey, to red, to off-white, to green. The drawing on the left depicts a man with tan skin who is wearing a black and white keffiyeh and a light tan thobe with the sleeves rolled up. He is raising his right arm into the air with an angry expression, holding a Palestinian flag. The text around him says ‘FREE PALESTINE’ in all caps. The drawing on the right depicts a woman with tan skin who is wearing an al-amira head scarf and a black thobe with red accent panels, each panel patterned with a different design seen on the keffiyeh. She is looking to the left with an angry expression, cupping a bleeding Palestinian sunbird in her hands. A single tear is rolling down her cheek. The text behind her reads ‘PALESTINA LIBRE’ in all caps, which translates to ‘free Palestine’ in english. Below the text is an elongated Palestinian flag. End ID.]

[the1975attheirverybest]

Palestine Readings And Resources

The following is a list of resources that includes books, articles, websites, and nonprofits to help you get educated and/or involved in action pertaining to the Palestinian genocide. I originally compiled this list for personal purposes, to use in my own local communities. Since it's been an unbelievably grim and never-ending shit-show on the blog for the past 5 weeks, I now feel compelled to make this list public on here in the hopes that it might benefit someone.

Please be aware:

This post is NOT an invitation for you to treat me as your token Palestinian friend, personal educator, or woke police taskforce. Grow your own moral spine.

This list was originally compiled shortly after October 7. It has, as of the writing of this post, been 163 days. A LOT has happened since. Therefore, this list is not exhaustive.

New ways to get educated and involve have since materialized, and, indeed, new ones materialize everyday. Do your own due diligence and decide what shape your engagement is going to take.

I am using my own specific expertise and skill sets as a scholar and educator of Literature and Philosophy to populate this list. Therefore, naturally, a lot of what you will find on here is geared towards educating and raising awareness about the historical, socio-political, philosophical and cultural underpinnings of this genocide and how its reflected in art.

If you are looking for more practical resources, find activist spaces in your local communities.

This List Contains

Non-fiction books about Palestine

Fiction novels by palestinian authors

educational web resources

Documentary

organizations to donate to

BOOKS

A. non-fiction

Edward Said, The Question of Palestine (written by a Palestinian-American literary critic and critical theorist)

Rashid Khalidi, The Hundred Years’ War On Palestine (written by a a Palestinian scholar and historian)

A Land With A People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism (anthology)

Ghassan Kanafani, On Zionist Literature (written by a Palestinian novelist and political activist)

Noura Erakat, Justice For Some: Law and the question of Palestine (written by a Palestinian-American activist and legal scholar)

B. Fiction and Poetry

Susan Abulhawa, Against The Loveless World

Etaf Rum, Evil Eye

Mahmood Darwish, A River Dies Of Thirst

Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

WEB RESOURCES

Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network

BuildPalestine

If you are a teacher looking to educate about Palestine,

DOCUMENTARY

Gaza’s Fight For Freedom (2019) Directed By Abby Martin

ORGANIZATIONS TO DONATE TO

The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)

The Palestinian American Medical Association

Medical Aid for Palestinians

Jewish Orgs (specifically helpful for anti-zionist jewish conversations and advocacy)

Jewish Voice For Peace:

We envision a world where all people — from the U.S. to Palestine — live in freedom, justice, equality, and dignity.Like generations of Jewish leftists before us, we fight for the liberation of all people. We believe that through organizing, we can and will dismantle the institutions and structures that sustain injustice and grow something new, joyful, beautiful, and life-sustaining in their place...more here.

2. Jews For Justice For Palestine. Click here.

[enghanalulu]

3%

The percentage of getting in the donation campaign is only (3%)

If this indicates the slowness of support for us, I wonder why I am not supported even though my campaign has been documented. @90-ghost

Please please share the reblog and donate to me, all your support will work 🙏🙏💔

Donation Link 👇

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[jest-thejester]

Please save my family from the war in Gaza. . Please don't stop sharing my story and talking about their struggles. They were surrounded for three consecutive days under beatings and fire. There is no food or any of the necessities of life. From milk, diapers, or gas, they were displaced and lived in tents or rented a better room than tents. It was a great suffering. In recent days, we have lost a number of family members, and this has greatly affected their psychology. Please save my family and donate. You can save them. My children are in a miserable state of terror and fear. Make a post for them. They are beautiful. I cannot bear to lose any of them. I hope you will not get over this.

