Resources for Gaza

Oxfam has said the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is like nothing it’s seen before. Save the Children says the 3,195 children who have been killed in Gaza over the past three weeks (published 29 October) surpasses the annual number of children killed in conflict zones worldwide since 2019. During the same period, 29 children have been killed in Israel and 33 in the West Bank, the charity says, quoting figures from the Ministries of Health in Gaza and Israel respectively.

More than 1,400 people were killed in the Hamas attacks in Israel on 7 October 2023, and according to the Israeli authorities, Hamas is currently holding over 200 hostages, with children among this number. Since then, Israel’s air forces have bombarded Gaza and its troops have encircled the city. Over 9,000 people have been killed. The Israeli authorities have also cut access to water, electricity and fuel in Gaza. Amnesty International has said that “the collective punishment of Gaza’s civilian population by Israeli authorities is a war crime – it is cruel and inhumane”.

There have been repercussions all over the world, with a rise in Islamophobia and anti-Semitic hate crimes across the globe.

Despite all of this, neither the government nor the opposition in the UK has yet called for a ceasefire. In light of this, we’ve put together a list of ways you can lend your support and highlighted a few creatives who have responded to the crisis.

Donate

Palestine Red Crescent is providing medical aid to Palestinians in Gaza

Medical Aid for Palestinians is running an urgent appeal for its work on the ground in Gaza treating injured civilians

Palestine Children’s Relief Fund is the primary humanitarian organisation in Palestine, delivering crucial and life-saving medical relief and humanitarian aid to children

Donations to Gaza Emergency Appeal provide fuel for ambulances, food parcels and hygiene kits to civilians in Gaza

Doctors Without Borders has suspended its work in Gaza due to Israel’s siege and heavy bombardment of the Strip. The organisation is preparing medical and humanitarian supplies for when access to Gaza is opened

Na’Mod is a movement of British Jews in the UK seeking to end support for Israel’s occupation – they are currently raising money to support their action against Michael Gove’s bill which bans public bodies from taking part in boycotts or divestments

Parents Circle Families is an organisation made up of Israelis and Palestinians who have lost an immediate family member to the conflict, working towards reconciliation

United Palestinian Appeal needs donations for its immediate response in Gaza, supplying critical humanitarian aid. Find information on donation amounts here

UK-based IF Charity is running an Emergency Appeal which will provide vital aid, including medical supplies and support for affected families

United Nations Relief and Works Agency is taking donations to bring life-saving supplies into Gaza

Anera is delivering food and hygiene kits in Gaza

Unicef is providing life-saving humanitarian support in Gaza, with medical equipment, food, fuel and access to safe drinking water desperately needed

Palestine Medical Relief Society is taking donations for urgent medical supplies

Lobbying

Medical Aid for Palestinians has drafted an email you can send to your MP calling the UK to address its responsibility to protect Palestinians against atrocities in Gaza

Labour MPs Nadia Whittome, Richard Burgon, John McDonnell, Grahame Morris, Zarah Sultana and Beth Winter have co-sponsored a motion calling on the UK government to press for a ceasefire. Send it to your MP for them to sign

Amnesty International has created a list of points to make in letters and emails to your MP, the Prime Minister and media outlets

Jewish Voice for Peace has created guidelines for how to call for a ceasefire, including calling on President Biden, telling congress, and telling The New York Times editorial board

Creative Responses

Arts Action Palestine on Sunday 5 November aims to create a safe space to educate, come together and take action

Queering the Map – Gaza’s queer community are leaving testimonies on this map to document their lives

Mona Chalabi is using her compelling infographics to share information surrounding atrocities, media coverage and the global response

Radio Al-Hara is airing shows from its residents that respond to the events in Palestine

Hato Press offered free printing for protest posters for the marches

Ajsa Zdravkovic’s Palestine font comes in four weights, each representing a key date in Palestinian history

Middle East Archive is posting videos and images of lives in Gaza

Rabbits Road Press & oomkzine has made free badge and sticker artwork by Abeera Kamran available to print and distribute

Ellen O’Grady is posting comics covering the atrocities in Gaza

Girls in Film are hosting a screening of films by female, trans and non-binary Palestinian directors at Genesis cinema on 8 November, raising money for Medical Aid for Palestinians

Other Cinemas is holding a month-long film screening of six films by Palestinian filmmakers, raising funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians

