while i've already seen someone else make a thread like this, after seeing the tweet below i think i'm going to start a thread of gofundmes/fundraisers from palestinians looking for help that i've come across.🧵
I'm begging you all to b0//st this. Israel will invade Rafah in Ramadan. Ramadan is in 17 days. We NEED to help people evacuate. We're on a time limit. Please help me help these people. B0//st Palestinian campaigns.
DO NOT SHUT UP
VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR PALESTINE SUPPORTERS TO KEEP IN MIND!
PLEASE WATCH OUT FOR RIGHT WING ACCOUNTS POSTING ABOUT PALESTINE!!
THEY DON'T ACTUALLY CARE! they're only talking about palestine so they can make more money and indoctrinate more people. 🧵
and aside from them there was also this account who had made a tweet spreading false info about israel having successfully captured gaza and thus successful in their genocide (i can't find a picture of the tweet but it's real, i retweeted it at the time and i apologize for that)
AND while i've retweeted this list already it'd probably be good to add it to this thread as well (they also give you a few suggestions of accounts you should follow instead of those right wing grifters)
🚨🚨 ACCOUNTS TO AVOID 🚨🚨
These unreliable (and, in some cases, hateful) accounts pivoted to posting about Palestine/Israel:
- Jackson Hinkle
- Lucas Gage
- Dr Anastasia Loupis
- Oli London
- Sam Parker
- Ryan Dawson
- Censored Men
- Visegrád 24
- OSINTdefender
- War Monitor
for 1 they don't actually care about palestine they're only talking about it so they can profit off it, and 2 all the follows and retweets from well meaning palestine supporters will be giving them AND their right wing views MORE REACH.
now i hear some of you say "well does it really matter? they're still bringing attention to the things happening in palestine" and the answer is YES IT DOES.
i've found more, i guess i should add that i'll be updating this thread with any other accounts i find so feel free to save the thread if you want. this one's the savior
while i know not EVERYONE can be convinced by these accounts to believe in the right wing views they spread there are SOME people who could fall pray to them and giving them a platform will only make it worse as it will make them SEEM more valid or trustworthy.
so giving these accounts a platform just cause of their recent FAKE support for palestine is NOT what we should be doing. from here on please make sure to look through unfamiliar accounts talking about palestine for any right wing bullshit before retweeting them.
now take this last one with a fair bit of salt as i don't know turkish AT ALL so all we got is google translate which is NOT the most accurate but if this isn't what this yunus arslan person is actually saying i'll gladly remove this from the thread.
Guys btw, do NOT repost content abt gaza from Jake Shields, Jackson Hinkles & dr Anastasia Loupis just to name a few. Instead, get your information from Palestinian journalists like the ss!
another list of accounts you should follow instead and this one's big! (stay away from missfalasteenia tho i've seen people saying she's spread false info a few times and is anti iranian)
also for those who have retweeted the people in this thread's stuff before don't beat yourself up too hard about it. yes we've made a mistake, we messed up, but what's important now is we've been informed and won't be making the same mistake again. <3
also here's the thread i was talking about, while there's bound to be repeats between this users thread and mine i figured it wouldn't hurt to share their's as well
i will also add that while i have done what i can to check these fundraisers validity (and they seem real) do let me know if any of these are illegitimate WITH SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE of course, as i will not believe any baseless claims especially in circumstances like these.
i'd also like to add this quote retweet to the thread as i think this pretty decently sums up my rebuttal to an argument that i've seen a few replies to my thread make of "well SURE they have strong opinions but how does that mean their support of palestine is fake?"
All of the stuff OP has mentioned is important to be wary of, but something that didn't get mentioned that I think is also important is that a lot of these grifter accounts are also trying to use the genocide in Gaza to spread antisemitism. A lot of people are (rightfully)...
i'll admit maybe saying these peoples support of palestine is fake is a bit over board HOWEVER i doubt these people ACTUALLY CARE about the victims of this genocide what they REALLY care about is money, and promoting their world view of jews=bad or any of their other "opinions"
been a few days (cause thankfully after muting those big four at the top of this thread i've been seeing less accounts like these and possibly even getting more substantial palestine related stuff) but i've found more accounts to stay away from! first we've got rev laskaris
ok i know i usually keep it to 3 photos for the additional accounts i cover but like dude this tweet of pelhams is just too ridiculous for me NOT to share with the class like this is text book conspiracy theorist
paul williams is yet another account you should avoid (i don't think i really found anything that'd imply antisemitism towards jews or any support of any other genocides i know of but even then i'd personally rather not platform/monetarily support somebody like this)
and ryan dawson (i know i usually show 3 tweets but good god this man is rancid i can not let these absolutely disgusting statements of his go ignored)
and george galloway (i don't think he supports ukraine which from what he's said i can kinda get? i didn't do a lot of research into it but while yeah sure ukraine may have done some bad things in the distant past that doesn't make what russia is doing to it right)
this one is a bit more time sensitive as 2 of the family members have diseases (one has celiac disease and the other has diabetes which they have no access to medications for as israel has blocked them)
‼️🚨My friends,my situation is unbearable💔I seriously don’t know what to do😔I am trying to keep my family & the animals I am taking care of safe🫶This is extremely hard because the situation is so dangerous. I need my friends to help me going through all this🙏Please help me🙏
this is another time sensitive one as wafaa's sister is VERY CLOSE to giving birth which due to the on going genocide in palestine obviously makes it harder to take care of babies as well as the general birthing process difficult and potentially fatal
war monitor, they allegedly spread misinfo but apart from the bad april fools joke i cant exactly verify any other instances of them spreading misinfo as i don't really know what the best sources to go to to fact check their posts would be
i'm not gonna exactly say this partisangirl is bad however she seems to be against sex workers and has also said a few questionable things (like idk man using sodomy interchangeably with gay/lgbtq seems weird and gross in my opinion) so do whatever you feel is best i guess
SHIT i fucked up, i deleted a post in this thread so now if you want to see the the rest of the fundraisers in here you'll have to click the tweet at the end of this thread, i'm real sorry about it but hey at least you can still see them.
this one's a lil over the goal they just need 19k more to reach their 45k goal, it's also maybe a bit time sensitive as one of the family members has severe asthma and the other has diabetes