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What steps can we take to help the Palestinians?

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Finallyloggedin · 08/05/2024 22:50

I appreciate that there is little we can do on a personal level and we really need our government to step up but with the situation so dire, I thought it might be useful to have a thread to share ideas on steps we can take to offer support in as many ways as possible.

My ideas so far are:

  • attend local demonstrations
  • if possible, donate to UNWRA or other aid agencies working in Gaza.
  • Write to David Cameron and your local MP via the PSC template https://palestinecampaign.eaction.online/rafah then circulate as widely as possible
  • close any Barclays Bank accounts.
  • Take part in the global financial strike on Friday. I read about this online and I need to find the details again. I think the idea is to spend no money at all on Friday, in order to send a shockwave through the global markets. I appreciate that realistically not enough people will probably take part in this for it to have an impact, but I’m just thinking I will try to do it as it’s an action I can take. I will add a link to the information when I can find it.
  • Boycott - BDS https://bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Against-These-Companies-Profiting-From-Genocide
  • boycott Eurovision

If anyone can add actions we can take, please do. I am feeling so horrified and powerless, I just thought it would be good to know of every single way to help,

Emergency in Rafah - Urgent Action Now

https://palestinecampaign.eaction.online/rafah

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Marjoriefrobisher · 16/05/2024 07:52

youngones1 · 13/05/2024 09:10

Yes, the Zionists are using 7 October to justify their atrocities and somehow asking us to believe that they are the greater victims in all this.

« The zionists »
😞

onegrumpyoldwoman · 15/05/2024 22:14

Kindatired · 15/05/2024 22:08

This is a thread about helping people who are experiencing a humanitarian crisis. You seem to feel that the above comments are in some way relevant. Would you like to elaborate and explain?

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No.

Kindatired · 15/05/2024 22:08

onegrumpyoldwoman · 15/05/2024 10:32

So it's seems it's easier to blame MN "bias" than accept that some Pro Palestinian comments break talk guidelines? 🙄

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This is a thread about helping people who are experiencing a humanitarian crisis. You seem to feel that the above comments are in some way relevant. Would you like to elaborate and explain?

onegrumpyoldwoman · 15/05/2024 10:32

youngones1 · 15/05/2024 09:28

Not publicly but quick to delete pro Palestine comments

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So it's seems it's easier to blame MN "bias" than accept that some Pro Palestinian comments break talk guidelines? 🙄

hipingpot · 15/05/2024 09:54

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This has been deleted by MNHQ for breaking our Talk Guidelines - previously banned poster.

youngones1 · 15/05/2024 09:28

onegrumpyoldwoman · 13/05/2024 21:50

@youngones1 Mumsnet is pro Israel.

Since when?

Not publicly but quick to delete pro Palestine comments

onegrumpyoldwoman · 13/05/2024 21:52

This is a charity people could support ;

https://www.friendsoftheholyland.org.uk/

Friends of the Holy Land

Charity

https://www.friendsoftheholyland.org.uk

onegrumpyoldwoman · 13/05/2024 21:50

@youngones1 Mumsnet is pro Israel.

Since when?

youngones1 · 13/05/2024 09:10

Yes, the Zionists are using 7 October to justify their atrocities and somehow asking us to believe that they are the greater victims in all this.

PeasfullPerson · 13/05/2024 07:40

‘Crushing these spaces – and the causes they represent – is most effectively done not by brute force, but in portraying the participants as villains. Hence the image of such people as Putin-backed, pro-Hamas, or led by professional infiltrators. The harder it is to discredit the earnestness and necessity of Palestinian solidarity, the wilder such allegations become.’

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/13/palestine-protest-supporters-solidarity-slogans

Cries of defiance are all Palestinians and their supporters have left to keep hope alive | Nesrine Malik

Acts of solidarity will be demonised and slogans will be twisted, but they have never been more important, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/13/palestine-protest-supporters-solidarity-slogans

youngones1 · 12/05/2024 17:03

Northwood456 · 08/05/2024 23:32

Mumsnet seems to be the only place where people still think this is about hostages. It isn’t about hostages. It’s about people being disturbed by the ongoing mass murder of children, and people STILL say this would be stopped if the hostages were released. That isn’t the case. Nethanyhu wants the hostages and the go-ahead to keep murdering Palestinian children after a six week break. Who would accept that deal? Don’t know why I’m bothering writing this. If you’ve got this far and still think Israel just needs the hostages back then there’s not much hope.

OP, I hope people come forward with some useful responses.

Mumsnet is pro Israel.

