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panicked in my religious studies exam and used the hymn "I will go lord" as a source of authority
thanks to my amazing Christian school,
I can't remember quotes but I know the entirety of Jerusalem, the lord's pray and most Christian hymns
Hi, I hope you're doing well. I'm writing to you with a heavy heart and an urgent request for help. My family is in a very danger situation due to the ongoing war, and I've launched a GoFundMe campaign to save them. Could you please reblog my campaign post from my profile? Each share could be a lifeline for my family. 🙏 Feel free to share it in any other social media platform if you would like. Our campaign has been verified ⭐️ by operation olive branch, and is entry number 26 on their spreadsheet. Also with ⭐️ Project watermelon,line 249/(212) on their spreadsheet. From the bottom of my heart I want to thank you in advance for all of your support and kindness.
I hope you'll reach your goal soon! 🇵🇸
Jews heading to prayer at the wall of weeping in Jerusalem
A little while back, I was not educated on everything going on in Gaza. I wasn't on Social Media much, for mental health purposes, and only started hearing and seeing stuff about it when I started uploading my Watcher and other fandom artworks. The people in my life are very conservative, so I didn't see or hear any of this until around late October, I think. I can't think of the exact point in time.
Anyways, since then I have been on here more and have been seeing it more. I have been continuing to educate myself on the matter and stand proudly with Palestine. Some of my family is not happy about this at all. I honestly don't give a shit anymore. I cannot talk about it to most of the people in my family, so since I saw this post, I will say what I'm feeling here then.
She is absolutely correct. This is not normal. She and no one should have to be going through this. To be forced into making this decision is something I couldn't imagine. This is cruel. Those people are human beings. They're not toys you can just mess around with and throw away when you get bored with them. They are not livestock for you to slaughter. They have families! They have loved ones! They laugh, love, bleed, and cry just like the rest of us! They deserve justice!
I saw videos, online entries, and pictures of families, friends, and all sorts of people clutching the bodies of the people they loved most. They are grieving. Some are still processing the idea that those people are gone. Some of these people are processing the idea that they might not even make it home. The people they love were STOLEN from them and for what?
I watched videos of parents saying goodbye to their dead children. Children saying goodbye to their dead parents and friends.
I watched a video of a man sleeping next to the covered body of his childhood best friend. He refused to leave his side.
Journalists holding funerals for other fellow journalists by laying their vest on their corpses. Journalists sending their final videos and messages to their families and to the world because they know they will likely not make it home.
As of January 21:
83 journalists and media workers were confirmed dead: 76 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 3 Lebanese.
16 journalists were reported injured.
3 journalists were reported missing.
25 journalists were reported arrested.
There have been multiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members.
(If those numbers are wrong, please let me know!)
The CPJ also reported 16 injured journalists and 3 missing journalists.
"Nothing can describe what you feel. You get to the point where you feel it's useless. But you have to show the world what's happening,” says reporter Youmna ElSayed.
The men, women, children, and others have been through and are continuing to go through things I cannot even imagine. There is not enough words to describe the anger I feel at the moment. The anger and mourning they all feel is probably greater than any anger. Why? Because those people are innocent. Those people had and are still having their loved ones, homes, pets, hospitals, schools, EVERYTHING stolen from them.
Since the war started, 25,105 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, while another 62,681 have been wounded.
They are purposely starving these people. 570k+ people have been starving due to war fallout. Prior to the current hostilities, 1.2 million of Gaza’s 2.2 million people were estimated to be facing acute food insecurity, and over 80 percent were reliant on humanitarian aid.
On November 28, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said that Gaza is suffering from at least a US$1.6 million daily loss in farm production and the Palestine Food Security Sector, led by the WFP and the Food and Agriculture Organization, reported that over a third of agricultural land in the north had been damaged in the hostilities. Satellite imagery reviewed by Human Rights Watch indicates that since the start of the Israeli military's ground offensive on October 27, agricultural land, including orchards, greenhouses, and farmland in northern Gaza, has been razed, apparently by Israeli forces.
