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i don't think people really understand what's happening in gaza. with each passing day that sees more and more palestinians dead, it's becoming easier and easier for those in the west to perceive them as nothing more than a statistic. they might engage w the occasional palestine post, sure, but it's just as easy to scroll right past that moments later w no real outrage for the genocide retained.
it's vital to stay reminded that palestinians who are with us today won't be with us tomorrow. it's happening every second of every minute of every hour, and it's relentless. somewhere in gaza a little girl is losing her mother, a little boy is watching his siblings bleed to death, elderly people are infirm with starvation and illness, palestinian women and girls are being sexually assaulted and kept in cages, fathers are leaving tents to find food for their families and not coming back. this is all happening right now, and it's a direct result of the west's complacency. it's a direct result of their not seeing arabs as people worth saving.
it might be hard to compute as a westerner, but this is real. don't let your privilege blind you to your humanity.
#palestine#gaza#israel#it really dawned on me that westerners do struggle w the basic feeling of caring. and this is coming from an arab girl who's also american#i see it firsthand all the time. and i'm like how. how could you. but they could
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a rundown on the listed e-sim platforms from this tweet from mirna el helbawi. visit esimsforgaza to learn about this effort. (they also have a tutorial on how to purchase an esim and send it to them)
update v10 (4/9/24) nomad (regional middle east), holafly (israel and egypt), simly (palestine and middle east), and airalo (discover) are currently in the highest in demand. platforms. if it has been more than 3 weeks since you initially sent your esim and your esim has not been activated, you can reforward your original email with the expiration date in the subject line. you can see gothhabiba’s guide for how to tell if your esims have been activated. if your esim has expired without use, you can contact customer service to renew or replace it.
troubleshooting hint 1: if you are trying to pay through paypal, make sure you have pop-ups enabled! otherwise the payment window won't be able to appear. (this issue most frequently seems to occur with nomad)
troubleshooting hint 2: if you are trying to purchase an esim using the provider's app, it may block you from purchasing if your phone does not fit the requirements to install and use their esims. use their website in your browser instead and this problem should go away.
nomad
you can use a referral code to get $3 off your first purchase and also make it so the person whose code you used can buy more esims for gaza. many people have been leaving their referral codes in the replies of this post and supposedly a referral code may eventually reach capacity so just keep trying until you find one that works! BACKPACKNOMAD is another code to get $3 off your first purchase, it's been working for some people but not others so try out a referral code instead if you can't get it to work. NOMADCNG is a code for 5% off any middle east region nomad esims posted by connecting gaza. it can be used on any purchase, not just your first but is generally going to give less off than the first-purchase only codes, so use those first. it can be used in combination with nomad points. (nomad promo codes do not work on plans that are already on sale, unlimited plans, and plans under $5)
weekly tuesdays only code on nomad web, PST timezone! it gives 10% off plans 10gb and above. NOMADTUE
nomad also seems to be kind of sluggish sometimes when it comes to sending out emails with the codes. you can look for them manually by going to manage -> manage plans -> the plan you purchased -> installation instruction and scroll down to install esim via QR code or manual input then select QR code to find the QR code which you can screenshot and email to them. often just the act of logging back into your nomad account after purchase seems to cause the email with the code to come through though.
mogo
mogo's website is fucking annoying to navigate and i couldn't find any promo codes, but their prices are massively on sale anyway. you have to pick if you want your esim to be for iphone, ipad, or android for some reason. according to statcounter, android makes up approx. 75% of mobile markets in palestine while iphone represents approx. 25%. so i would probably recommend prioritizing donations of android esims but if you can afford multiple, try buying an iphone one too? if i can find any official direction from the connecting gaza crew on this i will update with it.
a good referral code to use for mogo is 8R29F9. the way things are worded are confusing but as far as i can tell, if you use it we both get a 10% discount on your first purchase. (the referrer gets a 10% voucher that allows them to top up in use esims, they are someone who i know has bought a lot of esims and will be able to make good use of the top-up discount vouchers!) also upon signing up it automatically generates a password for you which you can change by downloading the app. (check your email to find your account's current password)
holafly (also looking for holafly esims for egypt now)
holafly is pricier than the others and the only promo code i could find was ESIMNOW for 7% off. someone in the tags mentioned GETESIM7 as another 7% off code they had received, so if you have already used ESIMNOW or can't seem to get it to work, try GETESIM7. referral codes only seem to give 5% off and they don't stack. (i don't remember the source, it was on some sketchy coupon site i don't want to link to and only can recommend because i tried it myself) you can also use my referral link for 5% off if you can afford the 2% worse deal on your end, it will give me $5 credit which i can put towards buying more esims. connecting gaza has also posted the promo code HOLACNG for 5% off but since it is less than the 7% off codes and as far as i can tell does not give credit towards others to buy esims like the referral links, i would consider it lower priority for use.
