We don't need to tell you just how bad things are in the world at the moment, but if you’re like us, you’re also feeling pretty helpless on how to help.

According to Al Jazeera’s live tracker, there have been over 35,000 (and counting) Palestinian casualties since October 7th, 2023 – although the UN has stated that only 24,686 deaths have been fully identified due to displacements (as well as the fact that over 75 per cent of Palestinian journalists have been killed by the Israel Defence Forces, which greatly reduces the amount of substantial data coming out of the country). Statistics might be murky, but according to the Global Conflict Tracker, 1.5 million civilians in Gaza (70 per cent of Palestine’s entire population) have been displaced to the city of Rafah, with IDF fighters closing in.

To say things look dire is a gross understatement, which is why we decided to source some fundraisers, charities and other ways to remain educated on the topic. 

ACTIVE FUNDRAISERS

GAZA HUMANITARIAN APPEAL – Care

CHILDREN OF GAZA CRISIS – Unicef

PALESTINE EMERGENCY FUND – Ausrelief

FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN GAZA – Palestine Children’s Relief Fund

PALESTINE EMERGENCY APPEAL – Islamic Relief Worldwide

GAZA CRISIS APPEAL – UN Women

CHARITIES TO SUPPORT

Gaza Funds highlights campaigns made by people in Gaza who need aid, medication and more.

Palestine Australia Relief and Action is a registered charity founded and run by Palestinian-Australians that help migrants and refugees in the country.

Palestine Red Crescent Society is part of the International Red Cross that operates in Palestine.

Olive Kids is an Australian charity that directly supports the children of Palestine.

Australia Palestine Advocacy Network is a national coalition that advocates for Australian policy to support Palestine.

The Australian Friends of Palestine Association is a not-for-profit community organisation based in SA working to promote peace for Palestinians.

Australian Jewish Democratic Society has been promoting peace between Israel and Palestine in Australia since 1984.

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions is a Palestinian-led movement inspired by South African anti-apartheid measures that pressure Israel to comply with international law.

STAY EDUCATED

Bisan Owda is a filmmaker and journalist who has been a first-hand witness to what’s happening in Gaza since the Israel-Gaza war began last October. Her Instagram handle is @wizard_bisan1. WARNING: You may see graphic images.

Plestia Alaqad interviews journalists, provides facts and documents everything going on in Gaza. She currently lives here in Australia, and her Instagram handle is @byplestia. WARNING: You may see graphic images.

Motaz Azaiza is an award-winning photojournalist who has been photographing Palestine long before the war began, and continues to speak out against the attacks today. His Instagram handle is @motaz_azaiza. WARNING: You may see graphic images.

Eye on Palestine is an account dedicated to spreading information about what is going on currently in Gaza. Their Instagram handle is @eye.on.palestine. WARNING: You may see graphic images.

READ UP

GREATER THAN THE SUM OF OUR PARTS is a novel by Nada Elia on how the Palestine struggle for freedom is bound up in a multitude of other causes, and how activists are coming together around the world.

GAZA IN CRISIS is a 2011 novel written by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé about Israel’s ongoing attacks on Palestine – long before the 2023 war began.

VOICES OF THE NAKBA is an award-winning novel written by Diana Allan that documents the 1948 Nakba (translated in Arabic as “the catastrophe”) of Israeli-enforced ethnic cleansing of Palestinians removing them from their property, lands and culture.

THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR ON PALESTINE is written by Rashid I. Khalidi, a Palestinian who writes about his own personal experience and family archives about living in a dispossessed land.

If you want to see more articles on Palestine, please check out our list of Palestinian creatives to check out as well as how this Muslim creative community drives up support for Palestine.