“The Israeli government is compounding its collective punishment of Palestinian civilians and the blocking of humanitarian aid by its cruel use of starvation as a weapon of war,” Shakir said. “The deepening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza calls for an urgent and effective response from the international community.”
They are doing everything in their power to ensure that the Palestinian people are wiped from the map. I looked a few thing up this week and I was reading this:
"According to a January 2024 analysis, Israel's aerial bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza is responsible for over 99% of the 281,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent generated in the first 60 days after the October 7 Hamas attack.
The carbon emissions from the first few weeks of the war are equivalent to the annual energy use of around 2,300 homes, or the annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from around 4,600 passenger vehicles.
The war has also destroyed sanitation and water treatment systems, and left a new layer of toxic chemicals in Gaza's soil. Israel has also targeted the environment by destroying essential infrastructure, such as limiting water, electricity, and fuel supplies to Gaza.
The conflict has also raised energy prices, which could mean that energy security concerns will take precedence over energy transition initiatives. This could entrench the power of fossil fuel interests worldwide."
If you support israel, you aren't just killing Palestine, but you are literally helping to doom our planet. They are genocidal monsters. In October 2023, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said, "We are fighting against human animals". Comments about fighting "human animals," making Gaza a slaughterhouse, and erasing the Gaza Strip are key components of the ICJ genocide case.
Dan Gillerman, the former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, also called Palestinians "inhuman animals." Are these really the people you want to support? Like I stated earlier, those HUMAN BEINGS are NOT livestock. To dehumanise, mock, starve, slaughter, and terrorise those innocent people, is downright disgusting. I am not religious, but if I were I would say that there is a special place in Hell for people like that.
Before you support anyone, or anything, please research, ask around, do anything in your power to educate yourself and support what you believe because you know it is the right and just thing. It can be scary to be around people in your life who are completely against your beliefs and who you are as a whole, believe me, I get it, but thinking and believing/supporting what you believe, for yourself, because you believe it, is an amazing feeling. Think for yourself! If the people in your life support israel and there's no way for you to protest safely, if you have private access to online forums, then do your best to just read up as much as you can. Educating yourself is the first step.
I am still trying to find as many resources as possible to help spread awareness and support. So please, to anyone who is currently uninformed like I was, or just doesn't know how to help/bring support to the genocide going on right now, you can do these things to help:
Call or email your representatives about this. I saw a website the other day. You can join the AFSC online for weekly Action Hour for a Cease-Fire. Every Friday, they share updates from AFSC’s staff in Gaza, tips for advocacy, and then make calls and write letters to Congress. So, I would definitely recommend checking them out! You can sign up for Action Hour -> here
Here is a book you can read. It's about 12 Palestinian writers writing about what they dream for the future of Gaza. The book is called “Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire.”
Here's a collection of Palestinian books you can buy: Free Palestine! books
Humanitarian Aid for the Palestinian people: here
Research the subject. Talk to people, whether that be online or in-person. Any source of information you can get is useful.
Avoid companies that you know are in support of the genocide. If you do not know the companies, ask a friend or look up online what companies are supporting Israel. Here is a link to that: here.
I am going to be doing this myself, but even online, like many people have been doing, you can add the flag or something in your bio to show support such as the Palestinian flag or the phrase "Free Palestine!" to make others aware of your support.
Join protests, make art. Whatever it takes to spread the message out into the world to help these people, please do it!
The year has just started, let's do out best to be there for each other and stick together! Whatever help and support you offer will not go unnoticed!
I wish everyone a safe and pleasant night (or day where you come from). Let's do our best! If this helps/informs even one person, I am happy! Thank you for reading! 💛
❤️🖤🤍💚
To the deceased Journalists, we will never forget you. Thank you for everything you've done.
Here is a link to the list of killed, injured, and missing journalists -> here
Free Palestine!
