Tech for Palestine

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about our mission, projects, and how to get involved.

We have a channel in our Discord where you can pick up volunteers from the community.

First join the T4P Discord, then join the “Volunteering” channel.
No, unfortunately T4P doesn’t do that. However, there is good news! There are a variety of tools and services that allow you build your own website quickly, efficiently, and affordably. Often, they include tools for managing a mailing list. Some even allow you specify why you want using AI.

In recent years, many “Low code” and “No Code” tools have been created that allow sites and apps to be created without needing coding experience. Since 2024, AI-based website and app generation has become mainstream, allowing extremely customized sites and apps to be created by those with no coding skills.

In general, we recommend that organizations work with these builders rather than attempt to work with agencies or developers with whom they do not have an existing relationship. The communication overhead, costs, and lead time of working with a development team are high, while builders often provide enough to get a project finished, while having very quick turnaround times.

Today, we recommend that everyone use Replit to build websites and applications (Replit is founded by a Palestinian!). A single, slightly technical user can build a site of medium complexity in hours. You might try Lovable if that doesn’t work for you.

In the case that the application has significant complexity, you might consider finding a developer via Apricot.

For simple websites, you can use Squarespace, Hostinger, Weebly Jimdo, CodeDesign.ai, Typedream, Durable, or GoDaddy. (Note: do not use Wix as it is Israeli).

For more advanced sites or to have more control, try Webflow, Typedream, or Dorik.
Unfortunately, this is not something that Tech for Palestine offers.

However, our partner Tech to the Rescue can help with this. They will partner you with a tech company, typically within 6 weeks, who will work with you to build what you need for free. You can sign up for help here.

If you need a developer to build the site, and have budget, we recommend Apricot, through which you can hire Palestinian developers.

Finally, there are many tools that enable you to build applications without dedicated developer teams. These include Replit, Bubble, AppyPie, Loveble, and Glide Apps.
Our partner Access Now provides digital security support for civil society organizations, activists, media, human rights defenders. They can help provide rapid response for security incidents, work with you to improve your organization's security profile, and many other security-related issues. Reach out to their helpline and you should get a response within 2 hours.
Visualizing Palestine produces graphics which are freely available and are intended to be used by advocates and educators. Hundreds of high quality graphics are available and can be used on social media and in education resources for free and without advanced permission.
Visualizing Palestine uses data and research to visually communicate Palestinian experiences to provoke narrative change. Their freely available digital and print visuals tell the story of Palestinians' dispossession, apartheid and genocide.
Please visit our Hire Palestinians page to find trusted organizations and platforms for hiring Palestinian talent.
Venture capital as an industry is highly zionist and it can be very tough to find values-aligned Silicon Valley investors. Remember that you can never get rid of VCs who you work with (angels are less bad, as they get less rights and make smaller investments).
As a strategy, we recommend raising from trusted angels and getting to cash flow positive to avoid VC. There are some VCs you can trust, but once you're in the VC system you will need to keep growing at incredible rates, and to raise new money each year to grow beyond what you can afford with revenue. This will put you in very low-leverage situations that impact your ability to make decisions based on your values.
That said, if you do want to raise from VCs, this is our approach. Run checks on VCs:
  • Note that the list is not super up-to-date -- we welcome PRs to improve it
  • Firms who signed the "Venture Capital Community Statement of Support for Israel" may not be out-and-out zionists.
  • You may search the partner and firm's statements (and possibly other partners) on Twitter and LinkedIn, using the search terms "israel", "gaza", "tel aviv", "anti-semitism", "antisemitism", “islamist”. Extended search terms include "miami", "china", "islam", "muslim", "migration", "illegal", "8200". You can also search on Instagram and Facebook if they use them.
You're looking for 3 things:
  • Do they sympathize with Palestinian, are they anti-genocide, are they pro-humanity?
  • Do they make investments with Israel, speak about Israeli startups or the startup ecosystem, or generally support Israel?
  • Have they taken part in Israeli propaganda (taking part in Israeli-organized talking points about anti-semitism at universities)?
If you have a good relationship with them, and are feeling brave, then you can broach the topic and see if they sympathize with Palestine or Palestinians. If they have said something which raises suspicion for you, you can discuss your stance and see their response. Though you may not always find clarity here, it might lower your opinion of them enough to pick someone else.

To learn more about this, visit ethics.vc.
The BDS movement maintains a list of boycotted tech companies, which includes Amazon, Google, Intel, Microsoft, HP, Dell, and Meta.

In addition, to avoid using tech products or companies that are Israeli, Zionist, or have been complicit in the genocide, check out our partners Israeli Tech Alternatives and The Wall can both help.
There are many principled and value-aligned companies. Principled helps place fired workers, and other workers of conscience who wish to escape big tech, get jobs at these principled companies.
There are a number of partners who provide incredible work around financial divestment.


If you need help in any tech- or finance-related divestment or boycotts, please feel free to contact Tech for Palestine to discuss.

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