Members of a private WhatsApp group, including billionaires like the CEO of Dell and the former CEO of Starbucks, allegedly used the chat to discuss ways to pressure New York City Mayor Eric Adams to use police to crack down on Gaza solidarity protests at the city’s universities, according to The Washington Post. AJ+ has not seen the chat messages referenced in The Washington Post’s report directly.
NYPD officers raided encampments at schools like Columbia University and the City College of New York, arresting close to 200 protesters in just one day. The police raid at Columbia in late April was the first on-campus mass arrest in 50 years, with police using riot gear and military-grade weapons against mostly peaceful protesters.
While Gaza solidarity encampments have been frequently targeted with violence by police and pro-Israel agitators – and over 2,200 people have been arrested – a study found that out of over 550 Gaza protests at U.S. universities, 97% have been peaceful.
This evening, my children fell asleep hungry because there was no proper food for them. We also walked for three hours to save drinking water. The place was inhumane and the water was polluted, but there was no other choice. Please help me cover travel costs for me and my family. War life is very tiring, especially my children who suffer every day due to lack of food, medicine and hospitals. Please keep sharing and donating as much as you can, every $5 can help us escape to a safe place and start a new life.
This evening, my children fell asleep hungry because there was no proper food for them. We also walked for three hours to save drinking water. The place was inhumane and the water was polluted, but there was no other choice. Please help me cover travel costs for me and my family. War life is very tiring, especially my children who suffer every day due to lack of food, medicine and hospitals. Please keep sharing and donating as much as you can, every $5 can help us escape to a safe place and start a new life.
The food consists of unhealthy expired cheese and overcooked canned foods that are not suitable for cooking.
imagine you are texting with a friend and suddenly they tell you that a house near them was just hit with a bomb. in the middle of your conversation. to be more specific, think of the last friend you texted, open up your messages even and look, and think about how you would feel if that happened. how would they feel?
this just happened while i was talking with @nesmaah. she and her family are in constant danger and their only chance of escaping it right now is to get enough money to leave gaza. i'm leaving their fundraiser below. please share and donate if you can. these are real people who are in danger right now, who are suffering, who are trying to live despite the circumstances. do not forget that every single person asking for help is a person just like you and your loved ones.
consider donating to fatma’s fundraiser. you can find her on tik tok at mydiary4112 and on instagram at fatma.alhoupi, which you can check out to see her life from before october too. she’s an artist from gaza, she’s 23 and trying to get herself, her mother and 6 siblings across the border. as of now, €16,315 is raised of €25,000 goal.
this is fatma's tik tok from 6 days ago. as of yesterday, she's in khan younes.
i have no association with fatma, but i've been following her for a while and she appears to have already been scammed by the previous gofundme organiser, so i want to boost this one.
ARTISTS FOR PALESTINE 🇵🇸 - ROUND 4! On the 25th May, I'll be once again hosting a bunch of artists to do art requests on stream to raise money for Palestinian escape funds.
This round's roster is very lucky to include returning artists Lilypichu from OfflineTV, cuptoast, @oooocleo, @karvviie, @bonesbunns and Elfilibust!
If you won't be able to make it to the streams but would still like to donate money, you can find a spreadsheet with hundreds of escape funds listed here. Alternatively, you could donate to one of three funds that I am focusing a lot of my efforts on.
Donate to Mohammed's family (€6,626 / 30,000)
Donate to Salwa Al-Shandagha (€7,018 / 20,000)
Donate to Leena's fund (€7,763 / 15,000)
As always, these fundraiser streams will always be available to watch over on my twitch channel here. Hope to see some of you there!
🚨MY FAMILY URGENTLY NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT TO EVACUATED FROM THE GENOCIDE TO SAVE PLACE🚨
Hello, my name is Ruba from Northern Gaza. I am writing to you today amidst harsh conditions that my family and I are enduring. We are in urgent need of your help. The war and the ongoing genocide put our lives in constant danger, and every passing minute could be our last.
We need you now more than ever…
We are living in a small tent that lacks the most basic necessities of life, such as clean water, electricity, and food. These essentials are currently unavailable to us, and we are in desperate need of them to survive.
My family and I are feeling extremely hopeless due to these tough circumstances. My parents are elderly and require medication and treatment, but there is no way to obtain them. We need your support to save our lives and protect my family from the death that is chasing us.
Please, help us as soon as possible. Your support will make a huge difference and save our lives.
Your donation will save the lives of Ruba and her family
Let us together help Ruba and his family evacuate from the Gaza war and provide them with safety
In Yemen the death count stagnated at 15,000 until the war ended and the people were able to count their dead. Today, it's commonly accepted that over 300,000 Yemenis have been killed by war and famine. We will see a similar situation in Gaza after a ceasefire.
Are you a fic writer and looking for a way to get involved? Or are you a reader who would be up for supporting ongoing fundraisers for Gaza?
This blog has been set up for supporting the cause!
Fic writers, you can either have your current drafts/ideas “sponsored” or open yourself up to requests! Readers will make a donation to a vetted fundraiser for Gaza and, after submitting proof, will be gifted a request or will support a writer in advancing their fics!
Please click here to learn more about how this works, and visit the blog for more links including how to sign up, which writers are currently participating, and some vetted, open fundraisers which need your help!
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