#tw Palestine

[stammed-cleams]

you can be pro palestine and not tell people that the death of hundreds of civilians is a good thing or somehow "deserved". what the fuck is the matter with you people

[morningstar-chronicles]

why don't i allow israel/palestine asks anymore?

to get started, i will establish my stance on the subject: i am pro-palestine, and i've listed some ways you can help at the bottom of this post. all y'all zionists can leave now, please and thanks. this is for my lovely followers who may be leaving asks. in addition, this post is not targeted at any one person in particular, this is just the result of a lot of my own thought over the conflict.

after a several month-long debate with myself, i am no longer allowing any asks about the israel-palestine war. any asks about the subject will be immediately trashed. here's why.

i suffer heavily from compassion fatigue. and i know some of y'all reading saw the words "compassion fatigue" and wrote me off as an asshole making shit up so i have a reason not to care. anyone claiming compassion fatigue "isn't real" is not only failing to demonstrate the very same empathy they demand from others, but is also just plainly uneducated on the subject, and therefore has no right to speak.

compassion fatigue is not neccessarily caused by exposure to information, like one would see just perusing the internet, but a person's empathy can be heightened/damaged by separate personal issues, which i won't be getting into on the internet, causing them to struggle with caring deeply about other issues (source). If you want to do some reading on compassion fatigue, here's a list of articles you can read.

psychology today

canadian medical association

webMD

national library of medicine

american psychological association

what i will say is that this post is not meant to demean anyone for doing what they can to help, especially social media activists. it is because of social media activism that i know about this topic at all. however, talking directly to people about the issue unprompted is not the answer. i understand that the people who do this are likely teenagers, probably 13-17, looking to make a difference. i can say this, because i too was once a teenager, aged 13-17, looking to make a difference.

you really wanna help palestine? donate here, or here, or here. write letters or e-mails to your local politicians. do fundraisers in your community. hell, click this button everyday that @hiya-itsamber showed me. volunteer by helping put together refugee parcels. but in the kindest way possible- get out of my inbox. i am eighteen years old, financially dependent on my parents, and extremely mentally ill already. this is not the place for your well-intended activism.

[incorrectly-quoting-mxtx]

Friendly reminder that supporting Palestine is NOT an excuse to be antisemitic and attack Jewish people who have nothing to do with Israel.

And to those of you who have been graffitiing Jewish homes and businesses with a bunch of antisemitic symbols: acting like a fucking Nazi does nothing to help support Palestinian civilians.

[fangfic]

As you might have noticed, this blog hasn't mentioned anything about the war in occupied Palestine yet.

The only reason for this is that I've been busy in real life and I'm going through quite some mental health issues at the moment. Which you might have noticed in the lack of posts as of recently. Which arguably isn't an excuse but here we go:

As much as this is a vampire smut blog, which I don't treat as my personal blog, I can't remain silent about this genocide that is unfolding in occupied Palestine.

I stand with Palestine and the Palestinian people.

In the past month the fascist Israeli government has killed 10000+ Palestinians, of which 4000 were children.

Some might argue that it's complicated, but there is nothing complicated about the situation.

On one side you have people who have been oppressed for over 75 years, half of which are children.

On the other side you have one of the largest military forces on earth backed with billions by the largest military force on earth, which for the record is an imperialist country.

Israel is an apartheid settler's state, waging a genocide on the people of Palestine, it's as simple as that.

It takes a lot of mental gymnastics to get around those facts.

This all does not mean that I condone what Hamas has done, the killing of innocents is always something to condemn. Which is exactly why the west needs to stop helping Israel kill thousands of innocents for the sake of imperialism.

As an antifascist who opposes apartheid, genocide, imperialism, racism and antisemitism something needs to be clear:

Standing with Palestine is not antisemitism, criticizing Israel is not antisemitism. Equating the opposition to zionism with antisemitism is antisemitism in itself.

Don't let anyone tell you anything different.

So there's that, the end of my rant, stay safe lovelies.

[some-teeth-in-a-trench-coat]

Ok I'm done putting up with this and I'm done asking anonymously. Please tag your posts about the conflict between Israel and Palestine. All of them. Next time I see an unfiltered post I'm asking in DMs so hopefully people will actually see it and respond and I don't have to look at their unfiltered blog while I wait. And if that doesn't work I'm unfollowing no matter how long we've been mutuals.

If you try to put words in my mouth or claim this post is taking any specific stance on the issue I will block you.

[thegayfromrulid]

I want to wish any followers a Happy Chanukah even as my heart aches so much right now.

