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Oh my god they killed Hossam Shabat
The monsters assassinated him the exact same way they assassinated numerous journalists in Gaza in recent months. They are hunting down journalists and bombing their vehicles. Monsters.
Hossam's team shared his final message:
“If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents—anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people’s side.
By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest—something I haven’t known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.
I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.”
— For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.
404+ Palestinians MURDERED in less than a day.
They are both currently at the northern part where the zionist pigs are bombing! The situation is too dire as more Palestinians are dying.
shorturl.at/13cT9
NEW YORK, NEW YORK—On March 8, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and recent graduate student at Columbia University, at his place of residence, an apartment building owned by the university.
The DHS agents said that the U.S. Department of State had revoked Khalil’s green card.
At approximately 8:30 p.m. ET, Khalil and his wife, a U.S. citizen who is eight months pregnant, had just unlocked the door to their building when two plainclothes DHS agents forced their way in behind them. The agents initially refused to identify themselves, instead asking Khalil to confirm his identity before detaining him without explanation. The agents proceeded to threaten his wife, telling her that if she remained by his side, they would arrest her too.
Later, the DHS agents stated that the U.S. Department of State had revoked Khalil’s student visa, despite the fact that he has a green card, not a visa, and is a lawful permanent resident. An agent showed Khalil what he claimed was a warrant on his phone. Khalil’s wife went into their apartment to retrieve his green card while the agents remained with Khalil downstairs. When she returned, advising them of Khalil’s legal status and presenting them with Khalil’s green card, one agent was visibly confused and said on the phone, “He has a green card.” However, after a moment, the DHS agents stated that the State Department had “revoked that too.” Khalil’s wife then phoned his attorney, who spoke with the agents in an attempt to intervene. When Khalil’s attorney requested that a copy of the warrant be emailed to her, the agent hung up the call.
Khalil is currently being detained in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at 26 Federal Plaza pending an appearance before an immigration judge.
This significant deviation from normal immigration proceedings comes in the wake of increased and abnormal scrutiny concerning the actions of students alleged to hold pro-Palestine views. Axios recently reported that the State Department, Department of Justice, and DHS were launching a “Catch and Revoke” effort to identify alleged pro-Palestinian activists based on artificial intelligence screening of social media.
Khalil has been specifically and discriminatorily targeted by Columbia University for his Palestinian identity and outspoken activism on multiple occasions over the last 17 months. He served as a lead negotiator during the Gaza Solidarity Encampment last spring. He has frequently appeared in media interviews and press conferences. The university suspended him while he was on a student visa and reversed it within the same day.
Columbia University has published guidance on how best to collaborate with federal enforcement, including advising faculty and staff “not to interfere” with ICE agents even if those agents are unable to present a warrant. Over the last few days, there have been several reports of ICE agents approaching pedestrians and students in the neighborhood surrounding Columbia University’s Morningside campus, creating unsafe environments for students (particularly students of color), regardless of their immigration status.
Columbia’s continued acquiescence to federal agencies and outside partisan institutions has made this situation possible. A Palestinian student and member of the community has been abducted and detained without the physical demonstration of a warrant or officially filed charges. Like many other Arab and Muslim students, Khalil has been the target of various zionist harassment campaigns, fueled by doxxing websites like Canary Mission. This racist targeting serves to instill fear in pro-Palestine activists as well as a warning to others.
An activist familiar with Khalil’s solidarity work said, “Mahmoud is foundational to our community. The state has escalated its repression of student opposition to the U.S.-backed genocide in Palestine, in which Columbia and all American universities are complicit.” Despite the chilling effect of this repression, the activist said that students “will keep fighting for Palestinian liberation and against state violence.”
Today, activists in solidarity with Khalil launched a petition demanding his release from ICE custody. The petition can be found at https://shorturl.at/Lm86S.
Do we think "Israel" brazenly bragging about not allowing humanitarian aid through the border will be enough for people to stop scolding Gazans for making individual/family fundraisers because "it's better to donate to trusted orgs instead" or are they never going to get it?
