We know you may be busy this week with the impending holiday season and all that comes with it, so we will keep this brief.
We want to thank you for the overwhelming support you’ve given us over the last few weeks, as Congress tried to attack nonprofits, and as we tried to sustain our organization for the new year. Thanks to your support, we smashed our initial Giving Tuesday fundraising goal, with a generous donor matching your contributions up to $25,000. We still need to raise enough funds to sustain our Palestine campaign and regional organizer positions in the coming year. We receive so much love and appreciation for the work we do, but it really is you, the CODEPINK community, that makes anything we do possible. We don’t need a settler-colonial holiday to remind us to give thanks; we are humbled every day that so many of you want to support us.
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We also want to give a sobering reminder of how Israel uses the holidays to expand its attacks on Palestinian life. Last Thanksgiving, while people in the U.S. were distracted by the holiday and Black Friday shopping, Israel attacked the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza, trapping over 200 Palestinians inside. Israel killed 12-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim Fuad Edely in the West Bank. Israel also arrested the director of Al-Shifa hospital. That same day, 27 Palestinians were killed in an attack on a UN school in Jabalia refugee camp. While Americans are distracted, Israel uses U.S. taxpayer dollars to wage its war on children and hospitals.
This doesn’t just happen during Thanksgiving; Israel also launches attacks around Christmas, during Ramadan, Eid, and any major holiday celebrated around the world. The Israeli military carries out some of its most egregious human rights violations when they know we aren’t looking — so no matter how long it’s been, no matter how many videos we see, no matter how many times we have to march or petition or take action — the people of Gaza can’t look away from their own genocide. We owe it to them, if it's the absolute least we can do, to not look away. We owe it to them to not be distracted.
Practice solidarity with Palestine tomorrow and Friday:
- Keep your eyes on Gaza: the Israeli military is counting on us being distracted by the holidays to get away with committing more atrocities in Gaza. You can find accounts reporting reliable news on Gaza at the bottom of this page.
- Join the global hunger strike to break the siege on northern Gaza! Inspire others to join by filling out this form to share your testimony with the CODEPINK community!
- Watch a movie about Palestine with your family and open a conversation with them about Palestinian liberation!
- Join our campaigns to boycott Netflix and Trader Joe’s, and make sure your family gatherings are free from BDS products. You can check if products are BDS friendly using the No Thanks app.
- Sign up to attend our webinar on BDS and the #BoycottNetflix campaign!
- Pivot from Black Friday by nourishing your local peace economy
And if you ABSOLUTELY need to get gifts for family and friends on Friday, and if they too support ending wars and funding the people’s needs, we invite you to support the movement on their behalf:
Give the gift of peace and justice, support CODEPINK and our movement for a better world.
With endless hope and gratitude,
Danaka, Adnaan, Ann, Aaron, Farida, Grace, Jasmine, Jodie, Marcy, Marie, Mark, Medea, Megan, Melissa, Michelle, Nancy, Nour, Nuvpreet, Pam, Ryan, Teri and Tim
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