Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their account, and donate to their fundraiser if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).
Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan
Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur, is now facing direct consequences for choosing to stand up for humanity and defend human rights after being sanctioned by the United States.
Her private medical insurance refused to reimburse her solely because she is under US sanctions. Even official engagements have been obstructed: the European Union Parliament invited her for a talk, booked a room for her, and then cancelled it simply because the reservation carried her name.
I'm Joe in the UK, I've been in touch with Aseel from the Sehwel family for over a year now and have been following their difficult struggle to afford medication, shelter and food in Gaza.
Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).
Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan
As Long as There Is No Political Horizon for Gaza, 70,000 Dead Will Remain but a Number - Israel News - Haaretz.com archive.ph/9e4pT
"The sense is that the figures reported have lost all ability to describe the scale of the devastation. Since last Friday, 299 names have been added to the list. These are not new victims, but ones whose names were added late, delayed by Gaza's lagging bureaucracy."
80 years after the Nazis were tried for war crimes, the documents are online for all to see The Nuremberg Trials Project is a free and searchable database from Harvard Law School cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/80-ye…
More than a month after a ceasefire was announced and all living Israeli hostages were released, Israeli authorities are still committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, by continuing to deliberately inflict conditions of li…
Imagine being so depraved that you will spread FUD about and defame a young woman in Gaza who is volunteering to help others who are also being forced to endure genocide and famine in Gaza.
@eblu@wetdry.world
@mynameistillian@plush.city
"if they are on gaza verified they're not scammers"
That's completely wrong.
Some of the GazaVerified accounts are scammers. I have already provided proof in https://mastodon.gamedev.
Someone kindly reached out to ask if I would consider speaking about Gaza Verified (gaza-verified.org/) at the Social Web Devroom being organised by the Social Web Foundation at FOSDEM.
My answer is no.
And I feel it’s important for those of us who care about such things to understand why:
• Social Web Foundation (socialwebfoundation.org) partners with, and thereby whitewashes and legitimises Meta
• FOSDEM (fosdem.org/2026) allows itself to be sponsored by, and thereby whitewashes and legitimises, Google and IBM (Red Hat)
Meta and Google are both surveillance capitalists with strong ties to the Trump regime that is arming and financing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. IBM, apart from having helped Nazi Germany carry out the Holocaust, is also singled out by name, alongside Google (Alphabet
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Someone kindly reached out to ask if I would consider speaking about Gaza Verified (gaza-verified.org/) at the Social Web Devroom being organised by the Social Web Foundation at FOSDEM.
My answer is no.
And I feel it’s important for those of us who care about such things to understand why:
• Social Web Foundation (socialwebfoundation.org) partners with, and thereby whitewashes and legitimises Meta
• FOSDEM (fosdem.org/2026) allows itself to be sponsored by, and thereby whitewashes and legitimises, Google and IBM (Red Hat)
Meta and Google are both surveillance capitalists with strong ties to the Trump regime that is arming and financing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. IBM, apart from having helped Nazi Germany carry out the Holocaust, is also singled out by name, alongside Google (Alphabet, Inc.), as complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people (aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/1/un…).
It shouldn’t be hard for organisations that purport to be alternatives to toxic Big Tech to not be sponsored and affiliated with them. But apparently it is.
Personally, I have no trouble saying no to having my name and legitimacy being used to whitewash these corporations and I have been doing so since the beginning.
I will not stand – literally or metaphorically – in front of their banners and talk about an initiative that tries to help the very people victimised by these corporations in their sociopathic quest for profit at any cost.
I hope more people start doing the same if we are to have any chance of making these corporations with their toxic business models and their complicity in genocide socially unacceptable. If we cannot even meet that already-very-low bar – as long as those of us with legitimacy allow ourselves to be used to normalise them – nothing will change.
I want to take a moment to thank @aseelfromgz for helping us carry out our Gaza Verified video calls.
Without her and Joy, we couldn’t do what we do.
