Aral Balkan14h ago

Want to help people in Gaza suffering through a genocide perpetrated by Israel and supported by many of our own governments?

Here’s a list of everyone we’ve verified using video calls with links to their fundraisers, ranked by how much they managed to raise in the last week:

https://gaza-verified.org/donate

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PS. They’re all on the fediverse (see https://gaza-verified.org/people/) so maybe also give some of them a follow? If you can’t help financially, a few words of kindness also go a long way (and who knows, you might just make a wonderful new friend. I know that I’ve made quite a few.)

#GazaVerified #Gaza #Palestine #mutualAid #israel #genocide

Show threadMason Loring Bliss

@aral How are they getting food? Where are they buying it? As heartbreaking as it is for them individually, I've always felt like it helps more people if I support the UNRWA, the World Food Programme, and similar - people working to get resources in for everyone.

I'm thinking about the people who can't get Internet access and who don't have access to the modern banking infrastructure. I want to help everyone, not just a few. So yes, we need to give, and to support more than just a few organizations, but we need to help at scale.

This feels like giving a food bank a can of food as opposed to giving them money they can use for efficient bulk purchases.

It's also important to address medical needs, so that's Doctor's Without Borders and the Middle-East Children's Alliance and similar.

It shames me that my country is co-owner of the genocide.

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Show threadAYA🤍12h ago
@mason @aral They destroyed our homes and left us in miserable tents, with nothing but oppression, humiliation, and misery.
Show threadAral Balkan12h ago

@mason International orgs are being stopped by Israel from doing their work.

They buy food from markets. It’s still a city of two million. Even if it has been and continues to be decimated by Israel.

Your donations to their accounts go directly to them and help them directly.

Show threadMason Loring Bliss11h ago

@aral Where are the markets getting food when so much farmland has been maliciously destroyed? I've seen videos of concrete being poured into wells. I'm glad there are souces of food, but it can't be enough.

As many are, I'm very distressed by all of this. I'm hoping the Sumud Flotilla can raise awareness. I'm not sure if they'll actually get food in - I hope they do.

It seems like sources of news have dried up. Even Al Jazeera has stopped covering Gaza, but I can't imagine the blockage on fishing has lifted, and all I hear from the big organizations is that they're being locked out, with tons of food rotting at the borders. Such horrible malice...

If we can help individuals that's unambiguously good. I'm just writhing with frustration that there isn't more being done, and moreso WHY there isn't more being done.

Show threadAral Balkan11h ago
@mason It’s not enough. They’re on the verge of another famine.
Show threadEllie 🏴🏳️‍⚧️11h ago
@mason I think awareness really isn't what's lacking, unfortunately. Is there still anyone unaware?
Show threadMason Loring Bliss10h ago

@31113 There are people passing it off. It needs to be in peoples' faces constantly until they can't stand knowing they're letting it happen.

If people aren't lobbying their congresscritters and pushing for aid daily, they're not aware *enough*.

Show threadEllie 🏴🏳️‍⚧️10h ago
@mason I'm not sure you can lobby them. I think short of a revolution states like the US and Germany are deadset on seeing this genocide through to the end. And a revolution ain't happening.
Show threadMason Loring Bliss7h ago
@31113 I strongly hope we're going to see peaceful change, but we'll see what happens in the US when we get to the next set of elections.