It's been a very rough school semester to be Jewish and to be Muslim on my campus right now. The spread of ignorance has been so bad that I've had to leave spaces because I actually felt like if someone looked at me and recognized I was Ashkenazi, they might seek to harm me. This is indeed a difficult time where all Jewish hearts are not united, because there is strife being sown in this world by Jewish hands.

Please remember that many Jewish people are weeping at the injustices alongside our Muslim brothers and sisters. In a time of suffering, let us lift one another up and speak out against injustice and cruelty.

[skylarthethompson]

I am neutral on this war.

TWs: vent, parental abse, abse, physical abse threats, d3@th threats, (I probably need help.) antisemitism, anti Palestine propaganda, anti Israeli propaganda, 9/11 mentions.

Stop treating or talking about Israeli or Jewish people like they deserve to d13. WW2 was genuinely fcking horrible and a bad governent doesn't mean all Israeli people or Jewish people suddenly deserve to be b0mbed or d13 or deserve their trumas from this war or WW2 and stop painting all Jewish or Israeli people as Zionists who want this war to kill all Palestinian people and STOP COMPARING THEM TO OR POSTING MEMES COMPARING ISRAEL AND ISRAELI PEOPLE AND JEWISH PEOPLE TO THEIR FORMER OPPRESORS!, IT IS FCKING DISGUSTING!, IT'S NOT FUNNY OR TRUE!, YOU CAN COMPARE THEM TO EVIL WITHOUT COMPARING THEM TO THAT!, Also Hamas is also hurting Gaza.

Stop treating or talking about Palestinian people like they are savages and if they all support Hamas and want terrorism when they want their country to be free from Israel's oppression and Hamas' terrorism and want to escape and stop using this as an excuse to paint all Islam people as savages that enjoy mrder, that is false and 9/11 was bad and I feel sorry for the victims (half of them were also Muslim btw so no excuse for the Isalmophobic bs.) but it doesn't mean all Muslim people are like that. LET THEM BE FREE AND ABLE TO GET HELP AND STOP PAINTING ISRAEL AS ENTIRELY INNOCENT AND THINKING THIS IS WHAT ISRAELI PEOPLE AND JEWISH PEOPLE NEED!, NO, MOST ARE AGAINST THE HORRIBLE PEOPLE OPPRESSING THEM!, PALESTINE NEEDS TO BE FREE BUT HAMAS AND HIS TERRORIST GROUP NEED TO BE DISMANTLED FOREVER FIRST! ALSO NO, RCIST CREEPS AND ALSO MOM, "FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA" DOES'T MEAN GENOCIDE TO ISRAEL OR ISRAELI PEOPLE OR JEWISH PEOPLE, IT MEANS FREEDOM FOR ALL OF PALESTINE!

Btw has anyone else had their own mom tell them they'd genuinely kll them no joke if they ever joined a Free Palestine club or is my BRITISH and is neither of Palestine or Israel blood (I am also not of either blood, I am British.) mom just absive?

I am not anti either, I just put the tws there since the stuff I am against has anti Israel and anti Palestine and anti Semitism and Islamophobia.

Edit!: I am also sorry for being as or venting more about my mom rather than the fact actual people are dy!ng, that is bad and I am genuinely sorry. Also yes, I hate Zionists, they are literally Truscum but for Jewish people.

[rebellum]

Well that's a bit fucking different from telling people to not buy illegally occupied land in a settler-colonial apartheid country, isn't it?(link)

I don't even know what to say.

(From the montreal protest against a real estate presentation being held at a synagogue that was selling illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank)

[blueberry-sleight]

update: I do not repost or answer asks that are asking for donations. I am pro-Palestinian, but that does not mean that this particular avenue of assistance is done on my blog.

I'm only going to say this once because I'm not mentally healthy enough to get into arguments over whether or not I should be alive online.

I am Jewish and not a Zionist. The Israel Gov is committing genocide. Hamas is a terrorist group that's ideals are not reflective of all Palestinians.

The wish of one people to have a homeland can in no way take away the right for another group of people to live peacefully in theirs.

In the perfect world the Jewish people would be safe everywhere AND we cannot steal from another group to get that.

[asideofchaos]

I don’t know why, but seeing important real world politics next to Sonic Underground is hilarious to me!

[ezzied]

Hello, I hope you and your family are well. Can you please help me recycle the post on my account? 🌺 And help rescue my family from the war in Gaza? 🙏 Thank you.

https://gofund.me/71c9635a

of course!

