Mutual Aid Gaza

All life in Gaza is currently under extreme threat, due to the indiscriminate and violent nature of the campaign of bombing and ground assault conducted by Israel for the past 70 days. There is short supply of basic goods - food, medicine, & shelter. When people can find what they need, prices have sky-rocketed to many multiples of their value before the war. There is an urgent need for cash so people can afford these goods.

Palestinian former colleagues of mine in the West Bank have been raising money to send directly to our colleagues in Gaza, who use it to:

All the money is sent directly to former, Palestinian colleagues of mine in Palestine, who make the decision of how to use the money. These are the most heroic people I know and I would trust them with my life (and have done in the past, when I've been in Gaza during previous Israeli bombing campaigns). This is an entirely grassroots, volunteer mutual aid campaign, developed by Palestinians for Palestinians.

Money is nowhere near enough to solve the problems people in Gaza are currently facing. More than anything, there needs to be an urgent demand for immediate ceasefire, to stop this unfolding catastrophe. However giving some money now could provide a family or community with something to help them survive the winter until a ceasefire is announced.

I urge anyone who can to donate any small amount of money, either to this fund or to any other fund you trust, but also, please attend any marches and rallies and join the global demand for an immediate ceasefire.

At the time of writing the current casualties are: