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Ethnic cleansing? Genocide? Apartheid?
Throwing around these buzzwords to describe the Israel-Hamas war because you’ve seen them on social media doesn’t make you right, and it doesn’t make you an activist.
It makes you ignorant, intellectually dishonest, and lazy for parroting biased talking points with no concept about what these terms actually mean.
What is apartheid?
Well, it was first used to describe the political system in South Africa and today’s Namibia whereby racism was institutionalised. This manner of governance meant that clear racial segregation would occur, in a manner that benefited the white race and would actively oppress those who had darker skin.
This meant that there were white-only spaces, white people would get prioritised when it came to education and jobs, and relationships/marriages between white peoples and coloured people were illegal.
Is Israel objectively an apartheid state? There are no laws that actively favour one group over the other. There is a sizeable population of Israeli Arabs that can thrive in the same way as the Israeli Jews can. There are laws against discrimination on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
Palestinians from Gaza are allowed to work in Israel through a work permit system. There are about 150,000 Palestinians working in Israel, most of which live in Israel and some come from Gaza/the West Bank. They aren’t denied rights institutionally.
Is it harder to get a job or education in Israel if you’re a Palestinian from Gaza? Sure, because of different governments. It’s like how it’s a lot easier for you to find a job in your own country (in terms of paperwork and bureaucracy) than overseas. But you’re not denied the right to apply.
Of course, if you have a history of violence, a criminal record, or your family has ties to terrorists, then it’ll be a lot harder to get an approved work permit. But that’s not apartheid. That’s common sense, and a regulation practiced by all countries that minimally desire to protect their own population from danger.
Ethnic cleansing and genocide
These two concepts can go hand-in-hand. Ethnic cleansing refers to the mass expulsion or killing of a group of people based on their ethnicity. Similarly, genocide is the purposeful killing of a group of people solely with the intention of annihilating them.
Famous examples? The Holocaust, of course, where the Nazi regime believed in the superiority of the Aryan race and decided to declare genocide on the Jews, Romanis, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, people with “Asian features”, and many many other groups. Anyone who they didn’t think was “pure”.
Their aim was to ensure that the Aryan race propagated without having “impure” blood affecting the bloodlines. They even started a eugenics programme called Lebensborn to ensure that more pure Aryan babies were born.
More recent examples? The Rwandan genocide where the Hutus attempted to wipe out the Tutsis on the basis of ethnicity. They mandated that Tutsis mention their ethnicity on state-issued ID cards in order for the Hutus in power to be able to identify them and then kill them.
Or the Yazidi genocide which happened so recently, in which ISIL killed, raped, and sent thousands of Yazidis into conversion camps on the basis of their ethnicity. They also took Yazidi women as sex slaves and raped and tortured them.
Or the Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine State in Myanmar, and how there was a mass killing and expulsion of them from the country, forcing them to flee to Bangladesh to take refuge, crating the world’s largest refugee camp.
Or how ISIS killed thousands of people from Christian groups in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and Libya because of their faith, leading the US, EU, and UK to label this as religious genocide and condemned their actions.
Has Israel been practicing ethnic cleansing and genocide on Palestinians all these years?
Well, the birth rate of the Palestinian population in Gaza, the West Bank, and in Israel has been steadily increasing all these years.
So, no. No ethnic cleansing, no genocide. They are free to have as many children as they desire.
The UN Genocide Convention
The United Nations has 5 actions that constitute genocide.
1. Killing members of a target group
Israel is targeting Hamas officials with the aim of wiping out the terrorist group and ensuring that such a deadly attack on Israeli soil doesn’t happen again. I suppose you could call it genocide against Hamas, but they’re killing Hamas because they’re terrorists, not because they’re Palestinian. Shouldn’t everyone believe in genocide against terrorists?
But look at Black Saturday. Look at Hamas’ rhetoric. They repeatedly call for the annihilation of Israel and genocide of Jews. When will the media start believing what they say, word for word, instead of trying to spin it into “hmm maybe they want to kill all the Jews because they’re freedom fighters!”