Donation link in bio

This is a family. They can be saved with your help.

Please donate or spread this campain around. Don't stop talking about Palestine.

It is so important you share or spread this information. There are so many families and they need our help.

There are people living this genocide. There are people and you can help them.

[zoramones]

PALESTINE GOFUNDME MASTERLIST

a list of verified GoFundMes created to aid palestinians evacuate and or get aid as a result of the genocide. This list is curated by @zoramones — ordered from furthest to closest of reaching monetary goal. This list will be consistently updated and reblogged to include as many families or people that require the funds for aid.

Please feel free to reblog and add links and information to GoFundMes created to help families desperate for aid and evacuation in Palestine. The more people adding to this and more information and opportunities to help being spread, the better. I can't do this alone. Families in Palestine cannot do this alone; so I strongly encourage anyone who sees this post to do their part in providing information for this post, reblogging and sharing this post and, most of all — donating to the GoFundMes if you are able.

Today’s Date: May 31st, 2024. Here are some families in need.

HELP THE ABU SHAMMARAH FAMILY EVACUATE GAZA AND FIND SAFTEY — has $953 out of the $100,000 goal

HELP OBADA RIZQ && HIS FAMILY — has $1,032 out of the $90.000 goal

HELP GHADA GET HER FAMILY OUT OF GAZA — has $3,985 out of the $50.000 goal

HELP WAFFA GET HER FAMILY OUT OF GAZA — has $5,172 out of the $35.000 goal

HELP THE SHAQQOURA FAMILY — has $5,572 out of the $45.000 goal

HELP THE TAWFIQ FAMILY EVACUATE GAZA AND REBUILD THEIR HOME — has $7,618 out of the $60.000 goal

HELP RAN GET HER FAMILY OUT OF GAZA — has $8,850 out of the $35.000 goal

[pumpkin-magpie]

Hello there, 👋

I am Tamer Aldeeb, a dentist from Gaza.

We have suffered greatly from fear, displacement, and the destruction of our home and my clinic, and everything we literally own...

We want to save ourselves from what seems like an inevitable death.

I hope you can take a look at my campaign on the pinned post on my profile ,and help us by donating or sharing our campaign to reach the largest number of supporters.🌹🌹

Our campaign is verified by @90-ghost , @ibtisams , @el-shab-hussein , @nabulsi and @fairuzfan 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Thanks a lot in advance ❤️❤️❤️

[halfmoth-halfman]

Do you not find it weird when the CoD fandom posts about Palestine only to immediately go back to woobifying war criminals? Even if it is just fictional characters, the voice actors they all drool over have publicly spoken out about their support for Israel too, and that goes ignored by the fandom. It all feels so disingenuous and performative.

i don't really engage with the cod fandom anymore so i'm not one to speak on what's happening in it now, but tbh i think you're expecting a little too much from a fandom that, at it's core, is centered around military propaganda. while i understand feeling like someone's actions are performative, posting and sharing information about what's happening in gaza is the bare minimum that palestinians are asking us for. if someone's sharing posts or resources that helps bring awareness to the current genocide, i think that should be considered a good thing.

gonna end this with some more links for resources for donations and boycott information:

how to donate an e-sim with #ConnectingGaza

CareForGaza

BDS Movement & BDS Targeted Boycott List

what's happening in Congo: info + resources + how you can help

The War in Sudan & List of Sudanese Fundraisers

and here's a (link) to a post with resources for orgs to donate to as well as ways you can still help if you're unable to donate financially.

edit: please let me know if any of the links are broken or incorrect

[luc1ferian]

Hey just asking for some palestine information, I doubt this will get answers but uh

-what are some companies I should avoid/boycott?

-where is good information on the Palestinian genocide that I can rely on and source without looking stupid tying my claim back to a tumblr post?

