Sharing them directly with Gazans is challenging for many reasons. There are, to the best of my knowledge, no functioning banks in Gaza. People who have GoFundMes have found someone abroad to act as their fiscal agent, but how they’re actually getting money to folks I have no idea. Hind, as you know, has had to use PayPal, but invariably her fiscal agents raise red flags with all the donations, and so get temporarily blocked by PayPal frequently. Friends of mine in that situation have described an insanely difficult journey of crisp $100 bills through Cairo overland. I have been operating under the assumption that money is somehow being smuggled into Gaza. For organizational funding, Ramzy Baroud, scholar from Gaza, always recommends KinderUSA. MSF still has staff on the ground. Beyond that, I need to do more research. Thank you for asking.
And is there a recommended means of sharing resources with Gazans at this time?
Sharing them directly with Gazans is challenging for many reasons. There are, to the best of my knowledge, no functioning banks in Gaza. People who have GoFundMes have found someone abroad to act as their fiscal agent, but how they’re actually getting money to folks I have no idea. Hind, as you know, has had to use PayPal, but invariably her fiscal agents raise red flags with all the donations, and so get temporarily blocked by PayPal frequently. Friends of mine in that situation have described an insanely difficult journey of crisp $100 bills through Cairo overland. I have been operating under the assumption that money is somehow being smuggled into Gaza. For organizational funding, Ramzy Baroud, scholar from Gaza, always recommends KinderUSA. MSF still has staff on the ground. Beyond that, I need to do more research. Thank you for asking.
BTW, if Israel still plans on being the bully, i’ll invade.
I can imagine the challenge, but I'd only be scratching the reality.