#I haven’t been to Israel

[femwizard]

What holds more weight? Raw numbers of percentage of a people. Number of lives it’s touched or number of lives it hasn’t. Is it worse to lose 100 of something there will still be a handful of, or the last 5 of something leaving only one remaining

#talking about human lives like this makes my head hurt #this is abt that infographic of netenyahu vs hitler if ur curios #it is essentially saying people are getting killed at a greater rate now than during the holocaust #& while I do think there are apt comparisons to draw #idk #I just hung out w ppl who seemed to know abt some nuance I’ve been missing #& like #I’ve been to Auschwitz berkenuw #& I’ve traveled in Germany & Eastern Europe #I haven’t been to Israel #but I have a decent idea of the scale comparison in terms of land mass #ww2 was really bad y’all #this shit is fucked & things are getting worse #& to a certain extent it’s simply about how much of the white world this has touched #but it’s also a difference of discriminate killing in a specific region #before indiscriminate killing over a large area #we are headed that way but we aren’t there yet #there were 40000 different sites in ww2

[favroitecrime]

Palestinian freedom fighters breaking out of Gaza and reclaiming their occupied territories. They’ve taken over israeli tanks and have chased out the settlers that were on that land. They’ve launched rockets everywhere and the iron dome has failed to intercept. This is about to mark a momentous event in history.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

#free palestine #it feels so surreal and so shocking #there’s so much hope but so much fear #you just know they’re about to retaliate with the genocide they’ve been planning for years now #i fear for my palestinian brothers and sisters but this is so fucking huge #they tore down part of the barbed wire fence!!!! the people of Gaza are breaking out!!!! #god there’s so much more on twitter but i beg if you look do NOT look at non-palestinian sources #they’re twisting the narrative as if this isn’t retaliation for 76 years of torture #as if the israeli forces and settlers didn’t kill 4 palestinians yesterday alone #as if they haven’t killed nearly 300 palestinians this year alone #do NOT let the media trick you into thinking anything after will be a retaliation to an attack Palestine started #PALESTINE is the one retaliating #also if you’re gonna come in here with both sides or whatever sincerely block me and lmk so i can blokc you #they’ve already out out statements to leave children and the elderly alone so any middle aged fuckers are free to kill :) #which is fine since they’ve likely killed hundreds if not thousands of their friends and family and neighbors anyway #tag: important #fuck israel #gaza #tag: october 7 2023

[queenwille]

Doron Steinbrecher, 30. #bringthemhomenow🎗️

#i decided to start with her because i haven’t been able to stop thinking about her this last week #also i love this picture of her that’s rarely published #this pass week she was in my thoughts no matter what i did #when i drove to work or back #when i went to bed #when i ate #when i was hanging out with my friends #when i hugged my mom #all day everyday #bring her home please #bring them home #bring them home now #israel #jumblr #untiltheyareallhome

[edenfenixblogs]

Is even one (1) anti-Zionist aware that Hamas and other terrorist groups have sent tens of thousands of bombs into Israel nearly continuously since 2001? (And no. I did not say Palestine. I said Hamas and other terrorist groups. I’m not confusing Palestinians with terrorists who have made their base in Palestine and the assumption that I would is both Islamophobic and Antisemitic, so don’t even start)

#Palestinians are not terrorists #but if I hear one more antizionist pretend that Israelis haven’t been living under constant threat for decades I’m gonna lose my mind #Zionism #anti zionisim #leftist antisemitism #rockets fired out of Palestine are a fact #that doesn’t mean Palestinians don’t deserve freedom #but my goodness #do one iota of research #israel #Palestine #antisemitism

[david-boreanus]

#WIAT IM DYING #pleaseeee #like yeah I mean I agree but 💀 #maybe we could have announced this differently 😭 #LMAOOO I haven’t been able to stop laughing #tiktok #video #palestine #free palestine #free gaza #ceasefire #israel #meme #memes

[theeflowerofcarnage]

Not even half way through this book in it all makes me so angry.

If u can’t protest u should read this with The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi.