-are there ways I can support palestine while being broke as fuck?

[milksnake-tea]

Hello,,

I’m Ahmed Alanqar, 34 years old, married to Dina Alanqar, and we have three children Zeina (7 years old), Eileen (6 years old), and Yamen (4 years old), have faced all the challenges brought by the war in Gaza, but now we need your help to escape this tragedy.

My lovely kid Yamen ❤️

The princess Eileen

Zeina The eldest of my children always loves to help

My ❤️ Family

I worked as an accountant in a company, but with the escalation of the war, my professional life came to a halt, and the goods warehouse was burnt, along with my completely destroyed home. We fled to the north, but now we live in the tents of the displaced in Deir al-Balah.

My Home Before The Nightmarish War

The situation is not easy, especially with Dina’s upcoming childbirth and our fears of lack of healthcare and unhealthy conditions. Our children suffer from widespread diseases and long for their previous lives and schools.

The House After..

Tent-life

My goal is to leave the Gaza Strip to save my family’s lives. The cost of travel for an adult is $7000, while the cost for each child is $3500, in addition to travel and accommodation expenses.

Together, we can provide support and assistance to my family in this ordeal. Your donation, no matter the size, can make a difference in the lives of these children who need a new chance to start over.

Your donation, no matter how small, can make a significant difference in our lives. We desperately need your support and solidarity during this difficult time. Together, we can restore hope and safety to Ahmed and his family.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for considering my plea. Your support means more than words can express. Together, we can turn a story of loss into a journey of hope and resilience.

With deepest gratitude,

Ahmed & the Familyhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/Helping-Ahmed-Family-Escaping-War-New-Life

[ventriloquistvillain]

Hi there 👋,

My name is Mohammad, and I’m reaching out in a moment of desperate need. I’m a father of three young children living in Gaza, and we are caught in the midst of a catastrophic war. Our home is no longer a safe haven, and the future here seems increasingly uncertain. 💔

I’ve launched a fundraising campaign with the goal of raising $40,000 to relocate my family to a safer place where my children can grow up in peace and have a chance at a brighter future. 🕊️🇵🇸

Unfortunately, my previous fundraising efforts were abruptly halted when my account was terminated without explanation. However, I remain determined to keep fighting for my family’s safety and well-being. 🫶

If you could take a moment to read our story, consider donating, or simply share our campaign with others, it would make an incredible difference. Every act of kindness, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to safety and a new beginning. 🙏

Thank you for your time, compassion, and support. ❤

https://gofund.me/fd1faea2 🔗

♥️ https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mohammed-family-from-gaza-rebuild-their-lives

[the1975attheirverybest]

Free Palestine + BLM movements

Touched on this briefly before, but apparently it’s a persistent issue in online spaces so I’ll say it more fully this time. To online advocates and activists, on both the black side and the Palestinian side. PLEASE DO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE GOAL. white supremacy thrives when we are pitted against each other. Our struggles are inherently intertwined. AND HAVE HISTORICALLY INTERSECTED. Below is a fact-checked and verified list of examples.

Malcolm X has written an essay on Zionism in which he rightly stated The ever-scheming European imperialists wisely placed Israel where she could geographically divide the Arab world, infiltrate and sow the seed of dissension among African leaders and also divide the Africans against the Asians.”

As seen here and here. Palestinians in Gaza and The West Bank have protested for black people against police brutality in the US, including during the George Floyd protests.

VERY IMPORTANT: the IDF trains American police forces to treat black folks with the same cruelty that they treat Palestinians.

So, this is why I always say “context matters.” If all you’ve ever known is TikTok activism, if you haven’t looked into the history and understood the way that systemic oppression operates, then it’s of course easy to get sucked into taking sides. WE ARE ON THE SAME SIDE. Stop fighting. The enemy is racism. White supremacy.

if one or ten or 1526272 black people shitting on you as an Arab makes you less supportive of their rights, or likewise if one or ten or 15627282 Palestinians using anti black rhetoric makes you suddenly feel that they don’t deserve human rights, then with all due respect you were never with the cause to begin with.

