The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, rooted in deep historical issues over land and identity, has led to widespread casualties and displacement, creating an urgent humanitarian crisis. Despite continuous efforts for resolution, peace is yet to be achieved. The international community frequently steps in to provide aid, focusing on essential needs like healthcare, shelter, and food, and striving for a lasting solution.
Here are links to more information on the ongoing conflict.
TheWorld.org - A timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (1897-present)
Britannica - Israel-Hamas War up to date
Jewish Voice For Peace - Here is a countdown to genocide from a year before
Al Jazeera - Learn more about the conflict with the "Israel-Gaza war in maps and charts: Live Tracker." It shows the damage done and keeps track of the death toll. Al Jazeera is a news website that shows a wide range of news, events and opinion pieces from around the world.
This is a collection of links curated by members who wanted to find ways to help. And there is so much more out there! If you know of other ways to help, feel free to email the representative and/or advisors (found on the About page).
Jewish Voice for Peace - Click this link to email your congress members to stop sending arms to Israel. You can take the next step and call your congress members which appears after you send the email out. Their main page has current events which have a different point of view from our mainstream news articles.
Corvallis Palestine Solidarity - A local community organization that is spreading awareness of the conflict and the culture of Palestine. Find ways to interact locally through volunteering, attending events, and so many other ways you can help.
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions - The BDS movement works to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law.
Home Land Tags - "From Gaza's rubble to Egypt's challenges, HomeLandTags embodies our family's determination to rebuild. Dive into our collection, a tribute to Palestine's resilience, offering necklaces, bracelets, and more. Join us in keeping our culture alive."
Rajeen - Support refugees one purchase at a time! "Rajaeen (راجعين) means "we shall return" and this is the hope for all Palestinian refugees, that one day we will return to our land."
OOB is a volunteer organized grassroots movement which helps to amplify the voices of people losing their homes but hopefully can save their life by fundraising on GoFundMe. The families set up their GoFundMe and OOB verifies and adds it to their extensive list where folks can adopt a family to amplify them on their social media and spread awareness. There are other ways to support their work.
Buy OOB a coffee - You can help the volunteers keep going. The movement has grown so big that they can't pay out of pocket anymore to do the things that amplify this important cause. They state clearly what the money is for and you can take a look at that at the link.
OOB Flyer - Here is a Google Doc with a printable flyer to hand out to friends, family and to spread around in your local establishments.
PAL Humanity Initiative - "We are Nour and Nagham, doctors and sisters on the ground in Gaza, who founded and lead the globally supported initiative, PAL Humanity." They are doing field visits and distributing aid. They focus on perinatal as well as children with special needs and providing medication distribution en masse at UNWRA schools where families are taking refuge.
Gaza Needs You - "Hi, my name is Amani, I'm fundraising for the people in Gaza, who lost their families, homes and all what they own in the past seven months due to genocide committed." Amani is distributing packages (blankets, formula, clothes etc.) to families and displaced women in the refugee camps in Rafah.
Perinatal and Birth Workers Needed - The aim in this call to action is to connect individuals in need with a team of birth workers which will be managed by leaders in the global humanitarian birth worker space such as Safe Birth Palestine, Birth Workers for Humanity, Birth Workers for Human Rights and other collectives.