Save a Gazan journalist's life.
I won't keep you long. Here are the facts:
- Siraj Abudayeh @siraj2024 is a Gazan journalist and a father of three.
- He and his family have been displaced 7 times.
- They have survived multiple recent massacres in Khan Yunis.
- They live in a tent that feels like a "convection oven".
- He can hear tank fire across the street.
- His parents and siblings escaped Deir al-Balah and are now homeless; he has to care for them too.
- He needs to raise $5,000 CAD / $3653 USD by the end of the day.
- He's probably gotten a hundred thousand notes on his posts at this point.
- This has been meaningless. His campaign moves at a glacial pace.
- The Palestinian genocide is the fault of the US, UK, Israel, and the imperial core in general.
- When we in the imperial core do not donate to people like him, we perpetuate the genocide.
I really am going to lose my mind siraj needs these funds by THE END OF THE DAY and we havent even made a DENT. We have given all possible information, we have explained you the urgency, we have told you what danger siraj is in i dont know what it will take to break people out of their apathy. I dont know how many different ways we can package this till you begin to take his situation seriously. I really dont know what to do at this point? Is this his punishment for being an arab man who wants to protect his children's privacy?????? For not showing off their photos like theyre showponies to get sympathy from an audience that has long since gotten desenitised to their pain??????? Is this your "compassion fatigue" showing??????????? cause i can tell you now you have no right to throw that term around when the governments of the countries we live in have aided and abetted in creating the situation we are seeing in gaza today. Fucking donate im terrified out of my mind for siraj and i dont know what will happen if he doesnt get the funds in time
Since this post was made we were notified by some people that they are unable to donate to siraj’s gfm because gfms run by organizers based in canada, as is the case here, do not accept donations from paypal.
If you want to donate to siraj’s gfm with paypal or are having any trouble in doing so with general cards, please direct your donations to @malcriada who is a trusted friend of siraj. you can get in touch w them via dms so they can donate in your stead, they will send a screenshot of the donation made to you as proof.
The saddest thing about this though has been that we had still been holding out the hope that maybe this had been the obstacle that had been preventing people from donating, but it seems that wasnt the case.
Apart from the fact that it seems lately we are hitting the limit of people’s compassion on here, people genuinely are not receptive to siraj’s gfm like the others and it is likely for all the reasons i talked about before.
This has come at the worst time, when siraj has come to a point where he has had to use up most of the funds he’s raised so far already for daily expenses, especially with the sudden increase in the number of people he is taking care of since his parents and siblings got displaced due to the latest attack by the iof. He did not have enough money for another tent to accomodate them at the time and had to sleep outside so they could get shelter instead.
His children are still sick, and with more people to look after, expenses have increased even more.
He needs 45K BY TOMORROW and 50K WITHIN THIS WEEK
Right now we are only at $43,908 CAD / $45,000
Let me once again remind you that this isnt charity. This is reparations.
We are nearing october, meaning nearly 1 whole year of genocide. You CANNOT afford to give into apathy and normalize this. If anything, it should MOBILIZE YOU to extend any support you can.
Ignore the amount of notes this has. Siraj is still nowhere near the goal. Share and donate as much as you can, and follow siraj’s blog @/siraj2024 for his daily updates.