War has collateral damage. Of course the innocent civilians don’t deserve to suffer just because of the actions of their government, but there have been warnings given to the Palestinian civilians prior to Israel striking the areas. There are consequences of attacking a country first, and then having that country attack you back.
2. Causing people of the group serious bodily or mental harm
The UN refers to sexual violence as the prime example of non-fatal harm.
Sexual violence has occurred. Hamas have kidnapped and raped women and even paraded the bodies of half-naked women around. But I f Israel had done the same, it’ll be the first thing appearing on everyone’s BBC push notifications (without even being confirmed as true).
3. Imposing living conditions intended to destroy the group
Many people refer to the blockade that Israel imposed around the Gaza Strip as an example of this.
This blockade was imposed by both Israel and Egypt in 2005. Its aim was to prevent smuggling of weapons into Gaza, and isolate the reign of Hamas to the region. This was to ensure the safety of Israel and Egypt.
Did this blockade pose serious challenges to the Gazan civilians? Of course. But that’s a consequence of having a terrorist government. If you have a terrorist group running your country, don’t be surprised if neighbouring countries are extra careful about who or what they allow in or out of the borders.
Many authorities from other Arab nations have also expressed approval of Egypt’s border restrictions, and even encouraged Egypt to flood the terror tunnels that Hamas has dug under the city. As a side note, other Arab nations have not historically been very kind or welcoming to Palestinians. Syria has killed over 4000 Palestinians, and many Arab countries are now refusing any refuge for Palestinians. But no one cares about that because it doesn’t make Israel look bad. All they do now is use the images of dead Palestinians under the hands of Syria and reuse them to propagate fake news.
The blockade has been labelled as a human rights violation because of collective punishment. Many humanitarian organisations believe that the blockade has caused the Palestinian civilians disproportionate harm.
Contrary to popular belief, Israel isn’t disallowing humanitarian aid from coming through the borders. Fuel, food, hygiene products, clothes, and shoes have been coming through the borders regularly for years. The Gaza Strip also has electricity and internet access and water.
Do all these items reach the Palestinian civilians? Well, there has been evidence that Hamas has been intercepting a lot of the supplies sent by humanitarian groups. This is not surprising since the UNRWA tweeted that Hamas has stole fuel from hospitals in Gaza in order to launch more rockets at Israel (but quickly deleted it after realising that it goes against their agenda to paint Hamas in a bad light.) In addition, the returned hostages have mentioned that there are many aid supplies hidden in the terror tunnels by Hamas. Instead of giving them to the civilians, they are hoarding it for themselves.
There has also been video evidence that some people are reselling these aid items in stores at exorbitant prices in order to turn profits. This has been well-documented for the last 10 years.
Is blockading the region to mitigate terrorism a disproportionate response? Well, it’s like asking if heightened security and stricter border control at airports is a disproportionate response after 9/11. Is being cautious and worrying about the security of your country an irrational reaction to the constant threat of terrorism?
4. Preventing births
Gaza’s population growth rate per annum is about 1.99%, which is the 39th highest in the world! Their population is allowed to propagate freely.
Israel isn’t preventing births of Palestinian babies.
5. Forcibly transferring children out of the group
No, Israel hasn’t been taking Palestinian children and forcing them to convert/keeping young Palestinian girls as sex slaves. Like I said, if this was truly happening, all the news outlets would be so quick to publish the story before verifying it.
Can we trust the UN Genocide standards?
The UN is known for corruption and have been exploiting the Palestinian people by selling them the humanitarian supplies instead of distributing them for free, which they should because these supplies literally are donations.
The UN also has differing standards of what they would label as genocide. For example, they refuse to call what China is doing to the Uyghurs in Xinjiang as genocide, even though the situation does fit many of their own criteria.
Hence, to all of you out there overusing these terms without knowing what they mean, make up your own mind about things. No one can force you to believe anything and no one can force you to change your mind.
But at the very least, do your due diligence and educate yourself before spouting tired buzzwords. Repeating misinformation doesn’t help anyone and can be very harmful.
