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THIS IS LIFE OR DEATH FOR PALESTINIANS IN GAZA
Making an urgent new post for Feras because I found out they can't get funds out of GFM fast enough to address their needs for water so please donate to their campaign via
Feras is a good friend of my friend's Abby, Olivia, and their mom Hope.
They're trying to raise funds to get a water filtration device/system for their community. The community is dangerously/near-LETHALLY low on water. Please send even the minimum amount donation. It adds up and it's so urgent.
running towards the sunset, fingers entwined, the golden sand squirming between her toes. as he waved, she felt a wave a relief wash over her. she didn’t believe in love at first sight, but once she lay eyes on him, she was infatuated. like finding the missing pieces of a hard puzzle, was love that easy?
Isa: [to Jake] If at first you don't succeed, then maybe you should do it the way I told you to in the beginning.
Isa, holding a kettle: Coffee or tea?
Jake: Tea.
Isa: Wrong. It's coffee.
Palestine is not over. Palestine is not dead. Gaza, the West Bank, the entire region between the river and the sea, and the various countries across the world where refugees have fled to, house a surviving people and surviving culture. Palestine is not dead, and WILL NOT die.
I'm seeing a lot of very valid despair online, but if you're someone like me, living a privileged life in a Western country NOT under active bombardment, and which is actually COMPLICIT to some degree in that bombardment: we don't get to give up. Not now, not ever.
You can still get involved in protests or direct actions (e.g. blocking supply), you can still donate eSims or fund UNRWA on your government's behalf, you can still hassle the crap out of your local MP. No, it won't roll back the harm that's already been committed, but all of those things are STILL WORTH DOING. PEOPLE ARE STILL ALIVE OVER THERE. PALESTINE IS STILL WORTH SAVING.
If you've bothered to read this far, you're probably already aware of what's going on over there right now. If not, check out Al Jazeera's fantastic coverage. But also remember that Palestine, and Palestinian culture, is more than just death and despair. Examples below:
Long live Palestine, from the river to the sea.
Isa: Why can’t any of you ever clean up after yourselves?
Jake: I have a person who does that for me:
Isa: Yeah, ME.
Jake: I’m glad you agree.
Jake: You haven't moved since I left 5 hours ago...
Isa: Excuse me, where do you think these chips came from?!
i’d stay up all night
tell myself i’m alright
baby, you’re just harder
to see than most
i put the record on
wait ‘til i hear our song
every night i’m dancing with your ghost
I just wanna write a slow dance scene 😭
(reasons why im still single)