They banned Tik-Tok before they passed any form of gun control.

The same police officers that dragged their feet to rescue kids in the Uvalde shooting are now in a rush to crack a college kid’s skull.

Hundreds of Jewish anti-war demonstrators have been arrested during a Passover seder that doubled as a protest in New York, as they shut down a major thoroughfare to pray for a ceasefire and urge the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, to end US military aid to Israel.

The 300 or so arrests took place on Tuesday night at Grand Army Plaza, on the doorstep of Schumer’s Brooklyn residence, where thousands of mostly Jewish New Yorkers gathered for the seder, a ritual that marked the second night of the holiday celebrated as a festival of freedom by Jews worldwide.

The seder came just before the US Senate resoundingly passed a military package that includes $26bn for Israel.

[image ID: A tweet by Jewish Voice For Peace NYC which reads: "Bus drivers refused to transport protesters from last night's Seder in the Streets to the precinct, forcing cops to drive the buses. Power and solidarity to the union bus drivers with @twu100 who refuse to collaborate with the NYPD, which commandeers MTA buses for mass arrests."

The image attached to the tweet shows a street scene at night, a parked bus just visible along the right side of the picture. In the center is the back of a handcuffed person walking down the street being moved by a cop in blue uniform and a combat helmet. The handcuffed person wears an olive drab cap, a black and white keffiyeh, and a black T-shirt over red long sleeves. The back of the T-shirt reads, "Jews Say Ceasefire NOW."

Responding to the tweet is user Sarah Friedland, username @motionxpictures, which reads: "We spent 4+ hours waiting cuffed in the bus blocking grand army traffic because none of the dozens of cops knew how to drive it! Solidarity w/the bus drivers! (white skinned fist emoji)."

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Shahed reached out to me to help spread she and her husband Fadi's fundraiser. They are urgently raising money to evacuate their 11-person family from Gaza. Their campaign has been vetted as legitimate, and they have currently only made $1,245 out of their $62,500 goal! Please share and donate, and if you can't donate, please still share!

Shahed's Tumblr: @shahedsharif11

Fadi's Tumblr: @fadisharif15

From Fadi's GFM:

With a heavy heart and a plea for urgent assistance, I am reaching out to you amidst the dire circumstances faced by my family and me in Gaza. My name is Fadi Al-Sharif, and I reside in Gaza with my wife and our 9-month-old child, alongside my parents, three brothers, and three sisters. We have tragically become victims of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza, which has left our once peaceful home reduced to rubble and ashes.

My goal in communicating is to urgently raise funds to evacuate me and my family from Gaza before the Israeli occupation bombing kills us.

The crossing currently requires a fee of $5,000 per person and $2500 for every child under 16. This is the only way for me and my Family to survive

The funds received will be used as follows:

Fadi $5000

His wife and child: $7,500

Father $5,000

Mother $5,000

Brothers, $15,000

Sisters: $15,000

In addition, we need $10,000 in expenses during our stay in Egypt.

We seek your assistance in this time of uncertainty and despair, as your kindness can make all the difference. Together, let us stand as beacons of hope amidst the darkness of adversity. Your support, regardless of its size, will serve as a ray of light in our darkest hour.

Thank you for extending your hand in solidarity and compassion. With your support, we can begin the journey towards safety

what are you even supposed to do when your friends who are dating kiss in front of you Like do i just stand there or

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Hey everyone, please consider buying the 2024 itch.io Palestinian Relief Bundle- it's 373 games, game-making assets, tabletop roleplaying games, zines, and comics for a minimum of just 8 USD! They have a goal of 100,000 USD, and as of the time I'm writing this post, they have 8 more days to reach it.

Link will be in the reblog!

Link to the bundle

Amazing news!! They reached their goal of 100,000 USD! There is now a second goal of 250,000 USD! Remember, this is 373 games, assets, and comics for a minimum of 8 USD- a bundle of items which would normally be ~1,667 USD! Let's reach that second goal as quickly as we reached the first goal!

DONT STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE! DONT STOP TAKING ABOUT GAZA!

DONT LET THEM MAKE YOU FORGET!!

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You're only done talking about Palestine when we see a free Palestine.

