A. Ultimate Palestine 4 Calls to Action:
- Active advocacy for immediate ceasefire.
- Active advocacy for provision of humanitarian aid.
- Moral consistency with actions and positions as shown towards Ukraine.
- Clear condemnation of Israeli occupation and apartheid against the Palestinians.
All of these calls are contained in Ultimate Palestine’s original public statement.
B. Encouraged Actions
- (primary) Asking clubs and Ultimate organizations to release more statements and keep the pressure on USAU, PUL, WUL, AUDL and WFDF… etc.
- Reach out to personnel from these orgs, start conversations, and encourage them to release statements.
- (upcoming) Merch and money fundraiser to send support to Gazan players and coaches.
- Communities can do their own fundraisers as well. (see Donations & Mutual Aid section below)
- (long-term) Involve the larger Ultimate communities with teach-ins and study material about the history of apartheid and Israeli oppression of Palestinians.
- Communities should feel free to organize their own discussions, events, initiatives etc. and use UltPal as a resource as needed.
C. Resources
Donations & Mutual Aid for Gaza
Mutual Aid (learn more about is meant by “mutual aid” here and here)
Operation Olive Branch
Gaza Mutual Aid Collective
Dahnoun Mutual Aid
Coffees for Gaza
Gaza Soup Kitchen
Crips for eSIMs for Gaza
Connecting Humanity (eSIMs for Gaza) - buy and donate eSIMs directly
Gaza Sunbirds
On-the-Ground Organizations
Palestine Red Crescent Society
Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
ANERA
Middle East Children’s Alliance
MSF (Doctors Without Borders)
1for3.org
Gaza Mental Health Foundation
The Freedom Theatre
UNRWA
More:Trusted organizations to donate to Palestine
Audio, Video, & Media
Ultimate Frisbee in Palestine | Edge of Sports
The World’s Ultimate Frisbee Community Is Revolting Against Its Leaders Over Gaza | The Nation
A conversation with Daniel Bannoura on Tangle about Ultimate, SoTG, and the history and Politics of Palestine
UAP talk by Daniel Bannoura about the intersection of sports and social justice in Palestine.
Letter from Jewish Friends of Ultimate Palestine
Responses to Objections
- The ultimate community didn’t cause these problems, and we cannot resolve this complex centuries old conflict either.
- Members of our community are directly affected by this
- Sports are political
- This statement comes from a position of privilege.
- Not all WFDF delegations are treated equally; a lot of delegations in our community are not provided equal access to events, funding, rights, etc.
- Ultimate positions itself as an inclusive and progressive sport.
- The conflict is 75 years old. Portraying it as being “complex centuries old conflict” betrays a lazy attitude that complicates things in order to justify inaction and apathy.
- This is more complex than Ukraine and I don’t think they are comparable.
- This is not complicated; this is settler colonial violence.
- Both Ukraine and Palestine are dealing with an illegal military occupation over their respective lands.
- The United States is directly responsible for facilitating and enabling Israeli occupation of Palestine and the genocide in Gaza, so this is arguably more relevant to us than Ukraine
- Worth considering why the objector doesn’t view Ukraine and Palestinian struggles for self determination the same. Some objections seem to stem from western/white double-standards that refuse to humanize Palestinians and empathize with their suffering.
- I am concerned that a permanent ceasefire allows Hamas to continue to do this again and again.
- Asking for a ceasefire is a basic humanitarian position that indicates that we want to protect life. Refusing a ceasefire effectively means that we don’t mind (and support!) the killing of children and innocents.
- A ceasefire is the only guarantor for the release of both Israeli and Palestinian hostages and the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
- War and death only emboldens Hamas and serve as an effective recruitment campaign to drive more Palestinians towards armed struggle.
- Using Hamas as a talking point to dehumanize Palestinians is a red-herring to justify an unwillingness to stand for Palestinian rights and their struggle for freedom and self-determination.
- We cannot bomb our way to peace; there is no military solution here (we’ve seen this over and over again with Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Vietnam, etc.)
- Blaming the people that are victimized by settler colonial violence is not productive
- Why doesn’t the statement condemn Hamas?
- Condemning those who struggle for freedom is unproductive.
- This isn’t just about Hamas, a number of resistance groups are fighting alongside each other.
- This shuts down the conversation and refuses to acknowledge the context as to why there is a resistance and armed struggle in the first place. What is being resisted?
- Saying genocide/Palestinian liberation is offensive to me.
- It is worth examining why you feel that way, is it because you don’t believe the Palestinians deserve to live/liberation?
- Is it because you are making assumptions as to what that looks like?
- This statement is often a product of racial chauvinism
Conversation Help and Talking Points
How to Have Hard Conversations from IfNotNow.
Conversation Guide from Jewish Voice for Peace
(from 2016, but much of this, such as the section on Myths/Facts, is still relevant).
Resources from Visualizing Palestine Toolkit:
US Military Funding to Israel Map - see how much each city/state in the US pays
More Toolkits
Black and Palestinian Solidarity Organizing Toolkit.
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights’ Action Toolkit.
Palestinian Feminist Collective All Out for Palestine Toolkit.
A Growing Culture Free Palestine Resource Toolkit.
Gaza is Palestine Resources.
Resources for Educators to Support a Free Palestine by Abolitionist Teaching Network.
Resource packet prepared by Daniel Bannoura. It includes lists of books, videos, podcasts, social media accounts, and Gaza resources.
Statements released by the Ultimate Community
Statements by Ultimate Palestine
UltPal open letter to WFDF - “Ultimate Palestine calls on the global ultimate community to defend Palestinian human rights”
Post about the killing of UltPal coach Muhammad Shakir.
Statements by Ultimate Clubs (chronological)
Open letter to WFDF by Ultimate Clubs and Organizations (here)