this is going to sound cold, but I'm going to say it anyways. I thought this would die down but it looks like the opposite has happened
stop donating to gaza gofundme's
scarcity in gaza has been intentionally created and intentionally maintained. sending money will not increase the amount of bread in gaza. lack of money is not the problem. if you send more money, more people will not be fed and medically cared for, inflation will go up, and perhaps you helped the specific person you sent money to, but you haven't helped gazans plural or gaza as a whole. if one person can afford scraps in that city, it just means someone else no longer can
it's really frustrating to see so much money being donated by well-intentioned people when that money can go places that can actually help. on top of that, the palestine tags have become largely unusable because they're full of donation asks. we had a whole lot of information exchange happening on tumblr and now it's pretty much dead. there are nonprofits trying to fight the US and Israel's status quo. news sites you can support. anti-zionist politicians who take campaign donations, if you're american. if you feel like you truly must donate directly to the people in need, at least send the money to a community kitchen or the like who can buy in bulk and find ways to use the money more efficiently