#i stand with israel#israel#palestine#gaza#stop hamas#pro israel#am yisrael chai#hamas#fuck hamas#hypocrisy#i support israel#using buzzwords doesn’t make you smart#do your homework#do your own research#unrwa is a scam#make up your own mind#reading Al Jazeera headlines isn’t education#media bias#call out fake news#stop fake news#stop anti semitism
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Sharing this here, because that's where i saw people sharing about this "free link to click" -> PLEASE STOP CLICKING IT AND SHARINGIT. IT'S A SCAM, AS SAID BY THE UNRWA ITSELF (see photo of the screenshoted mails here)
(For reference, the UNRWA is the organisation where this free link site said the money was going!)
PLEASE SHARE AND RB
(if you have any questions, please use the comments so i can answer in one place)
Edit: the "/fr/" in the url is because of the language settings (french being my native language). It's not a different website... There's only one. (please look how urls work if you're not sure 🥲 /nm)
Edit 2: so i found out that people were reblogging a rb that called me a liar out of nowhere, and claiming the screenshots are fake...
Here's my last reblog on the subject, in which i posted all the emails one by one.
As i said in the last comments, i'm personally gonna take unrwa's word as is, and not click or share that shitty link anymore. Better safe than sorry. You do you. But whatever you do, i DO NOT appreciate being called a liar behind my back and people getting misinformations on the issue. I'm an honest person. I don't know what more i can do here, but i've done all what i could. Peace out. Bye.
#IMPORTANT#palestine#ceasefire now#gaza#free palestine#free gaza#global strike#ceasefire#unrwa#donations#scam alert#scam#beware#psa#donation scam#please share#please reblog#long post
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Really recommend doing a donation match to anyone who’s looking to donate but wants to double the proceedings along the way. I did one in January and we raised more than double what I would’ve donated by myself. Send me an ask if you want to bring more attention to your donation match—I’d be happy to boost it.
Just a note tho that I’m not a fan of any donations going to third parties. I’d prefer if your donation match went to reputable sources like PCRF, UNRWA, eSIMs etc etc just to minimize any possible fraud (a lot of scam has been going around lately). Otherwise I really love the idea of donation matches & would love to support anyone who’d like to do one 🤍
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While Tumblr is basically swarmed, zerg rushed even, by a neverending ocean of donation scams around The ConflictTM, Arab.org, which I see quite often here, has got to be the most creative fleecing project I ever came across. While (only) technically not a scam, the organization claims it donates 1$ per 1 click of the shiny button, but the data they provide in their "transparency" section (big LMAO) doesnt add up to the traction it gets on the web. Like, the premise of "you watch 1 ad we donate 1$ of the ad revenue" is genius because you dont have to disclose how many ppl watch how many ads, the PPC conversion rate (this specifically is CRUCIAL info for actual transparency), the budget pool per ad set for donations etc. I pulled out the donation receipt they got from UNRWA (second big LMAO) January 2024 and its around $900, while posts are getting 5 digit numbers of reblogs and interactions accumulating weekly. These 2 dudes straightup make boatloads of money (allegedly) that theyre not obligated to disclose, of which they donate maybe a minuscule fraction, and its all thanks to a bunch of thoughtless and lazy drones watching ads for them to boost their traction. And this is without mentioning that the """founder""" of this fleecing project is a literal old money billionaire jshbsjahb
#israel#palestine#arab.org#it rly is the ultimate fleece:#make ppl feel like theyre doing something by doing absolutely nothing aka watching a fucking ad#make thousands upon thousands of ppl watch ur ads#make MILLIONS from said ads#donate 1%#bonus: company gets a tax cut for donations!! magnificent
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Strike for Palestine Feb 18th-24th!
If you're planning on striking for Palestine but can't miss school/work for reasons outside your control, then here are some things you can do!!
Call your representatives and demand they urge for a ceasefire!! There are tools online to look up who your representative is and how to call them, and there are scripts you can follow! If you can't call, email! If you can't email, write a letter! Please, get in contact with them!
Attend local marches/demonstrations!
Continue to amplify Palestinian voices on social media! Israel wants a media blackout, but we have the power to ensure that Palestinians are seen and heard globally.
Don't spend money or at the very least limit your spending! Continue to boycott! Follow the official boycott list!