#fuck israel #bum ass state that should’ve never ever been created in the first place #embarrassing that I haven’t read this earlier

[bioswear]

Idk hot take for a Saturday morning, but maybe people shouldn’t be SO quick to switch to a mentality of: “well I’m not voting at all” about American politics in regards to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict/genocide just bc America has had its dick in those affairs LONG BEFORE fucking Biden Presidecy and people are seemingly just NOW feeling publically vocally outraged about it bc it’s in the forefront news (as you should be), but maybe also let’s use our fucking brains for a moment if you are American:

we should, and can easily, also still focus on that which is in our own backyard, if you don’t vote fucking blue, because green/third parties are not actually viable in the deeply established two party system we have had for CENTURIES, we get fucking DeSantis or some other horrible Fascist Republican and then America is going to have its own genocide against LGBTQ+ people, fascism goes up, continued attacks against drag/immigrants/etc.

You also know damn well that any Republican, If one were president, would be doing the same fucking thing of providing aid to Israel, so I guess personally I’m just confused as to why everyone is surprised biden is doing the same.

You can and should support a free Palestine, and hold contempt for Israel and condemn their actions, AND also know that voting blue is Americas literal only chancE RIGHT CURRENTLY NOW this upcoming year, to remain somewhat of a democracy instead of a ChristoFascist regime, especially with Biden being one of the ONLY blue candidates like… our hands are TIED

Like YEAH it’s gonna fucking suck to vote for Biden but like you also gotta fucking Buck up sometimes and do things you don’t particularly WANT to do. It’s called duality and compromising in life and sometimes it’s fucking unavoidable.

But idk what the fuck do I know 🤪 I’m just a girl who thinks maybe you shouldn’t just fucking give up one of your only recognized rights in America just because some actions you can’t control from a crusty old moderate blue white man in a country whose affairs are more complicated than your messiest situationship is upsetting (rightfully so, I might add) you

#personal txt #I’m sorry that tragedies are like trends these days but I haven’t seen ANYRHING about any of the crises we had earlier in the year #like yeah ALL of it is important but also #you can’t NOTvote next year you will actively be contributing to a horrible fascist regime in America #please use your fucking eyes and brain: I did NOT say Americans shouldn’t support Palestine. they should #I’m saying maybe don’t base your gut reaction politics on things that have been out of the public’s hands for DECADES. US has always backed #Israel. it isn’t right and it’s corrupt and it’s awful yes. all those. but it won’t change #just like how the two party system is so ingrained that it nullifies 3rd parties #vote blue just so we don’t fucking die in America and then hope Biden kicks it or smth #Kamala takes over. elections come again. we hopefully have more democratic candidates #but like #we CANNOT not vote #I will literaally kill myself if Trump or DeSantis win all because you fuckstains #learned your politics from fucking tiktok and tumblr #come at me if my hot take (which isn’t even a hot take but PURE observation) #bothers you enough but idc #I’m seeing too many people being like WELL NOW IM NOT VOTING AT ALL #good job on giving up one of your only rights in this world you fucking Sheep #the amount of people goingIM NOT VOTING. IS CONCERNING TO ME #like y’all can’t do this right before fucking election year 🫠 #republicans WANT you to not vote you stupid clods. why would you willingly give them what they want #Biden sucks so fucking much and I’d rather eat glass but I know in the big picture voting blue fucking matters #like MULTPLE things can be important at once #but imo it’s important to know what you do and don’t have immediate control over #can you control what’s happening in Gaza? not a fucjing chance. these people hate each other so much and for so long #and yes it’s terrible and horrible and Israel needs to just fuck off forever #but like I highly doubt they would listen to the opinion f outside affairs #also I don’t think majority of people even understand just HOW complicated the US relations with Israel is and I don’t either so I won’t #pretend like I do #you can more easily control the outcome of the US political landscape by FUCKING VOTING

[pumpkinsouppe]

Hmmmmmmm

#considering both Disney and Rick riordan support Israel I don’t plan on watching the Percy Jackson show #I never actually grew up reading Percy Jackson I read the books in college so I’ve never been super invested in the series anyway #but yeah pretty disappointed anout Rick that blog post was not good #he talks about supporting Israel and then immediately starts talking about his books and movies #even if he says his heart goes out to Palestinian children he can’t even dedicate a whole blog post to the genocide just the intro #oughhh feels so bad #I’ll prob delete later but ghhhhh I haven’t seen anyone talk about this except for the celebrities list

[futchmemes]

wow for the first time i just heard a us news report being sympathetic to Palestinians, that’s a first. i wonder if that means the tide is turning as far as what they’re allowed to say?

