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how you can help palestine

*i regularly update this post with any new info i find so please always reblog the original post*

Donations

donations currently reaching gaza:

‼️ help buy e-sims for people in gaza

donate to get food packages to gaza - care for gaza

palestine children's relief fund

world food programme

medical aid for palestinians

donate direct aid to gaza - ehab rida (longtime activist and volunteer, has been carrying out donations and humanitarian projects in gaza since 2021)

donate to ahmed (@/90-ghost on tumblr)

he is born, raised and based in gaza. please help him reach his goal of $50K to get his family to safety across the rafah border into egypt. as of right now… it’s $7.5K per person to evacuate gaza.

help journalist yousef escape gaza to treat his cancer

help mohamed evacuate gaza to get treatment for himself and his daughter

mohammed is a friend of ahmed (90-ghost) and is a haemophilia patient. him and his family are currently living in a tent on the streets of rafah.

help gaza’s children

support palestinians: buy a keffiyeh from the last and only factory in palestine - hirbawi

secondary donations:

emergency relief for gaza - pious projects

palestine red crescent society

save palestine - islamic relief canada

send medical supplies to gaza - palestinian american medical association

click to donate - arab.org

help bring down israel's weapon trade - palaction

donate for the recovery of hisham awartani

one of the three palestinian students shot by a racist in vermont for wearing kufiyas and speaking arabic. hisham’s injuries have left him paralysed from below the chest.

Petitions

international cultural workers to strike from german cultural institutions for their complicity in oppressing palestinians and promoting genocide - strike germany

petition to investigate war crimes committed by israeli military

demand ceasefire - amnesty international

open call for immediate ceasefire

american government call for immediate ceasefire

american government to stop funding israeli military

ceasefire and increase humanitarian assistance - oxfam au

petition to get canva to address their pro-israel stance

invoke the genocide convention to call for ceasefire in gaza - world beyond war

suspend israel from international sports - diem25

UK to expel israeli ambassador - change.org

gaza healthcare workers for nobel peace prize - change.org

teachers around the world demand ceasefire - teachers for palestine

president whitten: reinstate samia halaby retrospective NOW - action network

location specific petitions

gaza call for lasting ceasefire - oxfam (UK)

end israeli occupation - parliament uk (UK)

email your MP - medical aid for palestine (UK)

protect gaza civilians - islamic relief (UK)

stop fuelling genocide - action network (USA)

@ biden: call for ceasefire now - move on (USA)

ceasefirenow.com - jewishvoiceofpeace (USA)

call congress and demand a ceasefire - uscpr (USA - they provide a script of what you should say, so don't worry about it)

note: you can call everyday. they tally the number of calls per issue. so more calls = higher chance for them to take action. p.s. you mainly go to voicemail so don’t worry about phone call anxiety. fight through it just this once please.

australia call on israel to stop attacking palestinians - apan (AUS)

immediate ceasefire and increase in humanitarian aid in gaza - actionaid (AUS)

email your MPs - stand with palestine (AUS)

‼️ australian senate to investigate australian citizens in the IDF for war crimes allegations - fpm (AUS)

‼️ arms embargo on israel - cjpme (CANADA)

sign to send letter to MP for ceasefire - nccm (CANADA)

ceasefire now! - ijv (CANADA)

ceasefire and allow aid to enter gaza - oxfam (CANADA)

call on your local mayor and council to demand ceasefire - LeadNow (CANADA)

cessez-le-feu et un couloir humanitaire - le mouvement (FRANCE)

écrivez aux député-es et sénateurs-trices - association france palestine solidarité (FRANCE)

write to your député - assemblée nationale (FRANCE)

skydda civilbefolkningen i gaza! - mittskifte (SWEDEN)

singaporeans call for immediate ceasefire (SIN)

contact your elected reps and demand a ceasefire (GERMANY)

write to the EU demanding a ceasefire (EUROPE)

template of letters you can send (EU)

guide on how to contact your MPs in EU

p.s. if the template is outdated, just use it as a guide and add a few sentences here and there that reflect the current situation. i can’t find any recent templates so :/ at least this is something

multiple actions you can take to help palestine - plant een olifbloom (NETHERLANDS)

includes: links for donations, emails to MP, emails to media, links to petitions and demonstrations

den haag, maak nú werk van vrede in israël/Palestina - the right forum (NETHERLANDS)

māori call for palestine - ourActionStation (NZ)

special visa for palestinians in gaza with family in NZ - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)

deem israeli actions as war crimes - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)

basta ao genocídio em Gaza! - awaaz (BRAZIL)

globo e grande mídia, parem de desumanizar civis palestinos - the intercept (BRAZIL)

