ACTIONABLE WAYS TO SUPPORT PALESTINE

ACTIONABLE WAYS TO SUPPORT THE END TO THE OCCUPATION, ETHNIC CLEANSING AND GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE

This is a vital and urgent time, Palestinians on the ground are doing all they can against all odds but they need our support and solidarity to end the genocide, apartheid and occupation. There are different ways to show actionable support for Palestinians. Whether you can physically get to a protest or can’t, whether you have time and resources to circulate content or engage in direct action, or simply show your support by being conscious of where you put your money. Palestinians have long educated others on their own oppression. We need to consciously shoulder the responsibility. To turn away and refuse to look, to refuse to act, is to be complicit.

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Downloadable infographics to share on social media here.

AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF PALESTINIANS

Mainstream news outlets are failing to provide adequate coverage of the genocide of Palestinans – with misinformation and bias rife – and Palestinian voices and news outlets are being shadow banned across platforms. Support by reposting and sharing news of what’s happening on the ground.

Internet and electricity has been cut in Gaza. Journalists on the ground have been working against all odds to get news out but they’re also under siege, without food, water and medical supplies. If you’re not seeing new content continue to amplify from the previous days.

NOTE: IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO BE SHARING ABSTRACT STATEMENTS AND INFOGRAPHICS. SHARE THE NEWS COMING OUT OF PALESTINE ON YOUR STORIES AND FEEDS. PEOPLE ARE BEING SHADOWBANNED ACROSS THE BOARD FOR DOING THIS. THE CALL TO KEEP THEIR VOICES HEARD IS COMING FROM ON THE GROUND IN PALESTINE.

See: https://www.instagram.com/p/CzVOMnesmgd/

MORE INFO ON WHO TO FOLLOW BELOW

Voices to follow:

Live from gaza

Content hubs / news

@visualizing_palestine

Analysis

Protest/human rights/solidarity updates and groups

@pal_action

@palestinesolidarityuk

@palestinianyouthmovement

@adalahjusticeproject

Information above sourced from the following accounts:

@sbeih.jpg

@bdsnationalcommittee

@rtmpalestine

@decolonizethisplace

@al_haq_organization

@artworkersforpalestinescotland

@indexpalestine

Avoid getting shadowbanned

Take screenshots and screen recordings of news, messages and updates then repost or write new posts
Share photos of non-Palestine related content to satisfy the algorithm
Post to your story and grid and make story highlights
Be wary that certain words may be censored such as “Palestine”, “Gaza”, “genocide”, “ethnic cleansing”, “occupation”. Replace letters with random characters, e.g. “P@lest1ne”, “G@z@”
Don’t use too many hashtags (no more than 3)

Make your support of Palestine publicly known

In a time of great misinformation and bias coming from mainstream news outlets and Western governments it is more important than ever to make your support for the end of Genocide, Apartheid and Occupation publicly known

If you have a public following then make original content in support of Palestine:

Videos, lives and reels

Infographics

Photos and captions on your grid

Place pressure on your elected government officials and demand a ceasefire, an end to the ethnic cleansing and genocide, an end to the occupation:

These really simple templates take 2 minutes to complete.

@medicalaidpal: Direct link to email MPs

@palestinesolidarityuk: Direct link to email MPs

Friends of Al Aqsa also have an email template: https://www.foa.org.uk/campaign/noceasefirenovote

SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN: WRITE TO YOUR MP/MSP

Support original calls coming out of Palestine to Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS)

Boycotts: withdrawing support from companies, cultural and academic institutions complicit in Israel’s apartheid regime

Divestment: campaigns to urge banks, local councils, churches, pension funds and universities to withdraw investments from State of Israel

Sanctions: pressure governments to fulfil their legal obligations to end Israeli apartheid, and not aid or assist its maintenance, by banning business with illegal Israeli settlements, ending military trade and free-trade agreements, as well as suspending Israel's membership in international forums such as UN bodies and FIFA.

For more info: https://bdsmovement.net

@bdsnationalcommittee

Companies that are complicit in Israeli apartheid/war crimes:

Axa

Siemens

Puma

Soda stream

Ahava

Sabra hummus

CAT/Caterpillar

Also boycott Israeli produce in your supermarkets, labelled as “produced in Israel”

Companies that have announced their support for the Israeli genocide:

Disney

Starbucks

Mcdonalds

Nestle

Hardees

Nike

Lipton

Tide

Cocacola

Burger King

Hyundai

IBM

L’Oreal

Subway

Source:

@bdsnationalcommitee

@cravingpalestine

Download the watermelon app for further information on brands to boycott and alternatives: https://app.jotform.com/233132600098852

Change you bank

Banks with investments in companies known to provide equipment to the Israeli military

Aviva

Barclays

HSBC

Investec

Legal & General

Prudential

Schroders

Standard Life

Banks with syndicated loans to companies

Barclays

HSBC

Lloyds

RBS

Standard Chartered

Info via https://waronwant.org

The Co-op was appearing to have no connections to the arms trade, but co-op bank has been recently sold out of the group, so it is unclear as to what your money will be tied to, but it is not as explicitly linked to the arms trade…

https://saveourbank.coop/who-owns-the-coop-bank

Triodos(charges £3 a month but is a really good ethical alternative - they actively invest in community projects.

https://www.triodos.co.uk

Get involved with protests/actions

In order to ensure continued and sustained pressure on the government to act, keep attending protests

Stay up to date with protests via:

Samidoun Calendar of Global Actions

https://palestinecampaign.org/events/ @palestinesolidarityuk

Organise protests in your local area by distributing posters, doing callouts on social media and getting in touch with local and community groups to spread the word.