[citizenstarlight]

my part jewish ass is pro-palestine. and i never ever ever interpret people saying they don't want to interact with zionists/zionist fcs as antisemetic or antijewish. I know many different people can be a zionist; secular, jewish, or christian. if you are telling people they are being antisemetic, by being antizionist you are just wrong and honestly ignorant. i literally have my degree in jewish history. trust your girlie. i normally don't put my two senses in, but i saw something today - and had to say something.

[pakeithpsy]

You know what, I'm just gonna fuckin say it (cw: Israel/Palestine, police brutality)

When one singular black person died y'all and the rest of the Social Media Warriors™ were out there rioting in the streets, smashing windows and setting fire to the establishment and attacking random passerby but when THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS of Palestinians are dying your only solution is to yell "SWIPER NO SWIPING!" into the void on Not-Twitter and forcibly shove horrific, graphic images of human suffering down my throat while offering no actual solutions to prevent further atrocities from happening other than worthless boycotts of every single company in America that are all doomed to fail because it's basically public knowledge at this point that CEOs are vile, irredeemable filth obsessed with greed and will gladly lay off hundreds of their employees just so they and their shareholders can buy another yacht yet y'all seem to think we live in A Christmas Carol or Steven Universe where all it takes to convince heartless, selfish, genocidal monsters to change is to sing a dopey little song about "feewings" and they'll immediately see the error of their ways and repent.

You are not radicalizing anyone, you are desensitizing people by harassing us for not spending every waking moment of our lives watching death and destruction while giving us no sense of hope or ways to prevent this from happening. I know what's happening, I FUCKING HATE IT, IT'S DISGUSTING AND INHUMANE, but what am I supposed to do about it? It feels like nothing will actually help - boycotts will only punish innocent employees and rich assholes with way too much money can immediately undo all our hard work with the press of a button. It feels like we can't do anything to prevent this and anything we can do doesn't matter because we're trapped in late-stage capitalism where rich and powerful people can do whatever the hell they want as long as it benefits them personally, rest of the world or even basic human survival be DAMNED.

Happy fucking Independence Day. Probably the last one we're ever gonna have before congress brings back dictatorships and church and state. This country is a fucking embarrassment to humanity and you people are a bunch of hypocritical, self-righteous blowhards who don't believe any of the shit you actually say and only want to be on the "right side" of history to make yourself feel better about the fact that you've done nothing meaningful or worthwhile with your life and that we're all fucking doomed because we had to treat the 2016 election like a fucking reality show because the memes were too damn hilarious. What a sick joke. Australia has an arts program that is giving hundreds of struggling artists the funding and platform they need while our country is destroying all our breathable oxygen in the name of not having to pay artists. Fuck this country and especially fuck all you worthless loudmouths who have done nothing but spout meaningless words while refusing to take any action out of fear of scraping your knee. You've been shouting "FREE PALESTINE!" when all you really wanted was Free Attention. The pandemic was a sign from God that He was sick of our shit and we should have let Him finish us off before we could make things worse.

[cheesecake-the-chicken]

my new resolution is that every time my family buys mcdonalds, coca cola, starbucks etc i’ll make a small donation to a Palestinian fundraiser. i can’t donate too much at a time because i need to save up but something’s better than nothing. maybe consider doing the same if possible!

[solbeans]

Hey guys, this is a serious topic on my silly PB blog but because of how my blog is branded it's something I need to talk about.

Starbucks has been lobbying on the side of Israel to kill Palestinians which is something I do not support and have been boycotting Starbucks. With my blog and brand literally being called Solbucks, I've been debating changing the name to something else to stand as far away from Starbucks as possible.

I am mostly wondering if any of you think the name needs to be changed, and if so do you guys have any suggestions?

[archeopagan]

While we whitness the Palestinian Genocide and while human lives always come first, I want to tell you all to remember to archive and document EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING YOU CAN ABOUT THIS GENOCIDE.

This is a major historical event and we need to be documenting and saving as much information as we can about this time period we are living in. We need to make sure to be clipping newspapers, archiving links and printing out those lists of names of those who have died…EVERYTHING. Yes printing as in PHYSICAL COPIES TOO! You never know what’s going to happen to the internet, so be sure to be saving things in a physical way too.

Why is archiving all this so important? To make sure none of what’s happening in Palestine and what’s been happening there for the last 70+ years can never happen anywhere else again. To make sure people in the future know the crimes Israel has committed and remembers those lost to their acts.

So, please keep going to protests, boycotting what you can and anything else that gets us closer to a free Palestine, but also don’t forget to archive what you can when you can.