The occupation army deploys new evacuation zones in the city of Rafah. Help me and my husband, you are the only hope, by donating via the PayPal wallet in the attached link.
Laios, devourer of all things horrible.
Sudan still desperately needs aid--it needs a lot of things, but it is approaching a dangerous point with famine and mass death due to hunger imminent.
These are the kinds of headlines we're getting now:
Here's an ongoing fundraiser:
I linked it before, to help with Ramadan, but it's an ongoing initiative, the need has not stopped.
I picked this gofundme because it's been boosted by people I trust and you can see pictures online of the food they've provided, e.g.:
But I also picked this because you can see the amount of donations. It's 2pm ET on Saturday, April 20th right now? For the next week, whatever's donated, I'll match for a total up to $2,000 (we'll say 2,750 CAD, since the gofundme is in Canadian dollars).
You don't have to send me a receipt, I just ask that you donate and boost.
@/folkoftheshelf on Twitter has made a thread of fundraising links for Gazans. I’ve transferred the links here, please boost them as the conflict is worsening:
Motaz posted a 22 minute video and here’s the takeaways:
- north Gaza is being heavily bombed. There are estimates say one person is killed every five (5) minutes.
- new massacre in jabalia, many killed with no media coverage (2 journalists were injured this morning.)
- no connection or food in the north, no food, only aid since the last pause
- Motaz has not showered for six days and others haven’t showered for weeks
- in two days, one Israeli drone came to Motaz’s home (and other houses) and it was able to kill and shoot
- there’s no food
- “you are waiting to die. This is what Gazans still alive now do. You are waiting to be killed,”
- everyday it gets worse
- aid does enter Gaza, but it is not enough. Israel won’t let a large amount enter.
- “you can’t help us, I’m sorry you can’t help us, you can’t do anything”
- he denied an interview from CNN since he does not want to be judged by people.
- “if you are human, you will share the videos, but don’t tell us you did something for us.”
- he works for UNRWAUSA, and those are the only people he trusts.
- people have been blaming him for not “doing enough/sharing enough”
- video linked here
The protests that happened at the macy's day parade are so important specifically because they tried to stop people from finding out about them. I watched the whole parade and didn't see a single sign or protestor, because try as they may to claim the show is live, they've been doing this for decades, they have full control over what footage the camera's capture and when ads conveniently cut away from what's happening. I found out from the few people still talking about the protests that there were any happening at the parade today.
They know we're all getting so tired and sad of hearing about what's happening. They want to make it as difficult as possible for us to interact with it, in hopes that we give up. They want you to say "It's Thanksgiving, we deserve a break from hearing about this."
I know that it hurts and it's stressful to try to help, but we have to keep going if we want anything to change. The writer and actor strikes were successful because they didn't give in.
It doesn't have to be much, you don't have to spend your days doomscrolling footage and fighting zionists. Just email your representatives each day, boycott businesses that support Israel, and hang on tight. As long as there is hope, there is a way through. The Palestinian people will be free.
Boycott scream
Also to add
Screen shot says "Talent agency UTA has reportedly dropped Susan Sarandon as a client for showing support for Palestine. (https://deadline.com/2023/11/susan-sarandon-pro-palestinian-remarks-uta-dropped-1235632398/)
Hollywood has made it clear they are in favour of those who support genocide
Palestine Masterlist
Introduction to Palestine:
The Palestinian catastrophe (Al-Nakba)
- Al-Nakba (documentary)
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 (book)
- The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (book)
- Nakba Day: What happened in Palestine in 1948? (Article)
- The Nakba did not start or end in 1948 (Article)
Donations and charities:
- Al-Shabaka
- Electronic Intifada
- Adalah Justice Project
- IMEU Fundraiser
- Medical Aid for Palestinians
- Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
- Addameer
- Muslim Aid
- Palestine Red Crescent
- Gaza Mutual Aid Patreon
Books:
- A New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine
- The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge
- Hidden Histories: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean
- The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine
- Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique
- From Haven to Conquest: Readings in Zionism and the Palestine Problem until 1948
- Captive Revolution - Palestinian Women’s Anti-Colonial Struggle within the Israeli Prison System
- Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
- Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics
- Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History of The Palestinians 1876-1948
- The Battle for Justice in Palestine Paperback
- Uncivil Rites: Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom
- Palestine Rising: How I survived the 1948 Deir Yasin Massacre
