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🗨️ 👩🏽💻 Of course, I support donations to those affected in #palestine - but please exercise caution regarding requests made via #mastodon et al!
⚠️ Most people in #gaza still lack internet access, and their devices can be tracked by the occupying forces!
It simply isn't worth the risk for a €10 donation on Chuffed!
It's also noticeable that all these copy-chuffed accounts use the same language, emojis, which is odd, it’s stereotypical, that's not how real people write, not even w/translation
@villebooks
Where are Palestinians in Gaza getting donations from if not via Mastodon et all?
Sure, the occupation tracks all communication people still need to pay for food, rent, medications, everything. So every €10 does count for survival.
Re internet: all communication goes via eSIMs connecting to Israel or Egypt. Connecting Humanity got the EFF Award in 2024 for this.
I know several accounts on here who were vetted by videocall by Molly Shah on bluesky. From the Sameer Project, who really can use financial support at the moment, I know that they also gave cash to people unable to set up their own Chuffed accounts, so who knows how many of 1,9 million people trying to survive this genocide by having to beg for survival have set up a Chuff. 10.000? 100.000?
People can always contact Palestinians and check their area code or use video to see, or simply donate to Palestinian led mutual aid groups:
https://itsgoingdown.org/your-guide-on-how-to-support-mutual-aid-groups-in-palestine-as-humanitarian-crisis-deepens/
And https://palestinetoolkit.org/mobilise-from-home/direct-aid-for-palestine/
People in Gaza really can use every € 10 as the media focus is elsewhere and so donations dropped significantly.
@Heidentweet @villebooks anyone with an active @gazaverified link has been verified as actually being in Gaza via IP address and a video call with either @aral or @casey . There is a coordinated disinformation claim going on to discredit all Gazan sources of information by saying there is no internet access in Gaza. This is not the case, I'm not saying everyone claiming to be in Gaza anywhere on the internet is, but anyone who is #GazaVerified definitely is and spreading the idea that there is no internet access in Gaza is just helping the Zionist propaganda narrative designed to discredit any reporting going on from there
@afewbugs @Heidentweet @villebooks@mastodon.social Euch. Not a day goes by when I'm not glad I have dot social blocked. The scum that's perpetuated on that instance is beyond.
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