The Peoples Film Club is hosting a screening and panel at Genesis cinema on 12 November, Medical Aid for Palestinians

Resolve Collective are holding a Collective Tools for Solidarity workshop at the Mosaic Rooms. Ends 5 November

A group of Birmingham-based art organisations are calling for artworks to sell and raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians

Visualising Palestine is using data and research to visually communicate Palestinian experiences to provoke narrative change

Naamod UK are holding a screening of Israelism followed by a panel discussion on 16 November

An art and music benefit is taking place at The Horse Hospital gallery in West London on 24 and 25 November to raise money for humanitarian aid in Gaza and the West Bank

Peonica Fernando has illustrated the journalists reporting in Gaza

Pictures for Palestine is a print sale of 150 creatives including Jeremy Deller, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Cindy Sherman raising money for Medical Aid for Palestinians. It runs until 6 December

Have a Butchers has launched a print sale of over 100 photographers including David Brandon Geeting, Emma Hardy and Jamie Hawkesworth to raise money for charities protecting the children of Gaza

Avalon Cafe in Bermondsey, London is holding a fundraiser featuring workshops, film screenings, panel discussions, live music and a resource library on 26 November

For The Washington Post illustrator and animator Rama Duwaji illustrated the story of Reem Ahmed, a Palestinian architect and artist who was trapped under rubble for 12 hours

Baesianz and Well Projects have commissioned four prints to raise money for Palestinian Youth Movement Britain and Palestine Action.

Illustrator Aude Nasr has collaborated with Nadine Kheshen to visually depict interviews with Nakba survivors.

Muslim Sisterhood is holding a Palestine solidarity fundraiser at The Mosaic Rooms in London on 26 January. It will be hosting protest banner making and HuqThat will be doing henna, all funds raised will go to Palestine Solidarity UK, Palestine Action and Doctors Without Borders.

The Social in London is hosting a Gigs for Gaza night on 19 February, including sets from Warmduscher and a DJ set from The Horror’s Faris Badwan. All money raised will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Books For Gaza auctioning signed books by authors including Sally Rooney, Ali Smith, Salman Rushdie, Rupi Kaur and more to raise money for The Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s fund, which helps children in Gaza receive reconstructive surgery.

Jumbi in Peckham, London is hosting a reading of The Revolutions Promise, a collection of testimonies from artists across Palestine, to raise money for The Freedom Theatre’s artists residency programme.

Resolve Collective and 3eib are holding an embroidery workshop on 18 February at Turf Projects Croydon to support Nöl Collectives fundraiser to help weavers leave Gaza and get to safety.

The Jazz Cafe in Camden are hosting a night of live music on 29 February to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians. There will be performances from Nilüfer Yanya, Willie J Healey and more, as well as a DJ set from Habibi Funk.

Burley Fisher Books in Haggerston, London is hosting a Valentine’s for Palestine event to raise money for Pen’s emergency writers fund which supports writers at risk in Gaza.

Loose Joints is selling Taysir Batniji’s photobook Disruptions to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Design Aid Palestine has brought together 12 UK-based designers to create a print, with all profits going the Human Appeal’s Gaza Emergency Appeal.

Jeremy Deller has released a litho print, with all profits being raised for Medical Aid for Palestinians.

On 7 March, the fashion collective 3eib is holding a night of reflection, connection and sounds guided by the narratives of female Palestinian voices. It will be hosted at The Mosaic Rooms in London.

The Whitworth Gallery in Manchester is hosting an exhibition exploring the political legacy of embroidery in Palestine. It is running until 7 April.

Artists for Watermelons is selling a print set for Gaza with proceeds split between Medical Aid for Palestinians, Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, Connecting Humanity to E-Sims and evacuation fundraisers. They are also holding a print fundraiser auction to raise money for Falastin Film Festival in Scotland.

Falastin Film Festival will take place in Edinburgh, Mull and Oban across May. It aims to use cinema to celebrate Palestinian stories beyond the narrative of ‘occupied people’.

To mark Mother’s Day, illustrator Raafaye Ali Sheikh created a card to draw attention to the mothers being killed in Gaza, and the many thousands of children who have been orphaned. The cards are printed on seeded paper, which once planted will bloom into a poppy – the national flower of Palestine.

We will continue to add to this list; if you’d like to submit a resource, please send an email to our editorial team on resources@itsnicethat.com.