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‏assistance in this difficult time. Tenth months of displacement and famine have exacerbated our suffering and difficulties beyond belief. We used all the words of sadness and sorrow to describe the situation we had reached, but such words were not enough. The scale of the tragedy and suffering is much greater than what you may have seen or seen on several social media

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Abood @abood-gaza2 and his wife NEED you to save them. Proof they are vetted here. It costs ~$8000 to evacuate to Egypt and that number is increasing all the time due to sick people trying to capitalise on misfortune and chaos.

"I studied accounting, graduated with a high average, and worked in a chain of clothing stores that my father owned. But due to the unjust aggression, all our shops were destroyed, and we lost our source of livelihood and work completely. I was displaced from my home more than 10 times, each time trying to find a safe place, but there really is no safety here. Here we live death, fear, and loss at every moment. We love life and we always have ambitions and dreams that we hope to achieve and we are determined to achieve them as well."

@abood-gaza5, formerly @/aboodgaza. GFM link to Abood's campaign.

@familgazaamal1, formerly @/familygazaamal. GFM link to Amal's campaign.

@mahrahpalestine, formerly @/freepaleatine95. GFM link to Marah's campaign.

@mohammedmatar392, formerly @/mohammedmatat. GFM link to Mohamed's campaign.

While you're here, donate to Abood @abood-gaza9 if you can. Please, it's super urgent!

There’s also this newsletter from this morning that explains the current situation pretty well:

Well, for the sake of communication, let's ignore that that's actually bollocks. We've got our cool Treaty that made us better. The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to redefine how our Government follows that Treaty. How, you might ask? Why, by COMPLETELY IGNORING LITERALLY EVERYTHING IT SAYS of course!

The bill is being pushed by the ACT party, who are treating the Treaty of Waitangi like the USA's founding document, as if every founding document ever written exists to codify a set of rights for all citizens equally. That is not what Te Tiriti is! Te Tiriti is a document codifying the relationship between Crown and Māori, in such a way that at least the Te Reo version explicitly ensures that Māori are not erased.

It is not a founding document meant to lay down human rights. Know what does that here? The Human Rights Act. The Treaty is what says "hey you pākehā, you can settle here, just don't fucking trample māori in the process."

And yes, it's more complicated. The Crown have never followed Te Tiriti. Not properly. And the English language version was explicitly written not to be a correct translation and by the English text the Crown has more rights than the chiefs agreed to. But putting that aside for a second, we have a treaty, and in recent decades there has been a push to do so, in part by the establishment of the Treaty Principles by the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 which laid out specifically how the Government is meant to follow the Treaty and uphold Māori rangatiratanga, which is most widely agreed to mean sovereignty. The following are the 1975 Principles:

The acquisition of sovereignty in exchange for the protection of rangatiratanga.

The treaty established a partnership and imposed on the partners the duty to act reasonably and in good faith.

The freedom of the Crown to govern.

The Crown's duty of active protection.

The duty of the Crown to remedy past breaches.

Māori to retain rangatiratanga over their resources and taonga and have all citizenship privileges.

Duty to consult.

Basically, Māori did not cede sovereignty, they keep their land and treasures, and the Crown is supposed to be in partnership and consult Māori. Māori are guaranteed a voice in government and in decisions. That's why we have Māori electorates in our elections! Māori, as per current law, are guaranteed representation in Parliament. Whether or not it's enough is another topic, but they're at least guaranteed something.

ACT, through the Treaty Principles Bill seeks to go in the complete opposite direction. They have three principles they want to replace the 1975 ones with:

The New Zealand Government has the right to govern all New Zealanders

The New Zealand Government will honour all New Zealanders in the chieftainship of their land and all their property.

All New Zealanders are equal under the law with the same rights and duties.

Principle 1 is pretty insidious - because the New Zealand Government means, in this context, the representation of the Crown. Whom there has been much controversy over lately, with the Prime Minister and head of ACT's coalition partner National saying - against the academic consensus - that the Crown has absolute sovereignty. The point of Principle 1 is to erase the idea that Māori have any sovereignty over themselves, or that they are in any way their own group outside of a Crown hegemony.

Principle 2 is again pretty insidious. It puts all property rights on equal standing. I might point out that Māori lost 74% of the entire North Island between 1860 and 2000 (having had 80% of it in 1860, and at most 4% of it in 2000), and what of it was gifted to the Crown for specific purposes was not returned after those purposes were done. When does this Bill decide "their land" begins in time? Now, when almost all Māori land has been stolen? After all, this Government have recently removed the rule that said Māori could still claim seashore rights despite not having had exclusive use of it which the criteria normally requires, if their land had been stolen. Y'know, that thing that typically prevents one from having exclusive use of one's land! And they're using their recent Fast Track Proposals Bill to cut Māori out of decisions that affect what land they are recognised as having. Under these rules, an Iwi has to defer to the Crown wanting to build a pipeline through fucking wāhi tapu (sacred land) (WHICH BY THE WAY IS NOT SOMETHING I MADE UP, THAT'S A RECENT NEWS STORY) because they would have no codified right to disagree, especially not under the Fast Track Bill which literally allows the Crown to decide arbitrarily that the Iwi is being too precious and ignore their objections entirely.

The story I linked? To illustrate this, the above two principles seek to unequivocally side with the Council, the Crown, on the pipeline, and remove all avenues for Tūhourangi, Ngāti Tūmatawera, to fight back and protect their land from a Crown body that does not in any way respect them or the graves of their tūpuna. Because well, they can say nope, the government has a right to do this, and the land belongs to the Council, never mind it was stolen.

