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Teddy Bears or Bombs? Arab and Jewish children deserve better



Jewish children and Arab children are not politicians. 

Take their side.


October 7th. A year after the brutal attack by Hamas, and after a year of the brutal war that followed, there is still no end in sight.


Added to all this brutality is the confident vitriol of side-taking. Circle of Toys, a children's non-profit and part of the British social media of help Circle.Help, is urging everyone to take the only right side – the side of children. 


Millions of kids around the world are forced to suffer the results of the futile status games played by midlife-crisis politicians. Tens of thousands are killed every year. Too many children are forced to pay the price, living in constant fear and deprivation. Too many grow up into broken adults and perpetuate the cycle of violence. We must do every single thing we can to stop this.


Founder Arthur Corvin Powells:

“Circle of Toys is urging everyone to start with small acts of kindness. Thousands of children in need are submitting requests for toys at CircleOfToys.online. Children of Palestine and Lebanon, children of Israel, children of Ukraine – all children. It seems such a small thing, given how difficult the situation is, but toys are the doors into imagination where children can escape to cope with pain, fear, and confusion. With them, they can cry, laugh, and just be themselves. Toys can have the butterfly effect of kids growing up into happier adults. We must begin with something.”

Circle of Toys allows people to send toys they don’t need to children in need in a peer-to-peer way. There are thousands who have applied.



Ihsan Ahmed Al Borai is still just a little boy. He was born at the start of the war in Gaza. His parents were forced to flee and now live in a city for refugees with their almost one-year-old son. Because their home was destroyed, the family is short of money for everyday necessities, let alone anything for their child.


Tala, an 8-year-old girl, is trying to cope with the loss of her sister, who was killed during the shelling of their hometown. Now she and her mother have fled to Egypt. But the girl is still tormented by nightmares. She is looking for help to overcome the stress she has experienced.


Little Miral is struggling with panic attacks after lengthy bombardments of her hometown, and although she and her family are now safe, the girl still cannot find peace and constantly expects something bad to happen.


There are countless such stories. And all these children dream of toys that can help them cope with the trauma they have experienced.


In this age of technological advancement, we have a moral obligation to use these tools to help those in need. Join the movement for a future where children know about war only from history books.

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