I’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed below and I verify that their accounts are genuine.
Beyond that, I’m in touch with them daily and trying to help them raise funds to stay alive.
mas.to/@Aseelsehwel
mastodon.social/@mohshbair
mastodon.social/@joynewacc
mastodon.social/@NouranKhaledGh
Israel’s is committing genocide in Palestine.
As a result, famine has officially been declared in Gaza.
Palestinians are starving.
The cost of food has skyrocketed and people rely on donations from outside Gaza to keep their families alive.
The Internet is the last remaining lifeline for people in Palestine to reach the outside world for help. But the Internet is also hostile territory for these people who have suffered so much already.
Tech platforms in Western countries complicit in Israel’s genocide keep closing Palestinian accounts.
Having been locked out of other platforms, Palestinians are turning to Mastodon and the fediverse to try and raise money so their families can buy food to eat and, if they’re being forcefully displaced, to rent land, a tent, and basic sanitation.
Unfortunately, some other people – unscrupulous and devoid of all humanity as they are – create fake accounts to take advantage of the situation and literally steal from starving genocide victims.
Most times, these accounts are bots and it’s easy for fediverse admins to identify and block them.
However, the existence of these accounts does create an atmosphere of distrust and an opportunity for other people – also unscrupulous and devoid of all humanity – to try to get all Palestinian accounts banned as scams. Thankfully, their efforts – for the time being, at least – are failing.
And yet we must stay vigilant and ensure that the fediverse remains a safe haven for people trying to survive genocide.
What this site aims to do, in its own small way, is to establish a web of trust using Mastodon’s verification feature to ensure ongoing access to the fediverse for the very real human beings who are suffering through one of the worst tragedies of our lifetimes.
It’s important to note that this site is not exhaustive. Just because the Mastodon account of a Palestinian person trying to raise funds on the fediverse is not listed here, it doesn’t mean that the account is not genuine.