Israeli soldiers are conducting a series of invasive operations across the West Bank, abducting numerous Palestinians, killing and injuring civillians, and engaging in destructive raids on homes and Palestinian property.

This is what happened today (April 18) in the West Bank:

The Palestinian Detainees Committee reports that over 40 Palestinians were abducted by Israeli soldiers TODAY alone, from various parts of the West Bank, with a concentration of these abductions occurring in Nablus, followed by operations in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jericho, Hebron, and Jerusalem.

Two homes belonging to Mohammad and Ahmad Zeidat, who have been kidnapped since January, in the town Bani Naim (near Hebron) were also demolished.

Over 8,310 Palestinians have been abducted by the Israeli Occupation Forces since October 7, 2023.

(Source: IMEMC News, International Middle East Media Center)

Update: North Gaza Women's Project!

Mahmoud Abu Salama is doing an amazing thing in North Gaza! He is starting a project to help Deaf Palestinian women use their pastry making skills while also distributing food to families in need. This is helping both the women make a bit of a living and feed the hungry in the North.

By donating, we’re helping Mahmoud hire more women who take pride in helping both themselves and their communities! So please feel free to donate if you have a few dollars to spare, or spread the link if you're unable! Any little bit helps!

HelpGazaChildren Notion Site || #helpgazachildren tag

GoFundMe Link

[Quick ID: Video of Mahmoud Abu Salama speaking to the camera with women sitting on the floor behind him as they put together packages of pastries. We then get a closeup of the women who sign to the camera.]

Keep Gaza connected

Link to the twitter thread: https://x.com/oridepato/status/1772062549220929986?s=46&t=k_zC2KOGchduOvGrPSZTog

Simly tutorial: https://x.com/mambangstory/status/1739555477846212832?s=46&t=k_zC2KOGchduOvGrPSZTog

Video tutorial: https://x.com/brownisthecolor/status/1748468717787533553?s=46&t=k_zC2KOGchduOvGrPSZTog

Holafly tutorial: https://x.com/gayjeris/status/1751225312623423818?s=46&t=k_zC2KOGchduOvGrPSZTog

The Google docs from: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpEdXPgJt2DeBe7fKo-XFpOi2JGjG5Q6i7IimFwrfSRxDGsw/formResponse

Please donate if you are able, esims are extremely important!!!

If you use arab.org like I do please consider taking the extra 30-60 seconds to click on ALL of their causes. Palestine is important but so are the environment, refugees, children, women, and the impoverished across the middle east and it doesn't take away from Palestine to click for multiple causes. The arab world faces a lot of problems and they only get worsened by how western nations have oppressed and attacked them. Clicking is small but it generates something and overtime it does benefit the greater good. It takes all of us clicking as often as possible but we can do it! It's really easy and safe and they have proofs on their site on how they do make an impact and are donating your click money

YES. All of them. Every day. Here is the full list of causes.

Here are links for all the causes you can help with a daily click (you can use different browsers, incognito and/or mobile to click more than once), as well as the organizations where the proceeds go to:

Help Children with a Click. All proceeds go to UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)

Help the Palestinian People with a Click. All proceeds go to UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)

Help Fight Poverty with a Click. All proceeds go to UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)

Help Refugees with a Click. All proceeds go to UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), the UN Refugee Agency

Help Empower Women with a Click. All proceeds go to UN Women

Help the Environment with a Click. All proceeds go to Greenpeace MENA (Middle East and North Africa)

Arab.org also includes a link to other other trusted organizations accepting donations:

An important message from the National Lawyers Guild - Detroit & Michigan Chapter

source

<older man and older woman chatting amiably at a table, their conversation is just on the edge of intelligible>

Denise: Oh, hello!

Bill: We were just talking about you kids.

D: I’m Denise Heberle (HEB-er-lee)…

B: And I’m Bill Goodman.

D: Together we’ve been fighting fascism for over 50 years.

B: And so much has changed over those 50 years, such as the ingredients to a successful firebomb!

D (cheerily): And the glass that bank windows are made of!

B: But there’s one thing that hasn’t changed over 50 years, something that is so important to tell you kids who are new to this movement.

Both: Shut the fuck up.

D: You’re sitting in the police transport van after a protest?

B: Shut the fuck up. In a holding cell, with your comrades?

D: Shut the fuck up. Cop knocks on your door?

B: Shut the fuck up.

D: Texting on an unsecured device?

B: Shut the fuck up. Pulled over by the cops after a protest?

D: Shut the fuck up. Cop just asking about your day?

B: Shut the fuck up. Feds call your mom?

D: Tell your mother to shut the fuck up.

B: Now. Repeat after me. When the cops come calling, what do you do?

(Cut to Bill standing with eight kids)

Kids: Shut the fuck up!