Donate to Esims for Gaza and the UNRWA!
If you can't donate with money, donate for free by: clicking this button!
You can also donate to verified Palestinian go-fund-mes like this one and this one: www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-abdelaziz but remember, some people are taking advantage of the genocide to scam people by posing as Palestinians! If something in a go-fund-me seems fishy, ask around.
You can also make art with Palestinian symbols like watermelon and olive branches and post it on social media! Consider pausing your personal projects in order to amplify pro-palestine projects instead!
We can all do something. If you haven't joined the fight for a free Palestine yet, it isn't too late to start.
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will not be posting art today (march 2nd) in participation of the 1 day strike for Palestine. posted here is some resources + ways to help.
BFDIA 10 has also released today. it is encouraged that you avoid talking about it today and talk about Palestine.
-- educational --
- Decolonize Palestine, an in-depth educational resource about Palestine's history, Israel's rainbow washing, as well as myth debunking.
- Advocating For Palestine, a booklet including how to effectively communicate and advocate for justice, important terminology, and in-depth myth debunking.
-- donation --
- Arab.org , each click donates a small amount. no money necessary!
- Care For Gaza (PayPal link in their bio) trusted organization directly providing aid to Palestinians.
- Funding esims is incredibly important to keeping Gaza connected to the world, and keeping eyes on the atrocities committed, in light of a complete communications blackout.
- UNRWA's funding has been cut by countries in support of Israel. They are short on funds as a result and need help to continue their operations.
- Many Palestinians have started individual GoFundMes or similar fundraisers for help. Here is a document compiling them.
Always be aware of scams, and double check before donating!
- action -
- Official boycott from the BDS Movement. These (the consumer targets) are the companies you should avoid more than any others in support of Palestine, and let it be known why you are avoiding them. The website also explains what the different types of boycotts mean, and some things to keep in mind when boycotting. I'd recommend reading the whole thing. if you want to boycott other entities, that's fine, but FOCUS ON THESE COMPANIES!
- For contacting representatives from a selection of countries
- United States Campaign for Palestinian Rights. Provides more ways of contacting your reps (in the US) as well as resources on other things you can do.
reblog posts, talk about Palestine to anyone who'll listen. keep going until Palestine is free.
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Hello, I'm from Gaza City because of the war,my house was destroyed. We lost everything,my family and I did not have anything left. We left our homes in search of a safe place and we were displaced three times to different places to survive, but unfortunately there's no safe place in Gaza. My mother is very sick and she's a kidney failure patient in need of treatment outside. She suffers from LS. Help me and my family to survive. Please, your small donation can make a huge difference. A friend outside Gaza has come in to help me run the donation program so that my mother can be evacuated
I’ve no words about this shameful ask. Shame on you for scamming and ripping off people, while profiting from an atrocious genocide.
Don’t trust this kind of person who’re doing that. Palestinian people would never ask you money like that, by PayPal or I don’t know what.
Besties here, you can find real organizations that truly helping Palestine and Gaza from inside. 🫶
Many are donating to PCRF and UNRWA. Or, boycott is always a true help. As McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Starbucks, Nestlé and I forgot too many…
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Hey, you asked about Palestine scams?
So, sadly there are people trying to make some money off of this. You can usually tell that it's a scam if:
1.) They're sending the same message to other people. Many of these scam accounts spam multiple people with the same message. Some of the ones I've seen are the "I humbly ask for your help" or "It's me George". Before you reblog or donate, check if other people have the same request sent to them.
2.) Their accounts are almost bare. They have a few posts about Palestine but nothing else. They give off the vibe as if they were just made.
I totally understand wanting to help people but if you don't feel comfortable donating/you're unsure if its legit then you could always donate to UNWRA, UNICEF, or other organizations that help out.
