Ideas to support Palestinian businesses and charities this Christmas

UK suppliers of Palestinian fair trade goods

https://palestinecampaign.org/uk-suppliers-of-palestinian-fair-trade-goods/

If you are in Scotland:

Opening times
Monday to Saturday 10.00 am to 5 pm
Tel: 0131 225 3379
Email: [email protected]

123 George Street,
Edinburgh, EH2 4JN

Hadeel Fairtrade Palestinian Crafts
Fairtrade Palestinian Crafts
https://www.hadeel.org/

Hadeel is a non-profit Fairtrade shop located in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Hadeel shop is run by by the UK charity Palcrafts. Our aim is to provide a sustainable source of income and support for Palestinian craftspeople and artisans in The West Bank, The Gaza Strip, Galilee, The Negev and Palestinian communities within Lebanon and Israel. Additionally, we support Palestinian farmers. We carry olive oil, dates, condiments and olive oil products such as Nablus olive oil soap.

Many of our suppliers are grassroots social enterprises helping women bring their products to market.

Our history begins in Jerusalem. During the first Palestinian Intifada, Carol Morton, the wife of the late Rev. Colin Morton of the St. Andrews Scottish Church in Jerusalem, began a small project called Craftaid. It grew to become the Jerusalem based organisation Sunbula in 1996. When Carol retuned to Scotland, Hadeel was born as a sister shop to Sunbula, carrying many of the same goods. Hadeel is Arabic for the cooing of a dove and our dove logo symbolises the wish for peace.

We are members of the following:

British Association for Fair Trade Shops and Suppliers

Scottish Fair Trade Forum www.scottishfairtradeforum.org.uk/

Social Enterprise Scotland socialenterprise.scot/

Essential Edinburgh www.essentialedinburgh.co.uk/

Opening times
Monday to Saturday 10.00 am to 5 pm

Items from a Christian charity that sells items made by Christian Palestinians in Bethlehem eg:
https://acnuk.org/products/bethlehem-star-with-mother-of-pearl/

Landing page for items made in Holy Land & Syria:
https://acnuk.org/products/?keywords&product_type=341&product_category=0&search=1&filter=Search#

Love all these recommendations. I am not religious but I'm praying in my own way for peace.

@3and2ready Medical Aid for Palestinians 💚

Fab thank you x

There are some good (and free!) ebooks avaliable from verso books at the moment.
I'd recommend the first one on the list by Llan Pappe for a good overview and historical context.

https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/solidarity-with-palestine-free-resources-and-further-reading

Thus thread is inspiring me to do a bit more Christmas shopping. I've been putting it off, but some of these things look lovely!

Made in Palestine: 13 online brands selling handmade products from Gaza, West Bank and beyond

https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/made-in-palestine-13-online-brands-selling-handmade-products-from-gaza-west-bank-and-beyond-1.1230046

This article is from 2021 so please check carefully if you decide to buy from any of the brands listed.

Lovely idea, thank you. I’ve just bought some
beautiful mugs on Etsy which were hand painted in Palestine

Thank you for sharing OP

Just tried to put some insta handles on here of artists but it messed up. Some are in Palestine and some displaced. They are:

palestinianartists - account which shares Palestinian artists' work
palestinianartists - she does digital downloads which is great
rawanananiartgallery - she paints original, one off oil paintings. On the more expensive side (£500+) but she us very popular. She ships worldwide

Such a great idea for a thread, the people of Palestine need our love and support.

Palestinian dates, black seed oil and olive oil on sale here;

https://onenationuk.org/dates

Jewish Voice For Peace are a wonderful organisation, I second this!

PCRF, their details are in the OP’s thread post 😊

Anyone know of a reputable charity that is delivering aid/money to the people of Gaza? Or any charity that allows us to sponsor orphans in Palestine.

Fantastic OP! I will try to add some later.

“In a joint report, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Nov. 5 that around 390,000 jobs had been lost since the start of the war.
The socio-economic situation of Gaza was already dire before the war, with the poverty rate estimated to have reached 61% in 2020. In a preliminary estimate, the U.N. agencies said poverty was expected to rise by between 20% and 45%, depending on the duration of the war. They also forecast that the war would cost Gaza between 4% and 12% of gross domestic product in 2023.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-war-inflicts-catastrophic-damage-infrastructure-economy-2023-11-17/