Don't let your anxiety cause inaction, especially since there are people spending an incredible amount of effort to weed out the scammers and ease your anxiety about scammers. I don't know what else to do short of begging. Please don't let them starve. All my friends in Gaza are asking me why their campaigns are stagnating and I don't know how to answer them.
Anas is fighting cancer. (fundraiser) (vetting)
Amal needs to feed her baby. (fundraiser) (vetting #175)
Samir is in danger of losing his leg. (fundraiser) (vetting #428)
Mahmoud needs to pay remote tuition fees. (fundraiser) (vetting)
Please boost them and every vetted fundraiser that comes your way, and donate if you can. If you have any following and can think of anything like charity streams or giveaways to promote campaigns, please do so. This is a very crucial and difficult time for Gaza.
Ghazzah:
Sudan:
Al Abbasiya community kitchen (Al-Abbasiya / Umdurman based)
Basmat Wasl (Khartoum-based)
As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse. It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms
As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable. As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.
Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.
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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.
www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.
www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.
https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.
www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.
http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.
www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.
www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.
www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free
this and also; your local libraries
if you hired a galapagos finch as a linecook it would perfectly evolve a beak to optimally smoke cigarettes behind the dumpsters
this is a list of some vetted palestinian fundraisers of different families and people that have reached out to me to share/reshare! i hope to rotate these campaigns out once they have reached their ultimate goal, add new ones, and so forth. i do not and can not verify fundraisers!!! please take note of the currency conversion rates as well and donate accordingly!!!!
‼️ VERY LOW | ⚠️ ALMOST COMPLETED | ✅ GOAL REACHED |
last updated: february 24, 2025
💗 Marah’s family | vetted here | gofundme here | currently at £1,730 out of 20k ‼️** moving slowly! DID NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING since last update!!!
💗 Amal and Mohammad’s family | vetted here | gofundme here | old fundraiser was disabled (last update was at €46,820 out of 80k) so here is the new one! currently at £1,716 out of 50k ‼️
💗 Alaa’s family | vetted here as #99 | gofundme here | currently at £31,300 out of 56k ⚠️** moving slowly! only got £25 since last update!
💗 Hala’s family | vetted here | gofundme here | currently at $7,023 out of 35k ‼️** moving slowly!
💗 Mahmoud’s family | vetted here | gofundme here | currently at $11,615 out of 25k ⚠️** moving slowly!
💗 Saleh’s family | vetted here as #248 | gofundme here | currently at €1,748 out of 30k ‼️** moving slowly!
💗 Sahar’s family | vetted here | gofundme here | currently at €3,501 out of 50k ‼️**moving slowly!
💗 Lara’s family | vetted here as #241 | chuffed fund here | currently at €3,991 out of 20k ‼️
💗 Amal’s family | vetted here | gofundme here | currently at $12,583 out of $30k ‼️
💗 Hazem’s family | vetted here as #282 | gofundme here | currently at €738 out 30k ‼️‼️‼️*moving slowly! DID NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING since last update!!!
💗 Dina and Ahmed’s family | vetted here | gofundme here | currently at €89,046 out of 100k ⚠️
💗 Jalal’s family | vetted here as #204 | gofundme here | currently at €2,234 out of 25k ‼️** moving slowly! only received €20 since last update!
💗 Nesma’s family | vetted here | gofundme here | currently at $157,435 out of 170k ⚠️ ** moving slowly!!
💗 Karim’s family | vetted here | gofundme here | currently at $6,356 out of 40k ‼️** moving slowly! DID NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING since last update for the 2nd time!!!
💗 Ali and Hadeel’s family | vetted here as #216 | gofundme here | currently at €4,176 out of 70k ‼️** moving slowly! DID NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING since last update!
💗 Ahmad’s family | vetted here as #167 | gofundme here | currently at $4,550 out of 20k ‼️* moving slowly!
