Army Advocates for Palestinian Justice
On 22 April 2021, during the holy month of Ramadan, representatives of 28 Palestinian families constituting approximately 500 Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem sent a letter to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling to urgently include the imminent forced displacement of Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah. Specifically, the families called on the ICC to include as part of the investigation the related war crimes and crimes against humanity. These include forcible transfer, appropriation of property, persecution, apartheid, and other inhumane acts causing great suffering or serious injury to mental health arising from their forced evictions. Much of what is happening now has been the product of of many decades of oppression of the Palestinian people, and is subject to intense media censorship from media sources all around the world.
ARMY Advocates for Palestinian Justice: This project campaigns to raise funds for various Palestinian Justice and Advocacy programs, organizations, and groups by offering to write your requested fanfics. It is an attempt to focus the passion, activism, and financial power of our connections through a centralized means of organization and connection. We understand this project to be only a small contribution to the work that must be done to address issues of systemic oppression and violence and know we are always better and more powerful in community.
call for action:
- elevate the voices of Palestinians
- allies, educate yourself!
- donate with time, money, or energy
Rules for Submission:
- To participate, donate! See the bottom of the post for some suggestions on where you might donate.
- Capture evidence of your donation. Please don’t hesitate to blur out personal information, but make sure your donation amount and the receiving organization is visible.
- Fill out this google form.
- We welcome requests for all members and pairings. However, topics of noncon, underage sexual content, explicit violence, or abuse of any kind are not welcome.
- Please note: you can request a specific participating author, but these are available for any author to complete.
- Consider clicking on the other resources to get involved or educated!
Productions and Prices
- $5 - 1k drabble
- $10 - 2k drabble
- $15 - 3k drabble
- **Please note that few authors are interested or able to write more than 3k. If you would like to submit more than one request, you are welcome to.
Join as an Author:
If you would like to participate as a writer, reblog this post and contact discord mods @papillonsgf and @wwilloww to be added to the Discord where we will post commissions.
Places to Donate (please note that all donation links are for websites that also have great resources and information!)
- Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (worldwide)
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (worldwide)
- Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) (UK)
- Islamic Relief (worldwide)
- Anera (worldwide)
- Baitulmaal (worldwide)
- United Palestinian Appeal (worldwide)
Other Ways to Support:
- Send letters and emails to your elected officials to raise awareness.
- UK (send a pre-written email to your local MPs)
- USA (text RESIST to 50409, or sign this petition to introduce relief legislation to Congress).
- Speak out on social media and raise awareness using the hashtags #SheikhJarrah, #SaveSheikhJarrah, #GazaUnderAttack, #FreePalestine
- If you’re a college or graduate student, seek out programs, clubs, and events on your campus - Any Middle East or Arab/Islamic Studies programs are a great place to start.
- Thread of Palestine action events in different cities
- Shop Palestine
- Reading lists for books about Palestine (I highly recommend Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd and Mural by Mahmoud Darwish if you’re a poetry geek)
Resources for Education:
- Decolonize Palestine: a website with a comprehensive collection of resources for anyone who wants to learn more about Palestine, including debunking popular myths
- Free Palestine Carrd: a click-through carrd that explains what’s happening concisely, and offers links to donations and more resources for learning
- Infographics explaining more about what is happening in Sheikh Jarrah, about the conflict in general, about social media censorship, and about resources on how to be an ally (here, here, and here).
- Instagrams of Muna and Mohammed El-Kurd, two young Palestinian activists who are documenting everything live and from the ground
- Jewish Voice for Peace: a national member-driven organization dedicated to a U.S. foreign policy based on peace, human rights, and respect for international law.
Even if you cannot become a writer and are not interested in a submission, please consider donating to support Palestinian community initiatives and funding!