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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 (PLEASE HELP CONNECT GAZANS TO THE WORLD. if you would like to stay updated, please follow @/Mirna_elhelbawi on twitter)

currently holafly e-sims are needed. please donate.

donate to get food packages to gaza - care for gaza

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

secondary donations:

palestine children's relief fund

palestine red crescent society

save palestine - islamic relief canada

send medical supplies to gaza - palestinian american medical association

click to donate - arab.org

donate for the recovery of hisham awartani - gofundme

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.

help bring down israel's weapon trade - palaction

NOTE: journalists based in gaza are saying a demand for ceasefire is the priority as not all donations are reaching gazans (focus on the donations that are directly reaching gaza). so please contact your local MPs every single day demanding as such. palestine need a permanent ceasefire.

Petitions

petition to investigate war crimes committed by israeli military

demand ceasefire - amnesty.org

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

location specific petitions

gaza call for 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)

[EN5622] call for ceasefire and end to occupation - parliament of australia (AUS)

closes 13 dec @ 8.59pm AEST

[EN5628] retract governmental support to israel and demand ceasefire - parliament of australia (AUS)

closes 13 dec @ 8.59pm AEST

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

ceasefire now! - ijv (CANADA)

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

house of commons petition 4661 (CANADA)

closes 9 dec @ 11.03am EDT

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

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 | (very very important please share + read the sources provided)

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

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Medical Aid for Palestinians

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. We provide immediate medical aid to those in great need, while also developing local capacity and skills to ensure the long-term development of the Palestinian healthcare system.

you can read more about their ongoing emergency response here

Responding to this emergency situation, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s team on the ground in Gaza are releasing all of our pre-positioned stocks, worth $570,000 USD (approximately £465,000), to ensure hospitals and emergency responders have the supplies they need to cope with an unprecedented influx of casualties. The list of supplies provided by MAP includes essential drugs and disposables, lab reagents and support for Gaza’s blood bank services. Some of these supplies are already being delivered to Al Awda Hospital.

If you have money to spare, please consider donating

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In a now deleted, reposted and edited post on X (twitter): " A leading Israeli settler and advisor to the extremist Minister Itamar Ben Gvir - who has written op-eds in the New York Times calling for a one-state solution with Jewish supremacy as the law of the land - is boasting openly about Israel’s reoccupation of the Gaza Strip saying Israel will stay forever on its ancient beaches.

This comes as Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting that there are talks among some in the government to re-establish Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip."

"Annexation is the goal. Ethnic cleansing is the means. Self-defense is the excuse.

The Israelis are no longer pretending it’s about eradicating Hamas anymore. These celebratory posts show that this genocidal war is and was always about expulsion & colonization."

Via aymanm

Ahmedeldin

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continue to flood your accounts. make it impossible to find anything else except for posts and reposts about the genocide, because people FORGET and they already have. make it impossible to ignore. just because the "worst of it" was yesterday does not mean it is over. gaza has been stripped of internet connection for more than a day and anything could have happened within that period of time. people are still at threat of being bombed and the majority still do not have access to connectivity outside. humanitarian aid and resources are scarce. people are continuing to die in hospitals and under the rubble. spread information about the genocides in congo and sudan and tigray as well. it is never too late to say something.

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please stop scrolling and take the time to read this.

i don't think people understand the extent of the horror happening in palestine right now. "death" means nothing to people because of desensitisation so let me just tell you what white phosphorus is. it's being used in israeli munitions and has been and will continue to be fired across gaza and the palestinian borders.

white phosphorus burns when it comes into contact with oxygen (at nearly 800°C or 1500°F. the human body can withstand ~50°C for reference.) the air you breathe in ignites and it is near impossible extinguish. it sticks to clothing and skin and is very difficult to remove because it will continue to ignite in air. it burns flesh up to the bone and even past the bone because it penetrates tissue and is absorbed VERY easily. if you inhale it it'll destroy your respiratory tract and lungs. it can cause failure in multiple organs including the liver, kidneys and heart. it is being released in one of the most densely populated places on earth.

the only way to treat someone exposed to white phosphorus is to submerge them in saline or water and to pick out the substance with forceps, and when you undress a wound the substance can re-ignite. this is just ONE weapon that is being used to kill palestinian people right now. palestine does not have access to medical care, humanitarian aid, power, or internet. their hospitals are being bombed. gaza is one of the most densely populated places in the world with over 50% of the population being children. many children are the sole survivors of their families. there are videos of children experiencing panic attacks and symptoms of ptsd. the fact that israel has committed war crimes in plain sight means that we can only imagine what will happen to the palestinians in complete darkness.

israel has and will continue to deny this. your interests and fandom will still be here, you will wake up tomorrow morning and see your friends and family, but an entire nation of people are being wiped off the map. being silent is being complacent. reblog, spread information, tell people in real life, attend protests, sign petitions, call your government offices, at the very least be angry and upset and horrified because once you become numb and indifferent and hopeless the oppressors will have already won.

what's happening right now is more than a genocide and once it becomes a part of history we'll wonder how the world let this happen. genocides have been part of all nations. just because it is far away does not mean you don't have to be concerned. the fact that YOUR governments and YOUR idols and the people around YOU are supporting the mass eradication of an entire group of people should scare you. it shouldn't make you feel anything less than sick and angry and disgusted. DO something about it, no matter how small you feel your voice is, because palestinians no longer have one.