Noor Harazeen you are the world's hero. You're completely correct, this is not normal. This is evil and no human needs to make these decisions.
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Freedom of the press.
Members of the press are being detained in Texas.
The police attacked pro-Palestine protesters in Ohio State University. The West that had been occupying and oppressing many people around the world has turned on its own people in a heartbeat.
They have also deployed snipers at the university.
This is how a wounded Palestinian, who was shot by an Israeli sniper opposite Nasr Hospital in Gaza, was rescued by a Gazan doctor and her team.
Some assorted products from my fundraising shop (clothes, stickers, pins, bags and more):
As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my shop are for my best friend who is Palestinian. The extra income will help him support his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids and economic devastation in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with.
You can find my shop HERE. To see a design on different products click on the display product and scroll down or go here to browse by design. Each design is available on a bunch of different products, and there are many more designs available than just the ones shown above. Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far! We greatly appreciate all the support.
I've been saving this bubble graphic for a while, I found this nice Dome of the Rock image on Pixabay and I really love how the colors work together! I think it would make a great sticker.
ALL PROCEEDS from my work are for my Palestinian best friend, to help him support his girlfriend in remaining safely in America until it's safe for her to travel back home and to help his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids in the West Bank (this has unfortunately hit his family quite hard) and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with.
The Dome of the Rock is a shrine in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem. It's the oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture. The iconic gold color was actually added starting in 1959, before that the dome was covered in blackened lead.
Here is the above printed on a few things (shirts, sticker, pin, hoodie):
You can find this design on a bunch of products here, and you can find my full shop here. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far!
A new Palestinian key design featuring poppies, found here. The key is a common symbol for the right of return.
As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my shop go to my Palestinian best friend to help him support his girlfriend in remaining safely in America until things calm down and to help his other loved ones around the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with.
Some product examples:
You can find all my designs here. Redbubble will display them with a random product, click on each to see all product options (shirts, stickers, bags, hats, etc).
Thank you to everyone who has helped so far!
A lot of pins from my fundraising shop have been selling recently (particularly the woodcut dove over a poppy shown first below) so here is a preview of what a bunch of my designs look like on pins:
You can find all my designs here. Redbubble will display them with a random product, click on each to see all product options (pins, shirts, stickers, bags, hats, etc).
As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my shop go to my Palestinian best friend to help him support his girlfriend in remaining safely in America until things calm down and to help his other loved ones around the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with.
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped out so far!
Thank you to everyone who has helped me fundraise for my friend! ALL PROCEEDS from my shop go to help my Palestinian best friend support his loved ones. I don't anticipate any of my new designs getting approved until after the weekend, so in the meantime I'll start the weekend by sharing what has sold so far this week:
Stickers:
Notebooks:
Shirts:
Magnets:
Pins:
Greeting Cards:
You can find all my designs here. Redbubble will display them with a random product, click on it to see all product options (shirts, stickers, bags, hats, etc).
Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!
Thank you so much to whoever bought the Free Palestine black metal shirt a couple days ago, I really enjoy that one and I was wondering if it was ever going to sell! I introduced the friend I am fundraising for to metal and it was a big thing we bonded over so it seems like a fitting design to raise money for him.
You can find this design here. ALL PROCEEDS from my shop go to my Palestinian best friend to help him support his girlfriend in remaining safely in America until things calm down and to help his other loved ones around the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with. You can find all my designs here. Redbubble will display with a random product, click on it to see all product options.
I also have a couple shirts/other things with a simple punk font if that's more your thing:
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped out so far, this fundraiser has been working way better than I ever expected and my friend and I are really grateful for all your help. I hope you are all enjoying the art you have bought!
