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December 17, 2025 · 2 min reading
Analysis written from Palestine, not just about it
We can only do this work because people like yourself are willing to invest in a future of justice. We're reaching out to you to ask if you'd make a financial contribution to the work here in Palestine.
Ameed Faleh
ameed@goodshepherdcollective.org
Dear friends,
There's a difference between reading about Palestine and reading from Palestine.
Most coverage of Palestinian life passes through layers of editorial review shaped by political pressures, advertiser concerns, and institutional caution. By the time it reaches you, the edges have been sanded down, the urgency softened, the context trimmed.
The Call is different.
Our Substack newsletter delivers analysis, data, and documentation directly from the ground in Palestine — written by people who live here, work here, and have for years. We're not parachuting in for breaking news. We're not filtering our words through distant editorial boards worried about donor backlash.
Good Shepherd Collective has operated in Palestine since 2017. Our team brings decades of combined experience in community organizing, data analysis, and advocacy. We aggregate information from eight distinct datasets, tracking everything from healthcare attacks to commodity prices in Gaza, and translating that into accessible and actionable reporting.
This independence comes at a cost. We don't have major institutional funders. We don't have foundations setting our agenda. What we have is you.
Individual subscribers are the backbone of our work. When you invest into the Good Shepherd Collective, you're not just getting a newsletter—you're investing in Palestinian-led advocacy that answers to the movement, not its funders.
A paid subscription to our Substack is one way to support our work in and out of Palestine, and it costs less than a cup of coffee a week. But it means we can keep the servers running, maintain our data infrastructure, and continue publishing without compromise.
Mainstream media has demonstrated repeatedly that Palestinian voices are expendable when they become inconvenient. We're building something that a single board meeting or advertiser complaint can't silence.
Subscribe today at thecall.ps and become part of the grassroots network keeping independent Palestinian analysis alive.
Ameed Faleh
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