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I stand with the civilians.

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The IDF rounds up Gazans and deliberately bombs them where civilians were told to “evacuate to.” Israel has created an extermination camp.

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I may be too stressed to articulate this clearly but I am going to try.

While Hawai'i and Maui are trending I'm going to share this link. Its a FAQ about Hawai'i's statehood and the situation Hawai'i is in at the moment. There are people who want to be part of the U.S in Hawai'i and there are people who don't, but the people of Hawai'i were never, at any point, given an option to choose.

If you want to help Hawai'i and it's people but can't donate, spread this word. Help educate people. Make Hawai'i as the tropical paradise be replaced with the sovereign nation stolen by the u.s.

It is subtropical, meaning it is much more vulnerable to arid climates caused by climate change.

It has been systematically stripped of its native food harvesting practices and any ability to farm and self sustain. It has been systematically stripped of its previous industries. Maui used to export milk and cattle. That's all been taken away.

The islands since the 1800s were exploited as plantations, burning sugar cane and growing pineapples which are not native, diverting the water and depleting the water table.

Lahaina burned because of these practices. Because the native people were no longer allowed to govern their lands.

We as local people know that tourism is bad because this systematic destruction has happened in living memory. Within my grandparent's lifetimes, within my lifetime. I have watched this island crumble at the hands of mainland startups, hoping to take people on whale watching tours that cut the whales with their boats while people aren't allowed to have a ferry between islands. People create ziplines and tours through lands that used to belong to local people for farming and cattle. Now they're bought out for photos and hikes the local people can never afford. Hundreds of jobs have been lost in the past thirty years. Mass migrations to the mainland have been made by local people, myself included because we can no longer afford to stay on the island where we were born. Working three jobs is not enough to cover the rent because the houses are bought up by mainland people who then turn these houses into vacation rentals and charge hundreds a night. Right now these very homes are being paid for by the government so that Lahaina people have somewhere to stay and it's costing the state millions that people in the mainland are reeping.

People ask why tourism is bad. Because there are people alive today on Maui that have watched the foreign industries destroy everything. Because people alive today know what used to be and knew how to take care of the ecosystem so that this kind of calamity didn't happen. Lahaina was not just fertile. They had canals and waterways. Rivers that they would drive boats through to go from one part of town to another. It was more like Venice than this desert you see in pictures.

And do your own research. The information is out there. There are two Hawai'i's. The one you see as a tourist, and the REAL one. The one we need to protect.

Let Hawaiians have their land back. Let them restore the water to the land so we can prevent further catastrophe. Tell people about REAL Hawaii.

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⛅️As stunning as cloud, brighter than the sun ⛅️

I wanted to draw MC looking at Saeran but then I thought that a man falling in love is too charming so I reversed the roles.

I am always so conflicted between Saeran’s different hair colors. Red, white or his hair dye wearing off, I like them all and I always struggle when I have to choose for the coloring… which one do you prefer?

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*Jumin breaks into Chairman Han's office, clearly pissed*:

Chairman Han: What is wrong with you boy?

Jumin: Father, today I hit a milestone on therapy and we need to talk.

Chairman Han: And what did "The Great Genius" told you this time?? That everything is your mother's fault?

Jumin: Exactly.

Chairman Han *raising his hands*: Thank God isn't me!!

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I see we're hitting V's dad with a bat and I raise you someone even worse to hit- the twins' father. Now that I think about it, the only fathers/father figures we encounter in MM that are good people and fathers are Jumin's father, V (sometimes, depends on route) and Vanderwood (because try telling me this agent hasn't taken on a older brother/fatherly role for Seven). Yoosung and Jaehee's dad's aren't mentioned much, while Zen's dad is in this weird spot of "was kinda a dick. Maybe? Also not mentioned much". But Saejoong(?) And V's dad? Rocket those two into space, causing so much grief and trauma for their sons-

I'm going to say the only okay guardians in this game are V [depends on the Route, his Route is really the only one where I'll let him slide in this], Yoosung's Parents [His mother is just a concerned mother who misses her child at college, might be a little pushy but she's just that kind of mom. His father is working often but there's nothing to say he is a bad parent, just busy], and Vanderwood [While they look out for the loveable Saeyoung, they would still try to save their ass first, so this is a very thin ice kind of thing.]

That's literally it. That's the only people I would consider as "good" or "acceptable".

Saejoong can simply take a long walk off a short bridge. We know his crimes and we know what he's done. He's never going to be Father of the Year. Hell, I'll say the very same thing about Rika's parents, not many people know the specifics of her trauma since they didn't play her Behind DLC, but her parents do not deserve rights, either. They're on the shit list, too.