Principle 3 is just a dogwhistle. That's not the point of the Treaty, not remotely, and it's already covered by the Human Rights Act. In fact, it goes directly against the Treaty, because, as is painfully fucking obvious, the whole POINT was that Māori were not culturally annihilated by the hegemony of a much larger power! The whole point was to make explicit that Māori, as per this agreement, have certain fucking rights to make sure they're not overwhelmed!

And it's obvious that this interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi removes literally the entire point of the Treaty. The Treaty Principles Bill is one side of a codified relationship seeking to unilaterally eviscerate the protections supposedly built into that relationship for the other side. The Crown signed a contract, saying they had to respect Māori. And now that progress is meaning it might be slightly followed, the Crown's representatives in the coalition Government are seeking to make sure the Crown no longer has to follow any part of that contract.

tl;dr:

israel lets very, very little aid get into gaza. even the UN can't get in as much as they want to. funding individual families, gazan led initiatives, and mutual aid collectives operating out of gaza ensures gazans can provide for themselves and pay for the extremely expensive aid that is available.

with all the civil infrastructure destroyed by israel, the situation on the ground has devolved into unrestricted capitalism, driving up the price of aid (that should be free!). this makes it more urgent for people to have funding for daily survival.

the post linked above has examples of how donating to individual families can help a lot. if you want to help more than one family at a time, there are many gazan-led initiatives focusing on rebuilding their infrastructure and distributing aid fairly that are worth donating to instead of large charities that already get the majority of donations.

as i mentioned in the last post: @/careforgaza on twitter is a nonprofit started by gazans, it's been endorsed by multiple palestinian journalists.

the sameer project is a collective organized by diaspora palestinians offering emergency shelter to gazans.

ele elna elak is a project aiming to bring water, food, shelter, etc. to gazans and has been promoted by bisan owda.

and the municipality of gaza itself is fundraising to rebuild water infrastructure.

all of these organizations are active inside gaza right now and are being run by gazans. if anyone knows of other gazan-led mutual aid projects, nonprofits or charities feel free to link them in the notes! hope this helped!

long answers under the cut!

Humanity isn't just a word we repeat; it's a collection of actions and feelings that define how we interact with others and how we view the world. But how do you truly know if you're human? Is it the daily actions you take? Or is it the way you feel about the suffering of others?

As we reflect on these questions, @mohammedalanqar family's going through difficult circumstances due to the destruction of their home in Gaza.They're in urgent need of your support to help then regain hope and rebuild them lives

I've spoken to Mohammed extensively. He is a very nice guy and he and his family are under a lot of incredible stress. They're also less than €5,000 away from reaching their goal! and are only €217 away from hitting €66,000 !!!!!!! We could reach that TODAY

If you voted, can you also share ( @freepaleatine95 ) Marah's story? Her family is living under dangerous conditions in Gaza where they are at risk from the bombings and other attacks. Everyday is a struggle and Marah hopes her family will not be starved. They've raised $53,175 / $70,000 as of now. Even just a small donation or one reblog can help.

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Mohammed and I live in this tent and don't protect against the winter cold or the rain. 🥶😞💔

The roof is worn and there are holes, and the windows are also open. Rain enters inside, and the door also has holes, not closed, and water leaks inward. ‼️🍉💔

We need to buy a shader to cover these holes so that the rain doesn't leak on us. This cover is very expensive.😭

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So, I need you to hear me. These may be my last words. The occupation is brutal and violent, bombing is everywhere. I want to tell you that Israel killed 5 members of my family, and I don't want to lose the rest of my family.

We lost our home, our job, our life, our car, and everything is no longer the same...😭💔

This is our last hope & chance to survive, and it is through you that we reach the goal so that we can protect ourselves and be able to leave Gaza.

And many, many more...

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My husband needs a necessary operation to improve his health. I have eczema due to the unhealthy environment and I need medicine Click here.

We lost our home and now live in a worn-out tent. My family and I live in it. There are children and elderly people who are tired from the cold. We need to buy a new tent to protect us from the coming winter Click her

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🚨Winter is coming🚨

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Mohammed and I live in this tent and don't protect against the winter cold or the rain. 🥶😞💔

The roof is worn and there are holes, and the windows are also open. Rain enters inside, and the door also has holes, not closed, and water leaks inward. ‼️🍉💔

We need to buy a shader to cover these holes so that the rain doesn't leak on us. This cover is very expensive.😭

🤚If you feel free and have some humanity, please help us and donate to us... link campaign

Protect us from the winter & cold.. Stand with us🙏🫂

I'm Lama, I live in a tent after being displaced 3 times, this tent doesn't protect us from the cold of winter and we need winter clothes for us, our children and the elderly, everything in the market is expensive and we cannot afford to buy it, with the closure of the crossings.💔😭

There is also no food in the market or flour, we are on the verge of famine in the south unfortunately and no one is moving for us and everything is 20 times its price, such as milk, diapers, food, flour and clothes, we cannot afford to provide any of these supplies for us and our children, help us and donate to us, you are our last hope and lifeline for us. 💔💔😞

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I suffer from severe eczema, which increases with the winter, and I need medicine and treatment. Please help me receive treatment. I need medicine because I am in severe pain and I can not sleep.😭😔🙏

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