(Cut to Card:

“Shut The Fuck up A Public Service Announcement from

NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD

Detroit & Michigan Chapter”)

Achievement Unlocked:

Shut The Fuck Up

Listen to the kindly old people, and never, ever snitch. Not even on yourself.

Bisan is calling for another strike April 1st 2024. Don’t buy ANYTHING

Someone mentioned it yes in the video bisan is also saying to block the roads to Israeli embassies if you can participate please do so and safely!!

locations of some israeli embassies / consulates:

CANADA + MEXICO:

ottawa: 50 O'Connor Street (embassy) montreal: 1 Westmount Square Suite 650 (consulate) toronto: 2 Bloor Street East Suite 400 (consulate) mexico city: Sierra Madre # 215 Lomas De Chapultepec Miguel Hidalgo, Cp 11000 Cdmx (embassy)

US:

washington: 3514 International Dr. Nw (embassy) atlanta: 1100 Spring St. N.W. Suite 440 (consulate) boston: 20 Park Plaza (consulate) chicago: 500 West Madison St, Suite 3100 (consulate) houston: 24 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1500 (consulate) LA: 11766 Wilshire Blvd Suite 1600 (consulate) Miami: 100 N. Biscayne Boulevard Suite 1800 (consulate) new york: 800 Second Ave (consulate) philly: 1880 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1818 (consulate) san fransisco: 456 Montgomery St #2100 (consulate)

you can find the locations of more here

update from the jjk fanartist from gaza who lost one of her eyes. “ex-artist” is just……. god. fuck israel fuck america fuck it all to hell

It’s him….

It’s Shrimp who fries the rice…

You called?

Omg hi im such a huge fan

The IOF are terrorists and war criminals -void of humanity. Yet another tragedy, and people still turn away from this disproportionate amount of violence Palestinian people have been and are facing. I'm beyond deeply disturbed, this is just heartbreaking.

For all my Australian followers!!!

El-Rahman is an organisation of volunteers currently helping to re-settle Palestinian refugees who recently arrived in Naarm/Melbourne. If you’d like to tangibly help improve Palestinian lives right now, they take monetary donations and have multiple drop off sites for supplies.

If you follow their Instagram, they will regularly update with what supplies are urgently needed, which range from furniture, to clothes, to sanitary pads.

Can't emphasise enough how important it is for people coming out of a warzone that their needs are taken care of. We should all strive to give a semblance of normalcy to these families who are traumatised and still going through immense suffering.

Here is the video of tens of thousands of Congolese people gathering at a cobalt mine:

If you aren't conscious about the products you consume, you should be. Congolese people should have never had to and never have to do this enslaved labour. This is beyond hyper-exploitation, violence, and abuse of power by western imperialist entities and corporations. Until this whole system charges, boycott big tech. Don't change your phone or lap tops every year (although that in itself is a privilege), and demand these companies like Apple be accountable for the blood they have on their hands.

the municipality of gaza announced it has to halt all waste collection and sewage treatment operations because of the war…..many have said it already but the long-lasting impact this war is going to have on the health of palestinians in gaza can’t be overstated. i think about water stations being targeted by israeli bombers, about the millions of displaced palestinians sharing limited bathrooms, about bisan sharing that she’s been very sick. i think about how contagious covid still is even with normal access to resources like clean water, medication, masks, i think about how many are rightfully concerned about the transmission rates in the us and other countries with relaxed restrictions. where are those people now???

Dr Tamer Alnajjar is a scholar of Environmental Engineering who has been posting about these issues on his Instagram account. Please follow him and boost his content to spread awareness about the human and environmental crises created by Israel in Gaza.

It has been hard for me to talk about how what is going on with Israel and Palestine is affecting me personally, but I grew up in Gaza and most of my family still lives there. My father did not survive the bombings last week and I have not been able to contact my younger sister in days. I am try to being understanding that most people do not have personal connections to what is happening and therefore are justifying their silence, but is heartbreaking to see this misinformation being spread. What’s happening there is a genocide, not a war. It is not antisemitic to support Palestine, it’s not even antiemetic to criticise Israel. There is no grey area or neutrality regarding this, and it is so easy to find resources that will educate you on the subject. It is my people and my home being destroyed so I will never be silent about this, but I please urge everyone to get informed and start speaking up and finding ways they can help.

decolonizepalestine has tons of information on Palestine’s history/propaganda that has been spread throughout the years

UK citizens can email their MP asking for a ceasefire

US citizens can call/email their local government officials asking for a ceasefire

Jewish Voice for Peace also has many resources for ways for US citizens to get involved, including protests

Donate to Palestine Children’s Relief Fund

Donate to Medical Aid for Palestine

Donate to help get food and hygiene kits to Gaza