Campaigns

‼️ justice for palestine

reach out to countries to back up south africa’s invoke genocide convention at the ICJ

‼️ international criminal court

submit evidences of israeli war crimes

friends of al-aqsa

❥ UK-specific

urge your MP to speak up for palestine

hands off al-aqsa

stop administrative detention

petition for UK to stop arming israel

❥ International

boycott puma — email them to end their partnership with israel

boycott coca-cola

palestine action

join the resistance

islamic relief canada

urge your MP to rally for ceasefire

decolonise palestine

poster campaign to raise awareness on the war crimes being committed against palestinians

text/call campaign for people living in USA

text CEASEFIRE @ 51905 to call for a ceasefire

text RESIST @ 50409 to send a letter to your representatives to pass HR3103–a bill that prohibits tax dollars from going to israel

download 5Calls app to contact members of your congress | (more info)

fax campaign for people in the USA

go on this website to send 5 free faxes per day

here’s a link to a pre-written fax copy you can download to send (the first link on the linktree)

here’s a video that explains how to fax your senator (it’s very easy and all you need is a valid email address)

‼️ BDS movement

get involved in boycotting companies associated with israel

please let me know if you have any more links. i will add them in. and please reblog the original post!!

UPCOMING PROTESTS

PALESTINIAN LITERATURE READING LIST

[technoturian]

[pnglove]

WHIMSICAL MUGS ♡

[panicawa]

Shelley’s 1971 Vogue photoshoot but it’s Anya

[yunevan-n]

Doomed by the narrative Crew

Unrelated, one thing I love about mouthwashing is the diversity in face shape and overall the charadesigns. Usually we always end up with the same guys BUT not here

Jimmy was a jumpscare the first time I saw him in game(didn’t even know he was shit at the time) why does he stand like that

[clockworkbuck]

book vs musical quick notes - spoilers for both abound

mae does mention anything about her romance and marriage to angus, thus she doesn't have the take on immortality expressed in "My Most Beautiful Day", she's still very maternal to winnie and does the same major actions/decisions

winnie's father is alive in the book but conspicuously abstract - doesn't say a single line himself only referred to.

more themes of class, ownership of land, and indirectly - settler colonialism in the book

man in a yellow suit is just a creep, no carnival, but implies he'd make a freak show out of the tucks to sell the water

winnie has a crush on jesse in the prose, but its less amount than her fondness for angus,

jesse does propose his plan, winnie doesn't question why wait til 17 reason jesse gives is so theyre the same age

miles had two kids one, a daughter named anna, and i fr don't know why they'd make him have a son instead for the musical except for the butch winnie agenda so yk girldad switched to boydad so winnie can be butch is cool. but a non maternal female character wouldve been nice in the musical

the constable does Not ignore the murder case, mae is put in the jailhouse, there is a whole prison break and winnie is the body double for mae and only doesnt get punishment because she's a kid (which matches the logic in the musical of her saying she killed in self defense thus bc shes a child no charges)

in the book angus tuck is not dispondent and rather always knows what to do right up til the murder and then fascinatingly he's described from winnie's pov and being envious of man who just died

miles in the book has his tragic backstory but has the personal goal of 'making a difference in the world' but he hasn't figured out how yet (i read a great fic where his idea is to go to war - very intense pitch much to think about)

winnie's father being dead in the musical gives her a lot more depth and actual connection to the life and death themes vs in the book the class and 'properness' vs culture of being poor is more winnie's arc. in the musical's dialogue the passing of winnie's father is the reason she's stuck in the house - as opposed to just upper class patriarchy, but also her father's death and her grief gives her leverage in many cases like angus lets her go to the fair w jesse because she said her father would take her, she connects with miles and his loss of his children because she is a child who has lost her dad

[currahee]

Me remembering vaguely liking Tuck Everlasting as a child: I should reread it as an adult Me rereading Tuck Everlasting as an adult: UGLY UNCONTROLLED FEELINGS

[metallicmikus]

in honor of the first weekend of tuck being over, have some stock images that are also tuck scenarios

[cilasbestos]

I could and might actually write an essay about the relationship between Jesse Tuck and Winnie Foster and how interpreting as more romantic (like in the movie) kinda ruins what is such an interesting dynamic and showcase of the way both of them have been stunted (Winnie by her mother coddling her and Jesse by having to hide from society due to his immortality.)

