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Is there anything I can do to help Palestinians besides call my representatives and beg them to stop killing people?

This is a great question. There are a few things you can do—just off the top of my head:

BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) https://bdsmovement.net/

Direct Action https://www.palestineaction.org/

Urge your University/School/Organization to put out a statement denouncing Israel

Organize a Protest/Participate in a local one

You might already be doing this but while calling your reps, tell them that as a voter, you're unwilling to support them in the upcoming election unless they urge the White House to take a stand against Israel and stop funding them

Share art/writing/films around Palestinian culture

If you're part of a union, ask them what they're doing to urge their industry leaders to take a stand against Israel + pressure the White House OR urge them to start a strike/walkout/etc if they're not doing anything already

Talk with your friends IRL about Palestine, whether in an activist capacity or watching a movie or literally anything

Reach out to a mosque to see if you can help them with anything

See if your city/state council has put out a statement in support of Gazans. If not, try to push them to do so.

Donate to Palestine Legal or Direct Action if you have some money to spare

KEEP TALKING ON SOCIAL MEDIA!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know some of these don't feel like they have as big of an impact on helping Palestinians, but we do need to make an effort not to forget their humanity in the face of continued erasure and the media's sensationalist rhetoric.

Talking on social media and posting—while not seeming like a lot—does SO much. I know in USAmerica, it's like yelling into a void, but political analysts are saying that most of the "Global South" has completely lost any amount of goodwill it may have had the past few years. Hopefully, countries will start to put sanctions and embargoes en masse on the US and Israel soon.

Our goals here are BOTH short-term and long-term. We hope for the life and liberation of the Palestinian people, so anything that you can think of might help at some point in the future is encouraged to at least try.

If anyone else has any more ideas, feel free to reblog and add on. Thank you for asking, and here is to a liberated Palestine where Palestinians can live and thrive without fear.

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Idk I just feel like your average middle class (yt) person is way too comfortable. The suffering of others should destroy you. All this bloodshed, all this sorrow is done in YOUR name, to protect the interest of the poor, innocent white person so you can be as cozy as possible. Journalists lie for you, laborers die for your fruit and electronics. The very phone you hold would not exist without child labor. At this moment, the US is choosing to support genocide to uphold white supremacy for YOU. The guilt should eat you. You should feel miserable and disgusted, and after you're done feeling miserable, transfer those emotions into doing something the people of color your existence effects. You have the privilege of turning away; don't do it.

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[leroibobo]

with my nakba posts, here's some website recommendations if you want to learn on the history of specific depopulated palestinian areas:

palestine remembered is probably the most famous and comprehensive website with full documentations of former locations and depopulated villages. it also lists information on palestinian refugee camps, guestbooks, and the ability to submit pictures/info if you know of any. information on each village varies.

zochrot is an organization dedicated to teaching both palestinians and israelis about the 1948 nakba (which is not covered well if at all in israeli schools, as you can probably imagine), which includes documenting information on villages and even an app. information on each village varies.

the interactive encyclopedia for the palestinian question's places page has some detailed histories and a map as well, but doesn't go into the detail of the last two sites, and doesn't have pictures or sources.

some villages also have their own websites, and many of them are also in english (for example, the one i linked for kafr bir'im). honestly just look up (village name) + website and if it's there you'll find it.

wikipedia also has surprisingly comprehensive coverage of the villages, the articles include a little more of the "war" background than the other websites do. (and of course since it's wikipedia you can find further sources on there.)

all that remains: the palestinian villages occupied and depopulated by israel in 1948 is a famous book by palestinian historian walid khalidi which gives a detailed account of what became of 400 different depopulated palestinian villages. it was released in 1992, so it's not current, but many of the things he wrote still hold. a lot of the above links use this book as a source.

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For everyone here on my Tumblr I need y’all to stop what you’re doing and really lock in to the genocide happening in Gaza right now. I will post as many links as I can but the best you can do right now is be loud as fuck! About this.

TLDR Isreal has cut off all water, electricity and telecommunications within Gaza in a complete blackout and Gaza has lost their voice. Israel has already threatened to bomb Al Shifa hospital, which is currently a shelter for around 50k-60k Palestinians. These are images of Gaza Strip from an HOUR AGO. They are literally slaughtering and wiping out generations of Palestinians as we speak.

Please I need to see y’all talking about this and being loud for Palestine. Your anime yaoi twink hyperfixation will still be here tomorrow but literally thousands of innocent people may not.

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bugs are actually nature's metaphor for sapphic love. don't ask me to explain

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What gave you the idea to start making bug edits? I love them so much! Also, do you have a fav bug and non-bug animal?

thank you i started to make them mainly because i liked the aesthetic of a very conventionally "ugly" thing (no offense bugs are lovely to me...) with conventionally pretty/cute clothes and words it helped me cope with my own feelings of ugliness a little .. i just love insects also and i feel there is a severe lack of silly and friendly insect content

i love beetles and leaf insects and other non-arthropod invertebrates especially cephalopods ♡ i like fish and cats a lot too. i am not sure if there are any animals i dont like

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if you are taking requests maybe something with the indian lily moth? or oleander hawk-moth, candy-striped leafhopper, or velvet worm? i just found your blog and i love it very much ^_^

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i will be trying to participate in invertober this year do you think it would be OK to post my art (drawings) here? or would you prefer i post them on my sideblog and keep this blog for only bug edits?

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ive decided to make another sideblog for art so everything can have its place :-) @entomophyta follow if you are interested!!!!

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i will be trying to participate in invertober this year do you think it would be OK to post my art (drawings) here? or would you prefer i post them on my sideblog and keep this blog for only bug edits?

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