Kindatired · 12/05/2024 09:53

I think that influencing American Public opinion is very important because Israelis depend on the US for their security. The halting of arms shipments is a direct response to the shift in Public opinion to the point that the Biden administration were forced to take action. America controls the supply of bombs to Gaza.

Netanyahu is effectively spitting in the face of the US. The power of AIPAC needs to be challenged. There are many American organisations that support the need for Israel as a safe homeland for the Jewish people but are not hawkish in relation to the conflict in Gaza. These are valuable peace partners and raising awareness of their existence and agendas can support the diaspora who want to progress a peaceful solution and lever their influence against the hawkish right wing. Many of us have strong connections with the US and engaging in discourse can influence our circle.

As mums of teens we have seen irl what social network scientists have shown- it’s the friends of your friends that influence change because friends are in the same echo chambers.

Scirocco · 12/05/2024 09:39

Charlie2121 · 12/05/2024 06:58

Just educate your children not to vote for proscribed terrorist organisations to be their government and you’ll then find that all this faux outrage isn’t necessary anymore.

Do you have any suggestions for how to provide practical or emotional support for Palestinians, either in Palestine or elsewhere, or for people whose loved ones have been killed by Israeli forces during this conflict?

Lemonlettuce · 12/05/2024 09:08

Charlie2121 · 12/05/2024 06:58

Just educate your children not to vote for proscribed terrorist organisations to be their government and you’ll then find that all this faux outrage isn’t necessary anymore.

‘Faux outrage’

?

Seriously, how can you say that?

So when we see the unending clips of Palestinian parents sobbing over the bodies of their dead children and therefore have a desire to want to help them- this is faux outrage?

How easy for you to say don’t vote for Hamas- as if this has only been happening since Hamas were voted in. Israel have been ‘mowing the lawn’ (which by the way is official Israeli terminology for their approach towards Palestinians) for decades.

It’s been happening since 1947 and Hamas were not around then. What do you think? Before October 7- it was all sunshine and daisies? Yes, what happened on October 7 was terrible and a slaughter of innocents but why can’t you say the same about the suffering faced by the Palestinians before and since Oct 7? Instead you call it faux outrage? I don’t understand these posters- how easily you swallow what the mass media tells you.

eomeoni · 12/05/2024 08:50

If your local area has a Palestinian Solidarity group please join them.

Charlie2121 · 12/05/2024 06:58

Just educate your children not to vote for proscribed terrorist organisations to be their government and you’ll then find that all this faux outrage isn’t necessary anymore.

eomeoni · 11/05/2024 22:04

Finallyloggedin · 11/05/2024 19:26

@TakeMe2Insanity https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott

I am also taking part in the BDS boycott. It’s a lot easier than I thought it would be. The No thanks app helps when buying things.

TakeMe2Insanity · 11/05/2024 19:38

Finallyloggedin · 11/05/2024 19:26

@TakeMe2Insanity https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott

Ok I’m doing that without being affiliated to anyone! Thank you for sharing!

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Scottishgirlinwales · 11/05/2024 19:07

There’s nothing you can realistically do except for donate to charities that can help. Writing letters / boycotting is a waste of time and effort.

Educate your children,teach them to be kind and maybe there will be hope to break this cycle for future generations.

TakeMe2Insanity · 11/05/2024 19:04

Finallyloggedin · 11/05/2024 18:56

Thank you very much @TakeMe2Insanity

im actually wondering if it would be easier to start a new thread 😂 but I have a feeling that the same thing might happen again…

I went to a demonstration today and heard someone speaking about the power of BDS. It was really inspiring to hear about how it helped in SA.

BDS?

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Finallyloggedin · 11/05/2024 18:56

Thank you very much @TakeMe2Insanity

im actually wondering if it would be easier to start a new thread 😂 but I have a feeling that the same thing might happen again…

I went to a demonstration today and heard someone speaking about the power of BDS. It was really inspiring to hear about how it helped in SA.

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TakeMe2Insanity · 11/05/2024 18:52

Momentarily ignoring our esteemed thread de-railer @Marjoriefrobisher .

A fantastic way of helping is sharing the original Naqba testimonies.

Mohammed Hadid:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy0fBBzMnKk/?igsh=MTU1aGtwczh3cTk2Mg==

Also this site is collecting information re villages and testimonies of people.

https://www.zochrot.org/welcome/index/en

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy0fBBzMnKk/?igsh=MTU1aGtwczh3cTk2Mg==

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Finallyloggedin · 11/05/2024 18:26

https://x.com/saulstaniforth/status/1789232401622651330?s=61&t=nilGqPeurpC5xVqZAZdZog

Benjamin Zephaniah

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youngones1 · 11/05/2024 13:33

Write to our MPs