#personal #up until now it’s been nothing but support for israel #but they’re actually acknowledging that people in Gaza are trapped and need aid and the UN is speaking out #they even mentioned that hamas denied what netanyahu said about their officers being in the camp they bombed #i haven’t heard them contradict him before

[tariah23]

Still crazy to see sm celebs speak on the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people and treating the conflict as some sort of endorsement campaign. It’s almost as if their agents have been pushing them to speak on it and also, to purposely side with Israel as if their opinions matter somehow.

#I do believe that most of the people speaking on it and siding with Israel are straight up dumbasses who don’t know their history/haven’t #done their own research at all/haven’t picked up a history book since middle school but this is no excuse to play stupid and use their #allegiance to the US and their own obliviousness to defend such actions either #you just look like a fool who will go along with anything in the end when you don’t pay attention and ignore history and the suffering of #other people #rambling #it’s very weird #not to quote Dave Chappelle because he’s been on some shitty shit for the last couple of years but i remember one of his old skits that #talked about this exact same problem with asking celebrities to speak on horrific shit like this and it’s like ‘YEh…’ #what the fuck is even the point bro #wait it was part of one of his stand ups back in like 04 or so but yeah #it’s even more shameful to see black ppl side with Israel like you should be the last person to do something as foolish as that bro #it is not anyone else’s fault that you might be ‘uninformed’ about what is happening like especially if you are an adult #you have access to book’s articles the internet literally everything is at your disposal #use it #READ #do your own research and listen to the people who are suffering and hurting

[hypocritic-trash-baby]

If somehow you haven’t seen by now, while the Super Bowl is being aired, Israel is striking Rafah.

The people of Palestine had been told to go there, they were promised it was safe.

And while this is happening, even though earlier several tags on Palestine were trending, only one or two are now.

I haven’t written any posts personally on Palestine myself. I didn’t feel I had anything to add here aside from reblogging and boosting whatever I can but please. We can’t forget Palestine or its people especially now.

This has gone on too long and gone much much too far MANY times and now is when we need to push harder.

Many of the heads of Western countries are either beating around the bush and wasting time, or outright denying the things the Palestinian people don’t have the privilege to ignore. They don’t have the choice to look away from their pain, or the pain of friends, family, neighbors, their country. And even through all of this they’re still trying their damn hardest just to live. And we all need to listen.

So now, especially if you live in a western country like I do, now we step it up a notch. Now is the time if you haven’t already to read up on Palestinian history. Listen to what the people of Palestine are saying. Hold firm on the boycott like never before. Any and every way you can donate, do it. eSIMs, aid, anything that will reach. Save as much evidence as you can. Videos, articles. Don’t let Zionists pretend all of this never happened.

Even if you think there’s nothing you can do, I’m telling you, keep going. Even if you feel you can only give a little, if we all give a little together it becomes much more.

Hit imperialism where it hurts. In the wallet. Follow the BDS instructions, find protests in your area if you can, boost as much information about Palestine as you can find, call your reps, and do not lose hope. The people of Palestine are not dead. They are holding on even through all this and we all owe it to them to do the same.

A Free Palestine will happen in our lifetimes. But it will be hard fought. So go out there and fight hard! The governments can’t hide from their own people forever. The companies can’t bleed cash forever. The people will win. So push until we do. Do not look away. Free Palestine

#important #palestine #free palestine #social justice #gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free gaza #justice for palestine #gaza strip #palestinian genocide #israel #end israel’s genocide #endisraelsgenocide #end occupation #gaza genocide #end israeli occupation #end israeli apartheid #current events #jerusalem #free palestine 🇵🇸 #end israeli siege #I don’t usually makes posts personally and I apologize for lack of links in this one #but seriously #boycotts can crack oppression and they’ve done it before #no more complacency #boycott israel #decolonise palestine #end israel's genocide #from the river to the sea 🇵🇸 #superbowl

[charles-snippy]

Like yeah there are some cat accounts on Twitter that are good (panko, peepee) but boomers/gen x should have never been introduced to the concept. I am sick of seeing accounts run by evangelical/moderate white women pretending to be their cat tawlking lyke thyse……. You are a Facebook mom in a slightly different font!! I don’t usually say this but act your damn age!!!