Aseel is living in a tent right now (which gets flooded when it rains, like it did this week) and, in the middle of having to help her own family, is volunteering to help other families in need in Gaza.
The best way to help support her work and her family is by donating to her directly via PayPal: paypal.com/donate/?hosted_butt…
Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).
Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan
I'm Joe in the UK, I've been in touch with Aseel from the Sehwel family for over a year now and have been following their difficult struggle to afford medication, shelter and food in Gaza.
Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).
Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan
“Farage as a 13-year-old classmate would say ‘Hitler was right’ or ‘gas them’ to him … They could only identify us, because we had to go to this stupid Jewish service in the science labs school. I mean, none of us were remotely religious. They would hang out there. Farage would hang out with his minions. And then they would taunt us as we would leave … He was nasty, there was no question. [The song] Gas ’e
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Your daily reminder that antisemitism and support of the genocidal settler-colonial ideology of Zionism and of Israel are two very separate things.
Case in point, Nigel Farage (Zionist, friend of Israel, denies Israel’s committing genocide in Gaza):
“The level of disrespect, even abuse, that is now being shown to Israel is reaching astonishing proportions.” – Nigel Farage
“Farage as a 13-year-old classmate would say ‘Hitler was right’ or ‘gas them’ to him … They could only identify us, because we had to go to this stupid Jewish service in the science labs school. I mean, none of us were remotely religious. They would hang out there. Farage would hang out with his minions. And then they would taunt us as we would leave … He was nasty, there was no question. [The song] Gas ’em all, I heard him singing it…”
Hello there. Today we had a three-way meeting with @aral and my sister @joynewacc &me. "We were in the same room." I am very happy that I finally met Aral, whom my sister talks to me about very often . I also have a link to cover my registration fees for the first semester of medical school, which amounts to $2500. I am trying to secure a university tuition installment plan so I don't get delayed. If you would like to help me, this’s donation link.
I appeal to you, good people! My family is drowning in the rainwater. Please don't leave me alone. My sick mother can't withstand the cold. Don't ignore me, my friends 💔🙏🏽
Please help me repair the tent or rent a room, please, it's freezing cold.
Update: Today's we only raised a $35 only ! It's a small amount, but I'm not gonna lose hope , I'll post everytime & everywhere to get the kids these pajamas and keep them warm 😿
You don't understand what I mean and how serious the situation is, because you've never seen a mother cry because her child's only clothes got wet in the rain and there are no others for him to wear 💔 ! #gaza #palestine #humanrights #children #winter #helpgaza #gazagenocide
Update: Today's we only raised a $35 only ! It's a small amount, but I'm not gonna lose hope , I'll post everytime & everywhere to get the kids these pajamas and keep them warm 😿
You don't understand what I mean and how serious the situation is, because you've never seen a mother cry because her child's only clothes got wet in the rain and there are no others for him to wear 💔 ! #gaza #palestine #humanrights #children #winter #helpgaza #gazagenocide 🍉🍉🍉
I'm happily announce to you the start of our campaign to raise $3,500 for #winter pyjamas!!
❄️I'm starting the campaign by asking you to support our goal amount and help us purchase winter pyjamas for the children in the camp! Each pair is around $150-$170, and I wanna make sure that each and every one of the children is able to get a pair to stay extra warm for the weather🧣🧤!
I'm happily announce to you the start of our campaign to raise $3,500 for #winter pyjamas!!
❄️I'm starting the campaign by asking you to support our goal amount and help us purchase winter pyjamas for the children in the camp! Each pair is around $150-$170, and I wanna make sure that each and every one of the children is able to get a pair to stay extra warm for the weather🧣🧤!
Rain has begun pouring over the Gaza Strip, drenching the already crumbling makeshift tents of displaced families.
Within minutes, tents across the Strip were flooded, further worsening the dire living conditions of those enduring over two years of genocide and displacement.
People in Gaza are starving as israel doing everything in the power to restrict and block entry of high energy food into Gaza.