[draculora]

Hello, I am Mohammad from Gaza. The war took my parents and siblings, and I can't bear the thought of losing my three children as well. Can you share my story and donate to help me keep my family safe? 🙏

hello mohammad, i don’t have a very big following on my account but of course i will do everything that i can to help you and your family.

🇵🇸 mohammad has raised €9,410 of his €40,000 goal (as of 10:50 a.m. CDT, 7/3/24) 🇵🇸

for anyone who can donate, mohammad's fundraiser is on the vetted gaza evacuation fundraiser list (number 192) and here is the gofundme link to donate.

🇵🇸 please share if you see this post and read mohammad’s story on his blog and gofundme 🇵🇸

[buginafleshsuit]

ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ʟɪɴᴋꜱ!

PALESTINE:

gazafunds.com - Donate directly to a Palestinian family in urgent need of evacuation, medical attention, rebuilding homes/businesses or more. Site run by Palestinians, all GFMs verified (full list here). Spotlights 1 stagnant GFM at a time. (*If you can't decide who/where to donate, just go to gazafunds.com & donate to the 1 GFM they show you!)

Operation Olive Branch - A masterlist of over 200+ verified Palestinian's GFMs

The Sameer Project - Has a team on the ground in Gaza who have supplied tents to 1% of the displaced population in Rafah. Run by Palestinians. (paypal) (gofundme)

@helpgazachildren - Currently helping Palestinians in a refugee camp in Rafah flee the Rafah invasion to Khan Younis. Funds go directly to Hussam, a Palestinian in Rafah who hosts a refugee camp. Funds will cover the cost of tents & transport fuel. Managed by a Palestinian @.fairuzfan. (gfm)

Care For Gaza - Palestinian charity on the ground in Gaza distributing food, cash, medicine & other essentials to displaced families. Proof of their work found on their Twitter. (paypal) (gfm)

We Feed Gaza - Team of Palestinian volunteers in the heart of Gaza distributing food & water to 344+ families. More details & proof in their gfm. Vetted & promoted by LetsTalkPalestine.

Direct Aid For Gaza - A Palestinian activist on the ground in Gaza distributing food, cash & other essential supplies to displaced families. Proof of their work found on their twitter. (paypal) (gfm)

Gaza Wound Care (urgent): Palestinian doctors in central Gaza treating injured/sick children & mothers in neglected displacement camps far from hospitals. Facing a severe shortage of medicines, medical equipment, and supplies. They need funds for their current campaign to battle infectious diseases in refugee camps. (paypal) (gogetfunding) (gfm)

Support Displaced People and Children - This GoFundMe page is for supporting Omar and herz financially and the money will be used in many things, including; helping Mohammed and Omar to rebuild their homes that were destroyed because of the air strikes, help Gazans people by some money to help them start a new life.

international charities: Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestine Children's Relief Fund, Medical Aid for Palestinians

UKRAINE:

Generators for Ukrainian Animal Shelters - This is a fundraiser to raise money to buy generators and pet food for independant animal shelters in Ukraine.

Humanitarian Aid Center Upgrade - Pablo Benlloch, a volunteer in Ukraine, started this GoFundMe to raise money to rebuild a basement that serves as a vital humanitarian aid center. His initiatives is to get medical aid, bomb shelter, and food distribution.

SUPPORT:

Help Queer Kakuma Refugees - Help Kakuma Refugee Camo LGBTQ residents buy food and shelter in Kenya. Helen Z is fundraising for LGBTQ minorities in Kenya.

Gender-affirming care fundraisers - Help people who need gender-affirming care by donating and sharing!

Help For Harry - Harry is a twelve year old with sudden onset Tourettes, OCD, rage attacks, self harm and debilitating seizures. He uses a wheelchair now 70% of the time due to pain, dystonia , thd daily seizures and exhaustion. Help Harry's family pay for all his needs!

Help a queer and disabled person get a wheelchair and a dog - Tobias needs funds to buy a wheelchair and service dog. He was diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, and he needs a wheelchair for long term use. The service dog would really help him get his independance back as well!