#pooooost #like panko is good but I’ve been getting recommended some really bad accounts #like these grown ass women who act like they’re getting hate when someone’s giving them genuine advice or criticism #like if you’re letting your deaf elderly cat run around outside then you might not be a good pet parent………. #these morons will see a professional vet explain something to them and call them a troll and block them like. go to therapy atp #they’re always pro Israel too #not like the. Zionist flavor just the 🇮🇱🇺🇦🇺🇸 in display name type person #cringe culture is awful but this group of people and the ones that interact with them who talk directly to the cat in their replies #they don’t catch nearly enough heat and they need to be made fun of #this is specifically abt cat accounts on Twitter I haven’t seen this anywhere else

[acepalindrome]

Alternatives to Squishmallow

So as many of you have probably already heard, Jazwares, the company that produces Squishmallows, is donating to charities that support Israeli soldiers and the IDF. They’re also supporting Canary Mission, which has been doxxing people who speak out against Israel. BDS hasn’t called for a boycott against them, but I can’t in good faith spend my money on their products, and I would strongly encourage everyone who enjoys plushies to really think long and hard about if you want to give your money to a company that’s helping support genocide!

But the holidays are coming up, and lots of us enjoy plushies and were fans of Squishmallow, and were planning to give Squishmallows to friends and family this year.

Fortunately, there are a number of great plushie companies out there, and I want to promote some of my favorites in the hopes that folks will get their plushie fix from a source that doesn’t side with Israel. So without further ado:

Fluffnest

Fluffnest got their start on Kickstarter a few years ago, and I adore the round shapes of their PuffPal plushies! My favorite is Pete the Possum, which is probably the best possum plush I’ve ever seen. I’ve also got a beautiful moth from their Kickstarter and I’ve been wanting their bats for ages. They also recently had a Kickstarter for an Animal Crossing-esque video game featuring their plushie characters and it looks fantastic.

Squishables

I can’t get over the plague doctor plushies. They’re so perfect and cute, and they’ve released other variations of them called Alter Egos, like a ghostly version, an alien, or a really sweet cottagecore one! They’ve got a ton of variety, but what I like the most are the fantasy plushies. There’s a lich! There are dragons and demons! Cryptids! Biblically accurate angels! A lot of really fun stuff!

Also they do a lot of great charity work! Right now they’re doing an auction for the Food Bank of New York City.

AfternoonFika

AfternoonFika is a very small business of only three people, but their plushies are extremely cute. They tend to sell out fast, so I recommend following them on social media to stay on top of any restocks! They recently released a line of dinosaurs that are precious, and of course I love their iconic cactus cat and cinnamon bun bunny.

Jellycat

Jellycat has been around since 1999, so they’re the oldest of these companies. They’ve got great designs, a ton of variety, and a lot of their plushies are made to be cuddled on and not just displayed. All three of my tiny nephews sleep with a different stuffed dog from Jellycat. My mom has a sun and several succulents that she uses as decorations. There’s a little something for everyone who enjoys plushies!

If you have any other favorite companies I haven’t mentioned, feel free to add on! I’ve enjoyed Squishmallows for a while now and I’m sad to see their leadership coming out on the side that’s committing war crimes on a daily basis, but this is a good time to discover new favorite plushie companies! And remember, money speaks loudly. Even if BDS hasn’t called for a boycott of Jazwares, it sends a message when sales start dropping for companies that support genocide. It’s a small thing, but the little things we do can add up!

#squishmallow #squishable #fluffnest #afternoonfika #jellycat #gaza #palestine #long post

[queenwille]

You give our people a bad name by gleefully cheering for the genocide of the Palestinians. We said never again. Look at the pictures of the Palestinians starving. Do they not remind you of our people?

