you ever notice nightmares always happen more than once?
[EDIT: I'm updating this now because Amjad just told me that his uncle is $2k from getting the necessary treatment – and because a lot of food has just mysteriously appeared in the nearest market, at extortionate prices, of course, so now's the time. I can't find anyone who knows how or why, but since the "end" of the "blockade," there have been a few strange surges of very very expensive food and supplies into Gaza, presumably for price-gouging and photo ops, but whatever it's about, it's food – (thank you all, M)]
In trying to approach a GHS site for food – Amjad tells me they're now referred to as "death zones" – Amjad's uncle was caught up in some kind of large explosion, still not sure if it was a mine or tank shell or what exactly, and he was blasted off his feet and broke his pelvis and spine.
Amjad & family were able to get reconstructive surgery done on the pelvis, but there's been no money and no opporunity for the spinal column. His uncle has been immobilized for several weeks now, unable to help his family or himself, because the bone injury to his spine is such that one wrong move could sever his spinal cord and leave him paraplegic forever, and we both know what that means.
Amjad's father managed to find someone who'll do the operation for $5,000 – though of course you can never trust a thief who says he'll pay, a lawyer when he "cares," or a doctor quoting a price – and the sooner it can happen, the better chance this man has to keep the use of his legs and his life.
I'm adding a Paypal account right here as requested;e this came from Amjad himself.
Thank you all
M
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Mike, I'm sure you've been pretty diligent about fact checking these people, are we definitely sure this isn't a scam? I only ask because I unfortunately have seen some almost identical scams several times. Have you been able to verify through live chat anyone in identifiably Gazan territory or even photos of the people in such? I've given a reasonable amount to some of these accounts and I'm starting to really question the pattern of evidence that always is quite believable but never cast iron. Often the best people fall victim to these guys is all, because we always want to trust, but when one or two accounts start taking hundreds of thousands of dollars while the bulk of Gazans live on dust I start to question the morality. I know it's harsh as fuck, but the world makes us into monsters. Hope you're doing well btw I think you should take a holiday and work on music or something for a few weeks
This is why I only work with 2 people & their families, people I've known for a while, heard voices, seen videos – and if you're seeing these people copied, and you will, it's because there are accounts combing thru whatever receives donations, ripping the whole text, and attributing it to 3, 4, 5 different accounts that may be real people with fake descriptions and may be fake altogether. It's hard to blame anybody who's fucking starving, but you'll see the same updates in English from a dozen people every day if you know where to look, and it's often extended branches of the same family, because most Gaza Palestiinians have been trapped there since birth & know everybody they're even tangentially related to. It's also, and I hope this is clear if nothing else is, exorbitantly expensive to live without a society. The amount of fucking money sent to help Palestinians in Gaza that's been siphoned off by professional black-market money-changers, in raw sum and as a percentage, would make you taste blood. Whoever has been regulating, spot-for-spot, the flow (or mostly non-flow) of food, medicine, etc. into Gaza for the last 2 years, and I think I have a pretty good fuckin' idea, should stand trial for war crimes. I've personally, and in real time, seen shit directly from both Rulin and Amjad that you would not fucking believe, things insane enough that I can't mention them now for fear they might get someone targeted. I've seen things that left me screaming the rest of that day, and have kept me from eating and sleeping like a normal human being for something like a year and a half, personally, totally apart from what I see via other media outlets or individual Palestinians I don't know. Whatever you need to worry about on this horrible fucking planet, the veracity of those 2 people (3 counting Rulin's sister) & their immediate families ("immediate" by Gaza standards, i.e. "I don't know all 900 of their cousins") is something I've seen demonstrated hundreds of times for, I think, literally every day from spring/late summer 2024 onward
All our love to you, brother Michael, for this beautiful performance. You have always been a source of strength for us, and a reason for joy in the hearts of so many children. We will never forget your support — you and your amazing audience, whom we pray for constantly. From my heart, and from my family’s heart, we send you all our love and gratitude. ❤️
The PayPal link is in my name so Amjad can evade the shifting 45-62% “money broker” withdrawal fee on the donation money. I updated about Amjad on the DeathCorner subreddit about a month ago. Same guy. Thank you Michael for writing this.
Thank you so much for doing this. Just donated.