[lotusview]

The man in the yellow suit is just the man in the yellow hat's evil brother

[theriseofthesea]

I was listening to the audiobook with my mom and anytime I had to talk about the man in the yellow suit I kept wanting to say man in the yellow hat soooo badly

[prosperingcrescents]

Part of growing up is returning to childhood movies and realizing how deep their messages are. Don't consume media mindlessly. Within the ghiblis and disney princesses, there are life lessons.

[cozylittleqprmoments]

Can we talk mutual duality for a second?? Because like I loveeeee the pink x black, pastel x goth, light x dark, sun x moon ships so so much HOWEVER both me and my best friend are mixed aesthetic girlies. So one day I’m the light to her dark and the next she’ll be the light to my dark and I think that’s beautiful. I think it’s wonderful how we can mix and match and some days maybe we are both pastel while other days we will be opposite aesthetics. Because of this shared duality we are able to understand each other’s struggles all the more deeply. The pairing where it’s black cat x golden retriever but instead of you both cleanly fitting into one category or the other those are just the two wolves that sleep inside both of you. So this one goes out to the partners who shapeshift and can’t always be like “this is me and that is you” because maybe you’ll just have to take turns and say “I’ll be the moon today if you’ll be the moon tomorrow”.

[bralnwashed]

you know when you have like a platonic crush on someone? like you think about them a lot, you always think 'they would like this' or 'that reminds me of them' and you want to talk to them all the time. you get withdrawals basically when you can't. like it sounds like how people describe a crush. but you don't necessarily want to kiss them or anything. you just want to love them and watch movie marathons, hold hands sometimes, share a blanket, talk about them with all your other friends, get a cat, and bake cookies together. and have a certain level of commitment there, like you know they are the only ones you go to that level with. you can have other friends but not to that amount, or intensity or whatever. just someone to share things with. maybe you look like you're dating from the outside but between the two of you, you just know them. who they are.

[cozylittleqprmoments]

Queerplatonic coded dialogue prompts:

💖 “l'm not going to stop poking you until you give me some attention.”

💖 “You can call me whenever you want... Even if you don't have a reason to.”

💖 “Can we trade? I like yours better.”

💖 “I like the way your hand fits in mine.”

💖 “You have something in your hair... Do you want me to get it out?”

💖 “Would it be okay to stay in and cuddle tonight?”

💖 “It's nice that your voice was the first thing I heard today.”

💖 “Shooting star, make a wish.”

💖 “I hope you know by now how much you mean to me.”

💖 “When I get a message I always end up hoping it’s from you.”

💖 “You look really cute in that.”

💖 “Can you come with me? I don’t want to go on my own.”

💖 “That’s okay. I can wait until you're done talking to them.”

💖 “Sometimes feelings don’t fit neatly into little boxes and that’s okay. We can build a new box together if you’d like?”

💖 “No, it’s just that… I love that you’re wearing my clothes.”

💖 “You don’t have to pretend around me.”

💖 “You're a big piece of inspiration for this, honestly.”

💖 “Would it be alright if we matched clothes a little?”

💖 “Can you stay? I don’t want to be alone right now...”

💖 “Could you hold my hand?”

💖 “My friends get so annoyed by how much I talk about you sometimes.”

💖 “Wow, I didn't think you could make me smile this much.”

💖 “You don't need to leave so soon.”

💖 “You look so comfy, and cuddle-able.”

💖 “Let them stare, people stare at things they don’t understand.”

[rocksandaces]

I love the word "partner"

Are we married? Are we dating? Are we running a small business together? Are we in the middle of an elaborate plan to kill an ancient godlike being?

You'll never know

[dr-gaytorius]

The fact of the matter is that I do not want to do it

[dr-gaytorius]

"do what?" you might wonder. well. [gestures broadly]

[ismenes]

you know those studies showing that cursing helps with pain tolerance or whatever. that’s how i feel about making my weird little noises to get through my basic daily activities. sometimes you just have to go hggblaaaah for a minute so you can find the strength within yourself to get up or wash the dishes or send an email. mmmnneh. urgh. the torments are unending but you can always make some little sounds about it.