I really hope you go to therapy and learn how to be a nicer person. Heal your heart.

thanks for the kind regards

anything else you would like to share with the class?

#lol hermano/a where the fuck did i gleefully cheered for anything #not to be too dramatic but i haven’t been gleeful or cheerful since oct 7th idk about you #anon #ask #antisemitism #israel #zionism

[disteal]

So I haven’t talked about this on main before, but the situation in South Gaza has gotten so horrifying that I’m p much throwing caution to the wind to desperately plead for eyes on this. I’m raising awareness about stories from activists in Gaza right now, including one of our own.

My lovely, wonderful friend Swin (aka tumblr user @combaticon) was deployed as a volunteer medic to a Gaza hospital on the 9th.

When the bloodshed started, she heard they needed extra hands in Gaza, she spoke Arabic and had the training, and she went.

I’ve been in contact with her throughout. She’s so incredibly brave it takes my breath away. My heart bleeds for these children she’s taking care of and how resilient they are is… astonishing.

Swin and these poor people have been under siege for so long, and they’re in desperate need of critical supplies. They have to filter water through their clothes, and it’s getting dangerously cold. Foods finally been getting through, but there’s not enough blankets and jackets to go around and there’s no fuel for the generators.

Their comrades in the West Bank have been completely pushed out by settler thugs. It’s incredibly unsafe to even be doing humanitarian work for Palestinians. Remember this the next time a Zionist tells you they’re doing this to ‘feel safe’. The IOF is arming lynch mobs.

On a personal note, this has been the most gut-wrenching week of my life. Every day when I wake up without a text from her I feel so much fear. I fight back the grief but I don’t know how to help or what to do. It’s terrifying.

Swin has asked for nothing, absolutely nothing other than something it can show the people around it to make them feel like they’re not going to be abandoned. To make sure they’re not forgotten in some pit praying Rafah opens before Israel decides to slaughter them all.

Today was a bad day. She’s alive but beyond worrying about her privacy now; she’s asked me to share this and to beg that we not lose steam and forget about them. Please share this, and please keep being fucking annoying and loud and digging your heels in with fury because we cannot let these people die silently.

[Times of Gaza] [QUD network] [Eye on Palestine]

[link to GCC registration website as the link in this picture is broken]

Please keep in mind that the Global Conscience Convoy is NOT soliciting donations, and registration is to sign up for attendance to the actual event in Cairo. There’s a list of other actions you can do to boost awareness for their protest at Rafah on the website.

#palestine #world news #gaza strip #israel #dis.txt #long post #psa #important #i just want her to come home man #i’m so so so so proud of her

[favroitecrime]

i have a lot to say about americans and this type of thinking but i’m not gonna get into all of that. all i’ll say is: do not fucking harass Palestinians, Arabs, or Muslims into voting for biden. pick a better democratic representative or deal with the fact that you’ve lost those people’s votes. plain and simple.

#the fucking audacity to scream about international consequences whilst simultaneously saying it doesn’t matter what their position on israel #is. self-centered fucks like newsflash international communities are screwed regardless your shithole of a nation has been funding many #genocides regardless of who holds power. screaming at immigrants about how badly republicans would be for their country doesn’t do shit #because you haven’t had the decency to show them how democrats are any different #am i saying vote republican? no. get your shit together and choose a better democratic rep. #if you can’t? deal with the fact you’ve lost a majority of those people’s votes. #because they don’t care. it really doesn’t fucking matter because their families are dying either way. in their eyes a vote for biden is a #another bomb dropped on their families. it’s also a reassurance to biden that he can do what he wants he’ll still get the vote #do better or shut the fuck up #and do NOT HARASS PALESTINIANS MUSLIMS OR ARABS INTO VOTING FOR GENOCIDE JOE #ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN MADE TO VOTE FOR HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE GIVEN HIS OH SO PEACEFUL STANCE ON IRAQ #tag: i speakth #don’t argue politics with me i don’t care i really fucking don’t #the point here is don’t harass the groups refusing to vote for biden because they have ever fucking right to not want to.