I have a very stupid but sincere question. How do the funds get disbursed to them. Are there still functioning banks or places they can pay electronically? If these options get shut down what is the best way to continue to help?
this isn't a remotely stupid question, it's part of why it's generally safe to assume accounts claiming to be victims of war seeking financial assistance are probably bots/scams.
if you want to donate: donate to a humanitarian charity that is working with the demographic you want to support.
It’s a good question! So my pinned post has more info but the Bank of Palestine operates and is probably the main way people get money- they pay a lot by bank transfer- there are money changers who will cash people out- but for exorbitant fees (30-40% right now), some people use crypto or PayPal
There has been (at least until March Id have to ask if they are still open) a Western Union and a Moneygram office operating in Gaza- and I do think there is a limited ability in a few places to pay via debit card (but tbh I kinda feel like that’s fallen apart most places now)
yup. back when @sonofnoor5.bsky.social had his 1st account (before bluesky slapped a spam label on @sonofnoor.bsky.social ☠️☠️☠️) and certain Big Accounts were falling all over themselves to accuse him of being a bot/ fake/ grifter.
wolf’s ban for defending their friends was greeted with much joy.
I remember this too. And all these liberal Zionists with tens of thousands of followers on here harassed them and other Arab and queer users off the platform for questioning Israeli propaganda.
i was already like, vibrating with anger about the incipient genocide. that fiasco radicalized me like learning about the nakba three months before 9/11.
it was quite eye-opening, though. and shameful, considering who paid the price
Yup. It's all been radicalizing for me too. The real-world events, obviously, but also seeing how liberals have reacted to and defended or denied all of it in the most obnoxious and self-satisfied ways. So many people have exposed themselves as fucking monsters.
that too has been shocking. i don’t want to air out all my dirty laundry, but there are some relatives i love very much but whom i can barely talk to right now, they show so little care for what’s happening. at this point, their incuriosity must be deliberate, and it’s like, shameful.
A worthy cause!
If I donate to rebuild, Israel is going to to blow it up again, aren't they? BASTARDS! Anyway, if Israel continues to block food aid, you will already be dead.
If not, maybe Trump will rent you a luxury apartment on the beachfront, in 10 years?
Forgive my cynicism, my hopelessness.
Thankyou! You are right!
But the news is so f**king depressing?
I do actually suport APAN, Kernow Damo and Amnesty.
And regularly protest my political representatives' pro-Israeli bias. What else can an old Australian do?
FUCK BLUESKY MODERATION for doing this to people suffering and starving under a genocide who are just seeking the most basic humanity from the world. How do you sleep at night? @moderation.bsky.app
The fact that these unfortunate souls in the middle of a genocide have to spend their precious time doing this is a real indictment of some asshole on this site, and he should forever feel shame for having this be the real consequences of his actions. Easiest block ever, hope he never finds peace.
From the beginning when I joined, I’ve noticed a willingness to censor factual Palestinian input on this site
I joined to get away from nastiness & disinformation at the other place. I suspect being an American run site, editorial decisions are not devoid of Islamophobic bias
they all need to evacuate. there is no other answer if they want to live. the world is not stepping in to do anything. the corruption is everywhere. they can come back later if we get the evil out of power.
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if you want to donate: donate to a humanitarian charity that is working with the demographic you want to support.
wolf’s ban for defending their friends was greeted with much joy.
it was quite eye-opening, though. and shameful, considering who paid the price
If I donate to rebuild, Israel is going to to blow it up again, aren't they? BASTARDS! Anyway, if Israel continues to block food aid, you will already be dead.
If not, maybe Trump will rent you a luxury apartment on the beachfront, in 10 years?
Forgive my cynicism, my hopelessness.
But the news is so f**king depressing?
I do actually suport APAN, Kernow Damo and Amnesty.
And regularly protest my political representatives' pro-Israeli bias. What else can an old Australian do?
https://chng.it/jckPxQQW9t
I joined to get away from nastiness & disinformation at the other place. I suspect being an American run site, editorial decisions are not devoid of Islamophobic bias
imagine making people in a genocide film a video to prove it! I am losing my mind