Partners

Gaza Verified: International initiative to create a trusted network around Palestinians present in the fediverse
archive.gaza.onl: Continuous archive of all Palestinian accounts
thechangebook.org: The collective's video channel

Testimonials

A beautiful testimonial from a professional who worked for several years in humanitarian aid in the Middle East, after sending her the Mediapart article presenting the Fedipourgaza collective and the Gazaverified project:

"Having worked in humanitarian aid in the Middle East for several years, we are quite interested in this subject, and it's true that this is the first time that NGOs have been so restricted. So this is the first time that the question of an alternative system [gazaverified] has arisen, where you can give cash in the hope that people will actually benefit from it directly. And then what they do with it is up to them; they know their own needs better than we do, of course."

It's just a question of how you ensure that, in a system where not everyone has internet access, as many people as possible have access to it, so yes, it's great that it's in place and that it's being shared.
Thank you for spreading the word in any case. I'm very interested if you have any other information or updates. Thank you very much."

Acknowledgements

To the Palestinian people: For their courage and determination!
Joy, Palestinian in Gaza, and Aral: For creating the Gaza Verified initiative.
Fabio: For creating the dynamic archive of Palestinian accounts in the fediverse.
Jeanne, writer: For the magnificent presentation.
Dallo and Aral: For the logo.
Julianoë: For technical feedback as a web developer

Charter

“We speak kindly to each other and try to be understanding of one another :)”

“We do not discuss Israel in communications associated with fedipourgaza, unless it is directly related to the Palestinian families we are assisting.”
This is to avoid giving ammunition to detractors who might accuse this collective of being anti-Semitic and, more importantly, since we are on a public network that the Israeli government can monitor, to avoid putting the Palestinians we help at even greater risk.

“We make maximum use of free tools and decentralized services not linked to the Israeli government.”
To avoid dependencies on companies collaborating with the Israeli government, which oppresses the Palestinian families we help.

“We use inclusive writing in the collective's communications.”

“We make all of the collective's communications accessible (image descriptions, lightweight website accessible to all).”

"We cite authors and respect licenses. The collective's productions (excluding those by individual authors) are licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0."

“We do not use LLM-type generative AI. Of course, this only applies to members who are not in a country at war and who are doing the best they can.” Because it is yet another form of colonial exploitation of countries in the Global South. Because the resources required, from the manufacture of components to production and destruction, destroy the biosphere and disrupt the climate. Because its use destroys the social fabric.

Tools

Mastodon, part of the fediverse: Main platform for public communication and internal discussion
Peertube on the server of TheChangeBook.org: Free, alternative, federated video platform allowing everyone to retain control over their publications
Etherpad on the server of framasoft: Image editing software / batch image processing / Layout
Git / Emacs / Codeberg: Software forge / text editor / Free software forge for easy static publishing
XMPP with the clients quicksy and conversation / Signal / Jitsi: Video chat system used to chat securely with Palestinians