simly (note: simly must be downloaded as an app to be used, the website link is to help people confirm they are downloading the right app)
i have not personally used simly so i am going to be going off of the sixth slide of mirna el helbawi's instagram guide, with some corrections from someone who has successfully purchased an esim from simly. after downloading the app and making an account, search for palestine or middle east and purchase your preferred package. the page the app takes you to after your purchase should have the QR code to send to the esimsforgaza email, it won't show up in your email receipt. someone kindly left her referral code in the tags of this post, it gives $3 off your first purchase and will give her $3 credit to put towards purchasing more esims for gaza. the code is CIWA2. (if this referral code doesn't work, try one from the notes of this post!) according to someone in the notes, ARB is a simly promo code for 25% off esims that is still working as of march 3rd.
airalo
some people have noted issues trying to sign up for airalo using the browser version of the website, it worked for me but if you are struggling you can give the mobile app a try and that should work. you can use a referral code to get $3 off your first purchase and give the code suppler a $3 credit for buying more esims. KARINA9661 is a code sourced from this post which is also a wonderful example of how using people's referral codes can really make a difference. if for some reason that referral code isn't working, you can find more in the notes of the original esim post i made here.
@/fairuzfan also has a tag of esim referral codes for various platforms!
(note: mogo and holafly both link to israel esims as there are no general regional packages for the middle east like on nomad and the esims for gaza website specifically linked to the israel package on mogo, so i linked to the equivalent on holafly.)
#esims for gaza#esims#gaza#palestine#free palestine#connecting gaza#despite not having used simly myself i'm fairly experienced with esim services at this point so i will likely be able to answer some#questions and i also have someone familiar with simly i can ask if i am not sure of the answer myself. so please go ahead and ask questions#if you're struggling with donating an esim from any of these sources!
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Another way all of these struggles are connected, is the way media decides to automatically exonerate the perpetrators.
It is clear as day, how corporate US media decides to be complicit in the normalization of violence by deciding how it wants to cover things. The bias is in the headlines, and these are just two specific examples.
There is no way that these companies should be getting away with this. There needs to be groups of people to hold a fire to them. If nothing is done, fascists will continue to openly define how events are perceived by the general public in media.
#media bias#lgbtq+#indigenous#palestine#gaza#hind rajab#nex benedict#corporate media is complicit#malicious incompetence#headline bias#other issues and struggles too#propaganda#this is literally the same pattern
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He tried his best to cheer the innocent baby when he knows himself the catastrophe they’re facing. Ya Allah, please protect the people of Gaza. You know what is best for them. Grant us the imaan, patience and bravery You gifted them
via @/writer_liltash on twitter
#do not let any palestinian be dehumanized#palestinian men are the ones helping dig people out of the rubble#a man collapsed in tears after pulling a small child from the rubble this morning#a man gave his shirt to help cover a woman's hair when she was struggling to with a paper#do not allow israeli propoganda to dehumanize palestinians#free palestine#free gaza#palestine#dismantle israel#settler colonialism
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Credits to mattxiv on instagram for the original post.
This kills me that they think queer Palestinians don't already exist. Just because you don't hear about them doesn't mean they aren't here. They just have to hide.
Laws won't make us disappear. They will just force us to hide more. It's a dangerous way of thinking to believe that making our identities illegal will make us disappear. Because what stops them from making us illegal in the rest of the world then? They're already trying to erase us, if they now start to think they can make us cease to exist just with a bunch of laws, you can be sure that they will try as hard as they can.
Queers existed before straight bigots gave us the authorisation to exist. We didn't pop up when you made us legal. We fought for our rights. We rioted. We said "We're here, we're queer, get used to it" long before you graced us with the right to walk by your sides. We were here before. We'll be here forever. No matter what you do, no matter the laws. We've always existed and we'll always exist.
We're here. And we're queer.