Even frozen chicken is destroyed because Israel blocking the shipment and forcing the trucks to turn off their freezer and then wait for hours before entering
Y’all know me❤️ These days, I’m extremely busy with my household responsibilities: "preparing food, lighting the fire, & tutoring my little brother." My mom is taking care of my grandmother, who recently suffered a fracture, & I am currently the stand-in soldierin here
If you would like to support me until I can be out & find a job to help my family, here’s the donation link. (The donations for the shelter rent, & the costs of food, drink, & clothes)
Y’all know me❤️ These days, I’m extremely busy with my household responsibilities: "preparing food, lighting the fire, & tutoring my little brother." My mom is taking care of my grandmother, who recently suffered a fracture, & I am currently the stand-in soldierin here
If you would like to support me until I can be out & find a job to help my family, here’s the donation link. (The donations for the shelter rent, & the costs of food, drink, & clothes)
@joynewacc and I had the honour of speaking to three families from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.
They are:
• Dania (@danyarelkhodari) • Heba & her husband Tareq and their family (@Tareqziad) • Wafaa and her two adorable daughters, Sham and Aylul (@wafaagaza1499)
Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).
Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan
Hello everyone, I am sharing with you the books that my sister, @Nourfuturedr, spent two years studying in order to achieve her dream of becoming a doctor.
I started pushing her campaign after my mother and I made the decision to save significantly on our food and drink expenses. This is so we can afford to cover her registration fees for the first semester of medical school.
The only flavour of decentralisation there’s no room for at FOSDEM is the kind that won’t speak at a conference that allows itself to be sponsored by, and thereby whitewashes, a surveillance capitalist like Google that is complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.
Something happened to me recently, and I don't mean to be dramatic, but it's truly a shameful thing. Two days ago, I joined the writing platform #substack & even though @aral & @fabio told me it wasn't a good platform for me, being Palestinian, I decided to interact on it and post my poems there. I was subjected to awful abuse in all verbal forms by Zionists there. But I preferred to remain silent instead of arguing with any fools. Today, the platform’s banned me!
“Since the 1960s, Labour and Conservative governments have supported or acquiesced in several cases of genocide across Africa, the Middle East and Asia”
Since the 1960s, Labour and Conservative governments have supported or acquiesced in several cases of genocide across Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
@aseelfromgz and I had the pleasure of welcoming two new families to Gaza Verified today.
They are:
• Nour (@nour_s) – please send her some love as the genocidal Israeli army bombed a position near her home while we were talking • Saeed (@saeeeed)
Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and the fediverse, follow their accounts, and, if you can, donate to their fundraisers.
You can see a list of our Gaza Verified families who have Chuffed or GoFundMe accounts, sorted by those who’ve received the least in donations over the last seven days, at:
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan
In an effort towards being both fair towards our friends in #Gaza and reduce the notifications/FOMO burden on donors, I have released two new bots for #GazaVerified:
@gaza_verified_accounts boosts all the posts from gaza-verified accounts. If you want to follow the stories of the families that we’re supporting but you don’t want to individually follow >70 accounts, you can follow this bot. It’s hooked directly to the Gaza archive crawlers and it refreshes every 5 minutes.
@gaza_verified_campaigns posts twice a day a list of accounts that made <$200 in the past 7 days. You can follow this account to get an idea of where to focus the donation efforts.
If you’re a volunteer who also hosts a copy of the Gaza Archive, and you also want to run your copies of the bots, you can add them to your instance by enabling the new environment variables.
Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and the fediverse and contribute to their fundraisers if you can. (And please share this so others can do the same.)
Remember that you can see a list of our members and their fundraisers in one place (ordered by those who have raised the least in the past week) at:
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan
For those who don't know, the people of Gaza now live in only 36% of the area of the Gaza Strip "within the yellow line", meaning 62,000 people per square kilometer!!
@joynewacc and I had the honour of speaking to @Dalla1982 today and would like to welcome her and her family to Gaza Verified.
