Her name was Saly, she was five years old. She was like any child, she probably liked to play with her toys, she was probably learning to read, she probably like to spend time with her family and friends.
Maybe she would have been a doctor, or a farmer, or a engineer. Maybe she would have advanced the field of physics or medicine, written a best seller novel or stared in a major movie production; Or she might have had a quieter life, the world might have never known her name, but her friends and family would have and that might have been enough.
But no one will ever know now because Israel took those lives away from her, the tens of thousands of possibles that lay before each child burning like candle lights in cool summer night sniffed out in an instant. A last story shared by thousands of Palestinian children in Gaza.
IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE A LITTLE UPDATE, A LITTLE TINY BABY UPDATE GAH?/?>
in the middle of writing...ao3 volunteers i love you and i wish you well.. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF
[about my own oc, who i created] in theory its possible she would say that, but we just dont know for sure
I say this as a black immigrant from a third world dictatorial country that has faced genocide and is actively facing ethnic cleansing, stop tokenizing people’s traumas and oppression.
these are actual people facing traumas that you cannot begin to conceptualize, stop using their existence and/or deaths as morality tokens on the internet. it’s becoming less about the literal genocides taking place in various countries and more about morality competition.
posting/using people’s deaths as a talking point is disingenuous. stop weaponizing the traumas of the oppressed to feel morally superior than strangers on the internet, these are actual human beings, are not talking points.
anyways, here’s is a master list on how you can educate yourselves and provide resources to people in Palestine. Additionally you can follow @LetsTalkPalestine on instagram and join their broadcast channel to stay informed and updated.
this is a link to assist in humanitarian efforts in Haiti
link to assist with humanitarian efforts in the Democratic of Congo
link to assist with humanitarian in Sudan
Israeli forces storm the Rafah crossing this morning (May 7, 2024)
This is a very serious development.
As of this morning, the Israeli forces have stormed the Rafah crossing, the only way for Gazans to cross in or out of Gaza.
This means that no one, not even the wounded with permits to leave for treatment, are allowed to leave.
On top of that, no aid, food or medical kits, or aid workers will be able to get in either.
Everyone is trapped.
While Israel invades and burns down the small area of Rafah.
With millions crammed in it.
This is what Israel is doing, and it is in continuation of its accelerated genocide for the past 7 months. We find ourselves at this point because Israel was allowed to massacre and starve and maim Palestinians with complete impunity.
All eyes on Gaza!
Reblog the fundraisers you mfs!!!!! I don't know why you all skip those to reblog some pic of a banner saying "FREE PALESTINE" or of news from Columbia University! Literally these people from Gaza have made an account on Tumblr and is writing in english to communicate what they need and you all are coming onto my blog or on the tag and not reblogging their posts. We have people both Palestinian and non Palestinian vetting the fundraisers! I mean more the reblogs, more the chance of the fundraisers gaining momemtum, the more there would be a chance of a donation. Please donate if you can and reblog!!! and follow them if it is possible.
@/mohammedayesh has posted getting leaflets telling them to evacuate Rafah. They are very low on funds. Go follow them and reblog their posts and donate if possible.
We have @/haneenatya too whose mother is suffering from eye stroke and need to evacuate. Please I have been following them for some days and it doesn't seem their own posts are getting much attention.
Follow them! They are on tumblr. Reblog their posts and donate. The protests in universities are being done on account of them. They should be our focus.
Here's a website where Palestine GoFundMes are vetted and shared that you can send out to people. The url is gazafunds.com
Easy to use and simple. Just share the site whenever someone asks for GFMs for Palestine.
As a rule of thumb, don't reblog donation posts or people asking for donations unless they've been vetted and reblogged by Palestinian bloggers. We usually go to lengths to verify this shit because we know scammers have been faking to get people to send them money, using the urgency of our genocide as bait.
It's disgusting this is what we're dealing with, but people are losing money because of some truly evil people out there.
Accounts don't just randomly spring up on tumblr without gofundmes while asking for someone to help them create a campaign. Fuck out of here with that shit.
Patricia Laffan - Devil Girl from Mars (1954)
promotional poster of bisexuality