#i should probably tag this but now that my serious talk is over i have no idea what to say#the eloquence lasted for 5 minutes lmao#queer community#queer pride#queer#queer issues#queer struggles#queer history#palestine#queers for palestine#palestine genocide#free gaza#israel palestine conflict#palestinians#palestine gaza#gaza
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#palestine#gaza#free gaza#free palestine#queer rights#queer liberation#pinkwashing#homonationalism#brand israel#we struggle against all oppression together united#because none of us are free until all of us are free#descriptions in alt text
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Palestine 🇵🇸 🤍 Congo 🇨🇩 🤍 Sudan 🇸🇩
#free gaza#free palestine#gaza#palestine#from the river to the sea palestine will be free#israel#pray for palestine#ceasefire#america#usa#congo genocide#dr congo#save congo#free congo#cobalt#congo#sudan#free sudan#sudan genocide#one struggle is everyone's struggle
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Palestinian resistance fighter, Gaza
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i genuinely hope america burns to the ground.
#14.3 billion funding towards israel ethnic cleansing Gaza#and your citizens struggling#i hope every politician that voted for that burns#and their family bloodline is cursed like the Asher family in the fall of house Asher
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i realized that ao3 is back on their crowdfunding efforts and while ao3 kicks ass, please try to spare a few dollars to care for gaza or unrwa or the palestine's children relief fund. palestinians are being deliberately starved and israel has shown us time after time that they dont really give a shit about international law, so any cent you can spare matters !
#for the record we are NOT shaming people for donating to ao3. thats not conductive to anything good#ok cool#im struggling for money rn so i couldnt send all of my patreon income to palestine but we are doing what we can so go go go#free palestine#(btw thats the paypal account to care for gaza. they are doing their best to feed the refugees)
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#ireland#south africa#palestine#same struggle#free palestine#support palestine#israel is an apartheid state#palestinian genocide#free gaza#this is genocide#gazaunderattack#gaza#isreal
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By Nurah Tape
South Africa’s Minister of International Relations, Naledi Pandor, has warned that all states have a legal obligation to uphold the provisional measures ordered by the ICJ in regard to Israel’s actions in Gaza, adding that failure to do so is complicity in the crimes of genocide.
“Despite its claims, these orders are binding upon Israel. It has to immediately implement these provisional measures to prevent a further increase of its human rights violations,” Pandor said on Sunday. She was speaking at a public report back session on the case, at a Cape Town mosque.
#ICJ hearing#South Africa#genocide#apartheid#Israel#Gaza Genocide#imperialism#proxy war#FreePalestine#Struggle La Lucha
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it’s actually insanely cool that the generation that brought nicotine addiction back into schools, ignored all the things like lungs collapsing for teens and 20somethings bc tasty air, is also quitting vaping en masse because of the genocide in the Congo. like we all said “fuck you our lives are doomed anyway……… wait, this is actually resulting in something deeply terrible for someone who isn’t me? Get that shit away from me”
it’s insanely cool that we are scaring the news into rewording how the media discusses gaza and Israel. I just learned about the uss liberty incident from a 17 year old on tiktok, who included sources in their video.
I just think it’s important to remember that there is hope, for humanity as a whole. we are not inherently evil, we are born to love
#gaza#free palestine#Congo#free Congo#like I’m struggling HARD to quit but#my purchases have lowered WAY more than what I was at#I’m trying to knock it to just one every two weeks but it’s so so hard Jesus Christ#like quitting cigs was nothing stopping the juul sucked but it was still too early for me to be as bad as I am now#but I just think it’s neat#gen z is turning out to be really fucking cool
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In the final analysis, victory is not decided by technology but by the determination of the people to fight and win. “Dare to struggle, Dare to win.” These words of Mao Tsetung have once again been validated in the valiant actions of the Palestinian fighters.
-Comrade Ajith, A new leap in the Palestine Liberation War
#Palestine#Mao#Maoism#MLM#communism#national liberation#palestinian struggle#Gaza#Free Palestine#Mao Zedong#victory#quote#communist#marxism leninism maoism#marxism#maoist#revolutionary#revolution#socialism
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necropolitics and the conception of western capitalism go hand in hand because the worth of life is determined by how much “use” a sovereign (the imperialist) gets out of it, how much it generates profit.
#peace is not the answer; liberation is the answer#resources#palestine#free palestine#gaza#congo#free congo#sudan#free sudan#the struggles of all marginalized peoples are interconnected
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