Hope this helped in some way
Thank you for this!!! It seems like the ones I got were most definitely spam. Best to trust the UNRWA and similar organizations for now I guess
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Hey, noticed you reblogged a post asking for aid from a family in palestine. Got an ask from them and it seemed suspicious because the account has only been active for 14 hours. Do you think it could be a scam? https://www.tumblr.com/hikalizia/744766289823891456/save-my-family-from-being-the-next-victims-in
I'm honestly not sure anymore. I only donate through UNRWA now
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Just saw a post that said that Arab.org click thing is a scam.
ok tbh i have seen posts like that too but i have also heard that it might've been a mix up of the UN and UNRWA, bc it's the unrwa that the clicks are going towards funding. and since funding for the unrwa has literally been cut for supporting palestine from several different countries in the last couple days im inclined towards thinking the link is real?
#anon asks#inbox mail#but then again i am not the most informed on this. so if someone finds solid proof against the arab.org link pls tell me
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https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/742772332577308672/scammer-pretending-to-be-in-palestine-v2?source=share
Sorry to inform you that @ sillycreationcrown is a scam account. This is not their 1st account.
aw, for shame then.
donate directly!
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Hello there! My large Gaza family is filled with love and warmth, and losing them is a tremendous loss. I appreciate your efforts and time in reading my plea. I never expected to find myself in this situation.It is incredibly challenging to navigate these circumstances as an independent woman proud of her financial independence, finding herself in this dire situation.I understand the value of every donation and the effort behind it. I assure you that all funds will be strictly used for the evacuation of my sisters and my parents. I will personally bear any additional expenses incurred.Your support will make a significant difference in alleviating the suffering of my family and ensuring that my sisters and my parents receive the care they urgently need. As time ticking away translates to lives lost in Gaza I'm here and ready to answer any questions or concerns you may have. Don't hesitate to reach out and connect with me
wow I can't believe your story is word-for-word the same exact one as two other people I've heard from!
here's another scam blog to block. there are plenty of real Palestinians on here who need help – donate to them, donate to the UNRWA, or buy an e-sim instead.
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Y'all I've been receiving asks from bots (I looked up the users after a couple days and the accounts were deleted already + their usernames were typical bot names) pretending to be people in need of money for medicines and whatnot.
Stick to the donation links you know, because 99% of the times it's just a scam. It's sad and disgusting that people take advantage of the Palestinian struggle like this. And not only that one, unfortunately.
arab.org - click once a day to generate funds for UNRWA in Gaza
gazaesims.com - purchase e-sims
gofundme.com/f/careforgaza - sends funds to displaced families in gaza
piousprojects.org/campaign/2712 - provides hygiene kits for women/girls
decolonizepalestine.com - learn more about the actual Palestinian history, culture and so on
Links taken from this post on X
#free palestine#palestine#donations for gaza#free gaza#gaza#gaza genocide#from the river to the sea palestine will be free#donations for palestine#ceasefire now
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UNRWA
The largest SCAM of the last decades.
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The news that members of the UNRWA were involved in Hamas' October 7 attack will not surprise anyone familiar with that agency.
But it does prove once and for all that "humanitarian aid" is funding Palestinian terrorism. And the complaints of Palestinian terrorists and officials (one and the same) show that restricting money is an effective tool.
The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Italy, and the United States will all be pausing funding to the UNRWA, while the agency investigates staff who assisted Hamas' massacre.
The fact that several members of UNRWA have already been fired substantiates Israel's accusations.
There is further evidence of UNRWA complicity: open celebrations of the terror attack by its agency staff, and its long, well-documented support of genocide by distributing books in Gazan schools that call for the murder of Jews.
The "humanitarian aid to Gaza" scam has been exposed once and for all. It's bitterly amusing to see world leaders expressing shock that Palestinian agency staff have supported and been involved in terrorist massacres. They deluded themselves into donating millions to terrorists, and now they're discovering they've been deceived and robbed.
It's time to end international funding for the UNRWA. Hamas is sponsored by multi-billionaires in Qatar and the Ayatollah. They've got money already. They're choosing to steal from humanitarian aid trucks and deprive their people of aid.
No more Western taxpayer money for Palestinian terrorists posing as humanitarian workers.
#unrwa#defund unrwa#shut down unrwa#united nations#defund#palestinian#palestinian terrorists#hamas#october 7#qatar#ayatollah#iran#islamic terrorism
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