I already talked about V's dad but we know that his neglect and use of weaponizing his son against his ex-wife is bad enough. He made V afraid to be himself around him. If your child is afraid of you, you're a bad parent. His emotional neglect and abandonment of his son after some time cannot be ignored. That's a bad dad right there and there is no way to define him otherwise.

Jaehee's birth parents aren't here anymore so we don't have a point of reference. Her aunt and uncle raised her with the bare minimum, to say the least. She left home as soon as possible and hasn't looked back. It was emotionally neglectful, which is a kind of abuse, yet I'm not sure that Jaehee would consider it as such. Her aunt was worse but her uncle just sort of shrugged and went along with his wife, so not great.

Zen's parents were both neglectful and abusive to him. They told him he was a problem child, insulted his appearance, and made him do so much work that he was in tears. Even if his mother was the one in the house who was around more often, that doesn't mean his dad wasn't just as verbally abusive to him when he got home from work. It was a bad enough situation that Zen ran away in middle school. They told him he had to give up his dreams, and that was both of his parents.

We do know that Zen's brother wasn't as bad for a while, eventually, he got just as judgemental as their parents.

I have to disagree. I'm going to fight Chairman Han because he does not respect his son at all. He might say that he does, but he doesn't. I have strong feelings about that. Jumin loves his dad, but that doesn't mean his dad is a good father to him. Just because his dad stayed in the house and made sure that he had what he needed doesn't mean that he was a good father.

Jumin's father neglected him emotionally and pressured him with women who constantly harassed Jumin in horrible ways. Jumin's trauma with being sexually harassed his entire life stems from the people that his father allowed around him. It's not just from being inside wealthy social circles, Jumin mentions that he had started to be bothered by people in his preteens, by people his father brought home with him.

Jumin doesn't even talk about these experiences as what they are, traumatic. Jumin discounts so much of his trauma because of his privilege. He thinks that because he's wealthy, he doesn't really have room to complain about things that he's gone through. Be it the fact that people harass him and talk about his body against his will, the fact that he was kidnapped a few times, or the fact that his mother would lock him in the basement because he wasn't "normal" and "like other kids".

This doesn't count the fact that Jumin's father discounts his son's feelings often. In Saeran's After Ending, when Jumin is on the cusp of the largest breakdown he's ever had, his father says to him, "Wow, I'm surprised... you finally sound human." Jumin's biggest insecurity is a moment in time when someone calls him unfeeling, uncaring, and a robot. How can a father say that to his son? How can you treat your son like that? God, it gets me so mad that I can't even talk about it that deeply.

Jumin loves his father despite everything that's happened, but his father is not a good father. I don't care what anyone thinks about it.

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Jumin's Terms of Endearment

DISCLAIMER: I can't speak Korean but I can read and understand the basics thanks to the kdramas and Korean variety shows I've watched for more than a decade. I've also backed this observation with research, but please correct me if I got it wrong!

I want to highlight Jumin's speech style in Korean that might get lost in translation. He has a very respectful and poetic manner of speaking and it shows in his preferred terms of endearment for you. Jumin often calls you 나의 그대 (naeui geudae) which means my dear or my love. In Korean, geudae is typically spoken in 2 settings. One, you can use it to refer to someone you deeply respect. Two, it's a poetic way to address your lover in songs, literature or historical era, so you don't hear this word being used in everyday speech.

Compared to 자기야 (jagiya) which means honey and is also what Zen likes to say casually and lovingly to you, geudae is more elegant and romantic.

On the 11th day phone call, Jumin even starts his love declaration with 사랑하는 그대 (saranghaneun geudae) and it translates to something like dear you, my beloved, which actually has more depth than naeui geudae. I guess it would sound unnatural if Cheritz put the literal translation here, so they simplified it instead.

I think this little semantic detail adds nuance to Jumin's character, so it's a shame it can't be captured through English alone.

Man, I love languages.

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GOD JUMIN DOESN’T PLAY

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I hate the "Oh ur posting without tags? how is anyone supposed to find ur post🥺" warning shit tumblr does now. the hand of god will deliver me unto others

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I can't believe i never posted my dame lucifer drawing--

No background bc I Actively Dislike Doing Them lol

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funds for indigenous communities affected by the canada wildefires

grassy meadows first nations (ontario) needs funds for an escape route

odawa first nations (quebec-ontario) is raising funds for evacuees

algonquins of barriere (mitchikanibikok inik in alberta) lake mutual aid request 

you can drop donations for the odawa first nations at 815 st laurent blvd in ottawa

you can drop off food donations for mitchikanibikok inik at the ramada plaza in gatineau; you can also email info/@/health.rapidlake.com with mutual aid donations. please note that the maniwaki native friendship center is now closed to donations

if you’re directly affected, the pueblo action alliance has developed a guide for DIY filtration for the smoke

i’ll update this as i find more fundraising initiatives and please free to share your own. reblogs with anything than sharing resources/mutual aid requests/fundraising opportunities get blocked.