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Some girls in the US state of Missouri were told to stop their fundraiser for children in Gaza.
They were part of Girl Scouts, a group aimed at empowering girls. The children’s fundraising efforts began because the girls were uncomfortable selling biscuits while people were starving in Gaza, where Israel has been waging a war.
Thus, the young girls began making and selling bracelets to raise money for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. Since the latest war in Gaza began, the organisation has been providing food, medication, clothing and humanitarian aid.
But the girls got an email from the Girls Scouts of Eastern Missouri threatening legal action if they continued to sell bracelets. The group then left the national organisation.
Their leader, Palestinian-American Nawal Abuhamdeh, said: “We aspire to be part of an organisation that does not only advertise its desired values, but acts on them.”
