Spain Arrests Pro-Palestine Donor James ‘Fergie’ Chambers After US Request
July 16, 2026
SPAIN ARRESTS MAJOR PRO-PALESTINE DONOR ON “TRUMPED” UP CHARGES FROM USA
The arrest of American philanthropist and communist activist James Cox “Fergie” Chambers Jr. in Ibiza has sent shockwaves far beyond Spain—sparking absolute panic among families and grassroots networks in Gaza who rely on him to survive.
Let’s be completely clear about what’s happening here. Under the guise of “money laundering” and “material support” charges, the U.S. government is waging an aggressive campaign to criminalize direct, life-saving aid.
What Fergie’s funding actually did on the ground:
The Sameer Project: “Fergie’s donations are the reason we have a bakery that feeds thousands of people per month. His funds also helped provide meals, water, and medication for displaced Palestinians.”
Medical Aid: He has been entirely covering the costly $8,000 bi-monthly medical care for a Gazan evacuee in Egypt preventing life-threatening kidney failure.
Direct Survival: Local reporters like Wissam Shabat have witnessed firsthand how Fergie and his wife Stella have been the main reason hundreds of starving families in Gaza could afford basic, daily essentials.
When the state legalizes starvation as a weapon of war and systematically prosecutes the individuals trying to stop it, the entire global justice system is a sham.
Will you step up and fill the gap now that they’ve targeted a giant? Speak up, share this post, and demand justice for Fergie.
Source: @vocalpolitics
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English Script:
On behalf of Trump, Spain just arrested the man who is likely the largest individual donor to Gaza. Fundraisers, whether to personal GoFundMe or grassroots humanitarian aid groups. Now, people in Gaza are panicking on how they’ll manage to survive. Fergie Chambers was detained on a US warrant on Friday and a visa as Trump pushes to extradite him to the US on baseless, politically motivated charges of international money laundering with the intent to provide material support to and resources to foreign terrorist organizations. Here’s how people in Gaza are responding. The Samir project said Fergie’s donations are the reason we have a bakery that feeds thousands of people per month. His funds also helped provide meals, water and medication for displaced Palestinians. Now he’s being persecuted for this. Advocate for Fergie’s release now. Not only did Fergie’s donations help establish the bakery, distributing 3600 free loaves of bread to families a day, but it also helped build a desalination plant supplying 150,000l of clean water daily, a free clinic in jabaliya, treating up to 300 patients a day and provide mental health care to orphaned children. A solidarity fundraiser posted Fergie has been covering the costly medical care for this Gazan evacuee in Egypt, who needs $8,000 every two months to prevent kidney failure. If Fergie is in prison, she can die of kidney failure like her little sister did. Her life depends on Fergie’s help. Wissam Shabat, the Brother of martyred journalist Hossam Shabat said Fergie and Stella, his wife, have been the main reason a lot of families in Gaza can afford the basics every day. I’ve seen the help they get direct support for starving families and they’re persecuting him for it. Full solidarity with Fergie and shame on those who slander him. Will you step up and support us now? We have lost a giant, but we can get him back. Speak up. We love you Fergie from Gaza. This isn’t about one person being a savior.
It’s the reality on the ground in Gaza that life depends on donations from outside. As the Israeli siege intensifies, UNRWA is gutted of funding and a few thousand dollars to the GoFundMe can make the difference of life or death. What’s ridiculous is that the US accusations of funding terrorism are because chambers transferred money to Tunisia where he was living and sponsoring a major football team. Could this case set the precedent that being pro-Palestine, pro resistance and sending money to any Arab or Muslim country makes you guilty of funding terrorism?