She’s an architect who, due to the war, has lost her job and must now support her family through donations until some semblance of normal life returns to Gaza.
Please give her a follow and help if you can.
(She doesn’t have her fundraiser on her profile yet but I’ve asked her to add it. Once she does, you will be able to see her on our donate page along with the other families: gaza-verified.org/donate/)
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan
Bekijk je favoriete video's, luister naar de muziek die je leuk vindt, upload originele content en deel alles met vrienden, familie en anderen op YouTube.
Quote by MEE: “Nov 16, 2025 Families in Gaza are wading through flooded camps in soaking clothes after winter storms tore apart their flimsy tents, forcing them to seek safer shelter. Torrential rain has ruined mattresses, blankets, and personal belongings, while civil defence teams warn that many of the makeshift tents are no longer habitable. Aid agencies say the humanitarian response is overwhelmed, leaving tens of thousands of displaced families to survive with inadequate shelter and limited resources.“
Bekijk je favoriete video's, luister naar de muziek die je leuk vindt, upload originele content en deel alles met vrienden, familie en anderen op YouTube.
Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can. (And please share this so others might do the same.)
And remember that you can see the fundraisers of all our members in a single list (ordered by those who have received the fewest donations in the last seven days) at:
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan
"Israel is breaching international law by continuing to impose restrictions on aid flows into Gaza, where the population remains critically short of food and life-saving goods as winter sets in, a senior official at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said.
In an interview during a recent visit to Brussels, Natalie Boucly, an Unrwa deputy commissioner general, said the whole world – including the EU and US – needed to increase the pressure on Israel’s government to ensure the unrestricted flow of aid into Gaza.
Unrwa has enough food, tents and other essentials to fill the equivalent of up to 6,000 trucks, Boucly said.
“As winter approaches and famine continues to grip the population, it is critical that all this aid is allowed into Gaza without delay,” she said. “Our supplies would be able to provide food … for the entire population for about three months. And that is sitting outside [in Jordan and Egypt], not able to come in. And that is the case for the other UN agencies because the restrictions and the constrai
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"Israel is breaching international law by continuing to impose restrictions on aid flows into Gaza, where the population remains critically short of food and life-saving goods as winter sets in, a senior official at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said.
In an interview during a recent visit to Brussels, Natalie Boucly, an Unrwa deputy commissioner general, said the whole world – including the EU and US – needed to increase the pressure on Israel’s government to ensure the unrestricted flow of aid into Gaza.
Unrwa has enough food, tents and other essentials to fill the equivalent of up to 6,000 trucks, Boucly said.
“As winter approaches and famine continues to grip the population, it is critical that all this aid is allowed into Gaza without delay,” she said. “Our supplies would be able to provide food … for the entire population for about three months. And that is sitting outside [in Jordan and Egypt], not able to come in. And that is the case for the other UN agencies because the restrictions and the constraints are still there.”
She estimated that only about half, “if that”, of the 500-600 daily truckloads needed were getting into the devastated territory."
Today is @rouh’s birthday 💝 and as we’ve all seen, the situation in Gaza has gotten exponentially worse.
Mai deserves our support every day, but let’s bring some extra light to her day by celebrating Mai’s birthday in any way you can, whether it’s through contributing to her campaign, boosting her posts or sending her warm birthday wishes 💗
Today is @rouh’s birthday 💝 and as we’ve all seen, the situation in Gaza has gotten exponentially worse.
Mai deserves our support every day, but let’s bring some extra light to her day by celebrating Mai’s birthday in any way you can, whether it’s through contributing to her campaign, boosting her posts or sending her warm birthday wishes 💗
I had the pleasure of speaking with Mai (@rouh) recently. On our video call she told me all about her initiative, Gaza Camp Kids.
In addition to providing for her own family of 10 and Gaza Camp Kids, Mai has an endoscopy surgery on Nov 5, and she’ll need extra support. To celebrate her birthday on Nov 15, let’s come together and support Mai, her family and Gaza Camp Kids. 💕