I made a few more simple text designs with this font for my fundraising. As usual, ALL PROCEEDS are to help my Palestinian best friend. Here are all the options (they're particularly nice for stickers and simple shirts I think):
Some product examples (I particularly like how the red one shows only the shadow on various black products):
My friend will use the money to help support his girlfriend remaining safely in America until things calm down and to help his other loved ones around the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids in the West Bank (those have hit his extended family quite hard unfortunately) and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. I'm currently very worried about escalation in Lebanon and the impact that could have on the family he has there who have so far been relatively safe. Hoping things stay under control there. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with (he's such a sweet person, he's involved in so much charity work for so many different causes, Palestinian and otherwise). You can find all my designs here. Redbubble will display a random product, click on it to see all product options (shirts, stickers, notebooks, etc).
Here's a small sample of my other stuff, I have 93 designs so far (each available on a wide variety of products) and I'm adding more regularly:
Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!
I've been making a couple simple text designs again, starting with these two rainbow designs found here and here.
As usual, ALL PROCEEDS from my designs go to my Palestinian best friend to help him support his girlfriend in remaining safely in America until things calm down and to help his other loved ones around the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with. You can find all my designs here. Redbubble will display with a random product, click on it to see all product options.
Some examples of the above designs on products:
Here is a small sample of some of my other designs:
I'm adding new things very regularly in a wide variety of styles, so keep checking back for more. Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!
I added a third skin color option to this older design, found here. These were mostly made with stickers in mind but are available on other products as well. The accent nails are a Palestinian flag and keffiyeh pattern.
ALL PROCEEDS from my designs go to my Palestinian best friend to help him support his girlfriend in remaining safely in America until things calm down and to help his other loved ones around the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He plans on donating anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with. You can find all my designs here. Redbubble will display with a random product, click on it to see all product options (stickers, shirts, etc).
Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!
An edit of a 1913 de Mesquita print, available here.
ALL PROCEEDS from my designs go to my Palestinian best friend to help him support his girlfriend in remaining safely in America until things calm down and to help his other loved ones around the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He plans on donating anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with. You can find all my designs here. Redbubble will display with a random product, click on it to see all product options (stickers, shirts, etc).
Some examples:
Here are a few of my other edits of vintage prints:
I have 87 designs so far, with more being added regularly. I try to keep a large variety in styles so there's something for everyone. Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!
Some of my favorite fundraising designs to make so far have been the various edits of open source vintage prints. I have another waiting for approval now that I look forward to sharing here. In the meantime here are some currently available (originals by Meunier and de Graag respectively):
ALL PROCEEDS from my designs go to my Palestinian best friend to help him support his girlfriend in remaining safely in America until things calm down and to help his other loved ones around the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He plans on donating anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with. You can find all my designs here. Redbubble will display with a random product, click on it to see all product options (stickers, shirts, etc).
Some examples:
Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!
Wanted to reshare this old school black metal style design.
ALL PROCEEDS from my designs go to my Palestinian best friend to help him support his girlfriend in remaining safely in America until things calm down and to help his other loved ones around the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He plans on donating anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with. You can find the design above here printed on stickers, shirts and many other products.
You can find all my designs here. Redbubble will display with a random product, click on it to see all product options.
Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!
A keffiyeh pattern over a tie dye heart.
ALL PROCEEDS from my designs go to my Palestinian best friend to help him support his girlfriend in remaining safely in America until things calm down and to help his other loved ones around the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He plans on donating anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with. You can find the design above here printed on stickers, hats, shirts and many other products.
Here is a small sample of some the other works I have:
You can find all my designs here. Redbubble will display with a random product, click on it to see all product options (shirts, stickers, notebooks, etc).
Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!
Fundraising Update
No new design approvals seem to be happening with the holiday, so here are my most popular Palestine designs so far (shown here on stickers):
I want to thank everyone who has pitched in to help my best friend. For those who have not seen my posts my best friend in the world is Palestinian, and a lot of his friends and family all around the Levant are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries (West Bank stuff in particular has been rough for them). We're also on limited budgets as grad students, and I really don't want him to feel pressured to neglect school to support his family. He's an absolutely brilliant scientist and deserves to be able to focus on his research (as well as he can through the emotional toll this has taken of course). So, I'm selling Palestine related art and ALL PROCEEDS will go to him to help him get his loved ones through this. Honestly I didn't expect fundraising like this to do anything, but you all have been amazing!
I have a really happy update, his girlfriend should be arriving here in America imminently! You all helped pay for her flight and are helping cover their housing, so thank you so much! I really hope you are all enjoying the stickers, shirts, mugs and all the other stuff you have bought! From now on all money raised goes to supporting her stay here and continuing to give my friend the means to help his family back home. Anything he doesn't end up needing he is planning on donating to the various Palestinian charities he works with.
All designs above (and a ton more) are found here (Redbubble will show you a random product, click on each to see more product options). They're available on stickers, shirts, pins, and many other products. Some examples:
I added the keffiyeh I drew for my dove design to this simple bird silhouette.
As usual, ALL PROCEEDS from this design are for my Palestinian best friend, to help his girlfriend afford to join him safely in America and to help his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries.
You can find this design here, available on shirts, stickers, pins, mugs, etc. All designs found here (Redbubble will show you a random product, click on each to see more product options).
Here are the original dove I drew and the Palestine sunbird I also drew that use the same keffiyeh:
Both drawings come in a few different varieties (colors, details), see the shop for all options.
Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!
A couple new things I made with photos of my keffiyeh, a gift from the friend I am raising money for.
As usual, ALL PROCEEDS from these designs are for my Palestinian best friend, to help his girlfriend afford to join him safely in America and to help his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries.
You can find these designs here and here. All designs found here (Redbubble will show you a random product, click on each to see more product options). I have 84 and counting, I'm trying to average about one a day and I'm using a wide variety of styles so there's something for everyone.
I'm glad this design was approved in time for today. It's the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. Candles have for obvious reasons been associated with this day in many traditions throughout history. They're also associated with mourning and vigil. As we celebrate our various winter traditions, let's remember the millions of people in Gaza now facing the darkest day of the year without light (or food, water and shelter). As you light your candles let them serve also as vigil for those we have lost and the horrors the living still face. Around the candle I placed poppies, olives and an orange, all symbols of Palestine, along with a scrap of paper with the Arabic name (فلسطين).
As usual, ALL PROCEEDS from this design are for my Palestinian best friend, to help his girlfriend afford to join him safely in America and to help his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. The West Bank violence has been hitting his family particularly hard.
You can find this design here. All designs found here (Redbubble will show you a random product, click on each to see more product options). I try to make stuff in a wide variety of styles so there's something for everyone.
Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far.
A teddy bear in a keffiyeh holding a poppy.
As usual, ALL PROCEEDS from this design are for my Palestinian best friend, to help his girlfriend afford to join him safely in America and to help his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries.
You can find this design here. All designs found here (Redbubble will show you a random product, click on each to see more product options). I accidentally made this guy a bit small so he's ideal for those looking for smaller products like pins, stickers and mugs.
Approval of "controversial" designs (so everything related to Palestine) has been really slow this week. So I'm going to repost a few designs while I wait for my latest to be approved. My birds have been very well received so I'm going to start with them. Here are a couple birds associated with Palestine:
The left is the white-spectacled bulbul, common around the Levant. They are omnivores robust to urban life, and are known to be quite noisy. Fun fact, bulbul (بلبل) in Arabic actually is used to refer to nightingales as well. This was pointed out to me by an Indian friend because it's the same in Urdu apparently. In English the word has more limited use.
The right is a Palestine sunbird, the national bird as of 2015. They eat insects and nectar and kind of look like giant hummingbirds, though they are not at all closely related to them.
As usual, ALL PROCEEDS from my designs are for my Palestinian best friend, to help his girlfriend afford to join him safely in America and to help his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries.
All designs found here (Redbubble will show you a random product, click on each to see more product options). My designs are available on shirts, stickers, hats, notebooks, magnets and many other things.
Here is a sample of other designs that have been selling well recently, shown here on stickers:
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped out so far!