You and I Can Do Something (Better Than Nothing)

Muslim Matters provides this wonderful list of resources. This, though, has to be the best suggestion:

• Call any random number in Gaza, and tell them that you are calling from North America (or wherever you are) and tell them their brothers and sisters around the world are with them; this will give them moral support and courage ! How to call? Very simple!
• Dial any of these number and replace the last 4 digits by any random ones, try 4 or 5 times and you’ll reach a family! Even if you don’t speak Arabic, talk to them with very slow and simple English. Here’s what you can say in Arabic. We’ll have an audio version of this by tomorrow i/a:
  (011)9728284-XXXX (011)9728282-XXXX (011)9728255-XXXX
• PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF TIME-ZONES! (7 hrs ahead of US EST, 2 hrs ahead of UK)

Remember, when you call or write media, the need of the hour is a ceasefire.  All life is sacred, and civilians cannot and must not be targeted on either side.  Condemnation that is one-sided is fundamentally flawed; respectfully, the conflict has causes and solutions, but right now, the first step is a cessation of violence.  A three-hour ceasefire is not a ceasefire, it is buying time to keep up an onslaught that cannot distinguish between combatant and non-combatant, as Gaza is a severely crowded and remarkably tiny strip of land.

Comments

[Kris]

awesome idea, avari.

you should give an update on what you're up to these days, H. it'd be nice to see what you're up to these days...