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Please be as generous as you can today to ensure this critical work continues; visit this link and #donate today: shorturl.at/EU5sp

The aid provided directly through your support included: 450 food parcels, 250 hygiene kits, 1,150 blankets and 1,150 mattresses, Hot meals for 70 families for 20 days, Milk for 250 children, Diapers for babies, the disabled, and the elderly.

When we reached out to you in March asking for urgent support for families displaced by Israeli attacks in southern #Lebanon, your response was a powerful act of #solidarity. All of us at MECA want to thank our community for supporting people on the ground with emergency aid.

"It shaped who we are & we breathe it every day. This spirit leads us as we further our struggle to return back to our homes & villages. It sustains our people in Gaza & throughout Palestine" Read the full blog & take action: mecaforpeace.org/78-years-of-na…

"Palestinian refugees hate refugee camps, including me. No power in this world can erase the horrific memories that live inside of every refugee. While we hate the camps, we love the collective spirit of the people inside the camps. We grew up with this spirit."

On the 78th anniversary of #NakbatDay MECA's director, Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, shares this powerful testament of the Palestinian plight and calls for solidarity in action.

Disrupt apartheid - Join the CAF Global Week of Action, June 6-13. Basque train manufacturer CAF provides the technical backbone for Israel’s colonial Jerusalem Light Rail. CAF directly enables Israel's illegal occupation and annexation of East Jerusalem and the consolidation of Israel’s colonial settlements that ethnically cleanse Indigenous Palestinians from their homeland. loom.ly/RH0QSWI

Your contribution will support displaced families, repair and maintain MECA's existing solar-powered community water purification units, deliver water to hospitals, medical centers, and community kitchens. Donate at: mecaforpeace.org/water

Because of Israel's ongoing #genocide and military #blockade, a cup of clean water means a lifeline to children and families in #Palestine.

Water is Life; Support MECA's Urgent Work in Palestine

Israel's recently-passed death penalty law contains no clear exemptions for children, and the Government of Israel has not clarified whether children would be excluded from its scope. Adding a discriminatory and irreversible death penalty to a system already known for abuse would be a brazen assault on the rights of Palestinian children. Save the Children strongly opposes the death penalty bill and calls for its immediate withdrawal. The UK Government has said it opposes the new law, but has failed to take tangible action to pressure the Israeli Government to withdraw it. We refuse to accept a world where Palestinian children - or any children around the world - could be sentenced to death. #StopTheWarOnChildren

“It’s the only place where displaced people here in the tents can go to sit and read.” This Palestinian pharmacist and his friend rescued thousands of books to create the first new library in Gaza since Israel’s genocide: the Phoenix Library.

Our colleague @wa3dabbas has visited our different partners in Tulkarem in the occupied #WestBank and wrote this reflective piece on the visit. We're sharing snippets of it here; "Against #Fragmentation: Finding #Palestine Again in #Tulkarem" mecaforpeace.org/against-fragme…

Today, MECA turns 38, and this time we chose to honor the memory of co-founder Barbara Lubin - the calm yet fireless woman who turned anger into action & whose legacy inspires us all. Watch this video honoring her & her legacy; youtube.com/watch?v=L7-TDj…

The cruelty of Israel: Aws, 13, shot dead by Israeli settler at his school; his father was killed when Aws was 6. Jehad, the young man who came to the rescue was also killed by Israeli settlers youtu.be/GeoKK9bTCdc?si…

Today the Israeli army killed another Palestinian child in Nablus area. The 15 years old Yousef Ishtayeh was shot and killed by the Israeli army during their invasion of Nablus.

Hey all, it’s publishing day for my book “How to Sell a Genocide,” which is a data-driven account of mainstream media’s role in creating the conditions of mass death in Gaza. 100% of royalties go to @MECAForPeace. Thank you! a.co/d/0eEN8Afq plutobooks.com/product/how-to…

On this earth day we remind the world that war lords and the weapons industry are among the most toxic and lethal tools not just for humans but for earth as well; and we urge you to continue working towards ending the Israeli genocide, apartheid, and blockade!

And even though we will never do them justice; we took a moment to honor these amazing Palestinian workers by organizing a small activity to recognize their efforts and offer simple gifts as tokens of appreciation for their dedication and resilience.

On this #EarthDay, we’re reminded that caring for the planet is inseparable from caring for people. In occupied #Gaza, this care persists under the ongoing Israeli #genocide against Palestinians, the more than 17 years long Israeli #blockade & #apartheid.