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Donate - Palestine Action

Please donate to Palestine Action in order for their members to continue storming, halting, shutting down and dismantling all factories/offices owned by Israel’s biggest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems, across different countries.

If you can't donate, please visit their site to see what other ways you can support or join this movement, especially if your country host one of Elbit's factories.

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Who profits from keeping Gaza on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe? - +972 Magazine

Keeping Gaza on the verge of collapse keeps international humanitarian aid money flowing to exactly where it benefits Israeli interests. By

Despite numerous protests from the Palestinian side, the Paris Agreements signed in 1994 continue to constitute the framework for the main economic agreements between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, including the Gaza Strip. Israel controls the customs regime, thus there is no import duty on goods imported from Israel to the occupied territories, while there is on goods imported from abroad. International aid organizations are required to provide humanitarian aid in the most efficient way possible. They must purchase the cheapest food available to aid the greatest number of people within their budget. Though food is cheaper in Jordan and Egypt, food imports from Jordan and Egypt to the occupied Palestinian territory are taxed. The taxes, in principle, go to the PA coffers, but this cannot be a consideration for the aid organizations. Instead, they are required to purchase most of the goods they distribute from Israeli companies, unless importation from another country, including import taxes, will still be cheaper than the price in Israel. Additionally, Israeli security regulations require aid organizations to use Israeli transportation companies and vehicles, since Palestinian companies are not allowed to enter Israel to pick up goods from airports or sea-ports. Even more significant is the fact that the Palestinians do not have their own currency or central bank: financial assistance must be given in New Israeli Shekels. The foreign currency remains in the Bank of Israel, and Israeli commercial banks collect numerous service charges along the way. What this means, in fact, is that Israel exports the occupation: as long as the international community is willing to contribute financially to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Israeli companies continue to supply them with goods and services and receive payment in foreign currency. [x]

- shir hever for +972 magazine on march 2, 2018

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Letters From Gaza • Protean Magazine

The team at The Institute for Palestine Studies has been translating and publishing messages from Gaza as Israel ramps up its assault on the

As the Israeli military prepares to ramp up its genocidal assault on Gaza, every message that Palestinians manage to transmit may be the last. The team at The Institute for Palestine Studies has been translating and publishing these messages so that the world can see the humanity buried under the rubble, and the spirit of resistance that has, does, and will continue to animate the Palestinian struggle.  To help maximize their reach, we are republishing these messages here, and will continue to update this page as more come in. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

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queerness under apartheid

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"I have dreams I have not yet achieved. I have a life that I have not yet fully lived." 10.15.2023

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“I have been missing your voice / like bleached bones dream of flesh.”

— Rebecca Salazar, from “Reasonable ground,” published in Cosmonauts Avenue

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Ring, made in Italy, c.1660 (source).

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congrats to et al. for their very quantitatively impressive contribution to every scientific fields

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“My Answer of Love is You.” Embroidery Confessions Iviva Olenick

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Karabagh partridge rug with inscription featuring a name and date in Armenian at the top: 13 March 1932 Vardider Yerzinkyan.

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most of all i hope you all find a reason to wake up and love each day despite it all. i hope you hear the birds singing or you buy a new candle or use a new fabric softener and it inspires you to keep going. each day holds so many possibilities. live to see the different outcomes. i believe in you and I’m proud of you for existing despite it all. you were made to experience life, so let life’s experiences be the reason you continue on.

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