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Don't stop talking about Palestine! Don't stop talking about Gaza! Don't let them make you forget!!

Please do donate to Sudan initiatives. The news we hear from Sudan is absolutely terrible. Even if you can't donate, share it anywhere you think might get people to donate. Share it on ig, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, whatever. Just please do share and if you can spare a few dollars once and a while....

21 April 2024

Gaza Online is calling for direct upload of eSim QR codes from Nomad, Holafly (Israel and Egypt), Airalo, Sparks, and Numero. A detailed guide of how to purchase eSims and get QR codes for all of these apps can be found here.

See which eSims are needed here

Upload a QR code here

Donate funds instead

Hello guys i have good news and bad news.

The good news that I'm finally in Egypt now with my youngest brother and the bad news is my mother and my other brother with his wife still in Rafah waiting to evacute to Egypt.

I feel so sad and depressed for leaving them i should stayed and get out together.

please donate to ahmed and his family - he and his brother still have expenses, as well as his family still in rafah!

Fundraiser masterpost

This is a masterpost for the evacuation fundraisers I've vetted so far, a few other fundraisers I find trustworthy but have not been able to vet (inability to communicate with the organizer), and a few semi-completed fundraisers or fundraisers for a different purpose (like house rebuilding, or aid distribution). The numbers next to the names have no significance beyond ease of navigation for me for when I check their progress in the future. You should look at the disclaimers instead and focus on those. Occasionally I will update these with new info, including new fundraisers, and the amount of cash that's been raised. Check in regularly on the original post when you see it being reblogged. In all likelihood once its reached you it's already outdated. Also please don't overlook the Sustainable Aid options near the bottom! The brain drain is already creating problems but having another way of keeping or creating new knowledge and key members of a functioning society is important.

VETTED FAMILY ESCAPE FUNDRAISERS

MORE VETTED FAMILY ESCAPE FUNDRAISERS (tumblr has a character-per-block limit, there's no difference between the following fundraisers and the previous ones).

UNVETTED, BUT HIGHLY LIKELY LEGITIMATE ESCAPE FUNDRAISERS:

OTHER FUNDRAISERS:

At least 5 Palestinians, including a 16-year old child, were killed in an Israeli raid on the city of Tulkarem. This marks one of the most violent raids in the West Bank, spanning several days and still ongoing. Israeli settler violence is also seeing an all-time high, aided and abetted by IOF forces that have not only been shooting Palestinians and beating them to death, but also blocking ambulances attempting to rescue them.

This is in tandem with Israeli terror on residencies. The IOF has been repurposing random homes into detention centers, in effect forcing out Palestinian families that have nowhere else to go. And when they’re not doing that, they’re using their military tanks to tear down homes, destroy roads, demolish sewage lines, and blow up shops.

the stuff going on at columbia campus rn is genuinely incredible

despite mass arrests by NYPD and several students (including rep ilhan omar’s daughter, isra hirsi) being suspended for their participation and having their university identification deactivated, the gaza solidarity encampment is still going strong well into its second day. def recommend following independent reporter talia jane who is taking part and providing live updates. (talia was the first reporter to break aaron bushnell’s self immolation in february; she was one of the reporters he contacted personally prior to the protest.)

thank you so much alexa @shivsblunt for mentioning it…..anyone who wants to contribute to their jail support fund can do so @ bcabolitioncollective on v*nmo. also, if anyone is in the area and available to join (via cssw4palestine on ig):

there is also a petition you can sign to urge the administrations to drop the charges and reverse suspensions!

tinyurl.com/wewillnotrest

If you need further proof the U.S. and Israel do not want to actually take Hamas to trial, it's the veto against Palestinian statehood. If Palestine were to become a state then its governing body can be taken to trial, including for that genocide charge they constantly accuse Hamas of. They don't care though and they never did.

Also I know someone's gonna be nitpicky. I'm here to tell you to shut the fuck up. If Palestine receives statehood recognition at the United Nations level, which is the vote I'm talking about, then it will or can become a signatory of the ICC and ICJ and the current Hamas administration can be taken to court for their actions. But again, that is not the U.S.' goal.