- The Transformation of Palestine: Essays on the Origin and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- A Land Without a People: Israel, Transfer, and the Palestinians 1949-1996
- The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
- A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples
- Where Now for Palestine?: The Demise of the Two-State Solution
- Terrorist Assemblages - Homonationalism in Queer Times
- Militarization and Violence against Women in Conflict Zones in the Middle East
- The one-state solution: A breakthrough for peace in the Israeli-Palestinian deadlock
- The Persistence of the Palestinian Question: Essays on Zionism and the Palestinians
- Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians
- The False Prophets of Peace: Liberal Zionism and the Struggle for Palestine
- Ten myths about Israel
- Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question
- Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, New and Revised Edition
- Israel and its Palestinian Citizens - Ethnic Privileges in the Jewish State
- Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy
- Greater than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine
- Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
Palestinian Culture:
- Mountain against the Sea: Essays on Palestinian Society and Culture
- Palestinian Costume
- Traditional Palestinian Costume: Origins and Evolution
- Tatreez & Tea: Embroidery and Storytelling in the Palestinian Diaspora
- Embroidering Identities: A Century of Palestinian Clothing (Oriental Institute Museum Publications)
- The Palestinian Table (Authentic Palestinian Recipes)
- Falastin: A Cookbook
- Palestine on a Plate: Memories from My Mother’s Kitchen
- Palestinian Social Customs and Traditions
- Palestinian Culture before the Nakba
- Tatreez & Tea (Website)
- The Traditional Clothing of Palestine
- The Palestinian thobe: A creative expression of national identity
- Embroidering Identities:A Century of Palestinian Clothing
- Palestine Traditional Costumes
- Palestine Family
- Palestinian Costume
- Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, v5: Volume 5: Central and Southwest Asia
- Tent Work in Palestine: A Record of Discovery and Adventure
Documentaries, Films, and Video Essays:
- Jenin, Jenin
- Born in Gaza
- GAZA
- Wedding in Galilee
- Omar
- 5 Broken Cameras
- OBAIDA
- Indigeneity, Indigenous Liberation, and Settler Colonialism (not entirely about Palestine, but an important watch for indigenous struggles worldwide - including Palestine)
- Edward Said - Reflections on Exile and Other Essays
- AL NAKBA
- Gaza Lives On
- Gaza we are coming
- Lost cities of Palestine
- Stories from the Intifada
- Last Shepherds of the Valley
Voices from Gaza
- Muhammad Smiry
- Najla Shawa
- Nour Naim
- Wael Al dahdouh
- Motaz Azaiza
- Ghassan Abu Sitta
- Refaat Alareer
- Plestia Alaqad
- Bisan Owda
- Ebrahem Ateef
- Mohammed Zaanoun
- Doaa Mohammad
- Hind Khoudary
Palestinian Voices, Organizations, and News
- Boycott Divest and Sanction (BDS)
- Defense for Children in Palestine
- Palestine Legal
- Palestine Action
- Palestine Action US
- United Nations relief and works for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA)
- National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
- Times of Gaza
- Middle East Eye
- Middle East Monitor
- Mohammed El-Kurd
- Muna El-Kurd
- Electronic Intifada
- Dr. Yara Hawari (suspended on X 10/25/2023)
- Mariam Barghouti
- Omar Ghraieb
- Steven Salaita
- Noura Erakat
- The Palestinian Museum N.G.
- Palestine Museum US
- Artists for Palestine UK
- Eye on Palestine (suspended on Instagram 10/25/2023)
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. We provide immediate medical aid to those in great need, while also developing local capacity and skills to ensure the long-term development of the Palestinian healthcare system.
you can read more about their ongoing emergency response here
Responding to this emergency situation, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s team on the ground in Gaza are releasing all of our pre-positioned stocks, worth $570,000 USD (approximately £465,000), to ensure hospitals and emergency responders have the supplies they need to cope with an unprecedented influx of casualties. The list of supplies provided by MAP includes essential drugs and disposables, lab reagents and support for Gaza’s blood bank services. Some of these supplies are already being delivered to Al Awda Hospital.
If you have money to spare, please consider donating
Update: MAP are reporting that their website has been under cyber attack
It seems to be working fine now, but if it goes down again, here is a link to their justgiving campaign
it is really... harrowing how dehumanized palestinians are in the eyes of westerners. they're either Faceless Starving Child #2728 or Savage Muslim Hamas Terrorist. having to constantly draw analogies with other historical examples of violent struggle just in hopes that people will finally recognize these people are human beings
2:45 AM by elliot smith…
this line is 50% funnier when you’re watching it in 2018 and you forget that it was made in 2003
my last game is actually overwatch haha… wbu?
everyone please tell me the best film you've watched this year since this year's coming to an end soon. or if that's too difficult, just one you really liked. im curious!!
I think about this once a day.