Sisters Uncut has been holding sit-ins: https://www.sistersuncut.org/
Keep up to date with action alerts from BDS: https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/action-alerts
Join Palestine Solidarity Campaign for further information on actions: https://palestinecampaign.org

DIRECT ACTION:

Palestine Action @pal_action https://palestineaction.org

Help shut down factories and companies complicit in the genocide and occupation. The goal is to disrupt the manufacturing process of arms as well as dismantle complicity in Israeli apartheid.

Direct action = a form of protest in which participants use agency—for example economic or physical power—to achieve their goals. Action that seeks to achieve an end directly and by the most immediately effective means.

STAY SAFE:

Know your rights
Know the risks
Keep each other safe
Write a phone number for someone to contact on your arm in case of arrest
Cover your face, tattoos and any identifying features
If you’re arrested say “no comment” to all questions and do not accept a caution until you have legal advice
You are not legally required to share your immigration status when arrested
If you are stopped and questioned by the police or they talk to you at a protest you have the right NOT to respond

For how to stay safe while protesting visit:

Liberty Human Rights: Advice & Information on Protesting

@libertyhq

SIMPLE ONLINE ACTION:

If you work in a medical profession, please use this link to Google Forms for Doctors to give advice.

For anyone who is using online platforms to host websites which support genocidal campaigns (like WiX) follow @multitudes.coop to support the navigation away from these platforms. Feel free to reach out and get involved: https://multitudes.coop

Link to further evidence on Wix’s complicity in Israeli apartheid: https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/10/24/internal-wix-chat-encouraged-staff-to-support-israels-narrative-in-hamas-conflict/

Free graphics for protests: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1Qsv4WQiUbNnCZuEP6wwUIrOsLm1NqW5W

Google

Please go to Google
Type "Jerusalem"
(It will come up as Capital of Israel)
Click on the three dots on the top right,
Go to "Send feedback"
Select “Inaccurate content” then
Select Incorrect information
In the feedback box type "Jerusalem is the capital of PALESTINE occupied by Israel"
Click submit for Palestine 🇵🇸
#Jerusalem

Booking.com

Tell Booking.com to stop encouraging holidays on stolen Palestinian land by advertising listings in illegal Israeli settlements: https://www.foa.org.uk/campaign/destinationapartheid

Make this google doc into a template to set on your Out Of Office on emails or Substack Newsletter

Template for Out of Office here

Template for Substack Newsletter here

Sign an open letter or petition in support of Palestine

@artists4palestineuk here
@themosaicrooms here Sign by emailing: info@mosaicrooms.org
https://boycottzabludowicz.wordpress.com/
Educators for Palestine: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BA7ddNwiUF9ns3zJK3t-nrTpn8R4s3ZB_wbZstAo2iY/edit
Call for a Ceasefire and an end to the Occupation
Amnesty International Call for Ceasefire

Learn more & raise awareness

In your spare time, do what you can to read up on Palestine.

NB if you are a teacher or lecturer you could start your session with a discussion and sharing resources on what is happening.

It is also helpful to read up and articulate to other people in your life about what is going on in order to raise awareness.

The following is not fully comprehensive, but it is a start.

Follow:

@m.z.gaza

@belalkh

@joegaza93

@eye.on.palestine

@mohammed_fayq

@wizard_bisan1

@gazangirl

@eid_yara

Resource/Reading Lists:

Explore the history:

Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question

Palestinian Digital Archive

Khazaaen (Social History Archive)

Introduction to Palestine :1: Palestine throughout history

Al Nakba: the history of Palestine since 1799

Listen:

Listen to Palestine based radio station Radio Al Hara: https://www.radioalhara.net/ & listen back to Radio Alhara’s 12 hour broadcast on the 75th memorial of Palestinian Nakba: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/41pu2j0alrvmmqq/AADcNEo2K-fsdlacFfuXnKtva?dl=0&preview=Until+Liberation_+12+hours+program+on+the+75th+memorial+of+Palestinian+Nakba+by+Learning+Palestine+Group.mp3

The Palestine Pod - Lara Elborno and Michael Schirtzer

Dardashe Podcast Series

Palestine Remembered Podcast Series

This Is Palestine Podcast Series

Palestinians Podcast Series

Let's Talk Palestine Podcast Series

Reporting, Storytelling and Running in Jerusalem with Jalal Abukhater

Israel and Palestine: A Palestinian View with Yara Hawari

MEMO in conversation with Mariam Barghouti

Jadaliyya: The War on Palestine Podcast

Watch: Free teach-ins run by Jadaliyya have been uploaded to their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Jadaliyya/featured

A series of films celebrating the beauty of Gaza, its people, its struggle and its survival. The program aims to resist the demonisation of this beautiful place: https://www.palestinefilminstitute.org/en/unprovoked-narratives

Other sites:

Al-Shabaka

Scenario Matrix: Possibilities for the West Bank and Gaza - Al-Shabaka

Al-Haq

We Are Not Numbers

Medical Aid for Palestinians

AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF PALESTINIANS

Make your support of Palestine publicly known

Place pressure on your elected government officials and demand a ceasefire, an end to the ethnic cleansing and genocide, an end to the occupation:

Support original calls coming out of Palestine to Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS)

Change you bank

Get involved with protests/actions

Make this google doc into a template to set on your Out Of Office on emails or Substack Newsletter

Sign an open letter or petition in support of Palestine

Learn more & raise awareness