{"id":18210,"date":"2025-05-30T21:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T21:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=18210"},"modified":"2025-05-30T21:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T21:35:01","slug":"u-s-veterans-and-peace-activists-launch-40-day-hunger-strike-for-gaza-in-front-of-un-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/30\/u-s-veterans-and-peace-activists-launch-40-day-hunger-strike-for-gaza-in-front-of-un-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Veterans and Peace Activists Launch 40-Day Hunger Strike for Gaza in Front of UN Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-On Thursday, peace advocates and military veterans in the United States launched a 40-day hunger strike in front of the U.S. Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, in solidarity with Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\" data-start=\"758\" data-end=\"1007\">This comes as public outrage continues across the U.S. over Israel\u2019s ongoing prevention of humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, placing over two million Palestinian civilians, especially women and children, at risk of starvation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\" data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1230\">Mike Ferner, one of the strike organizers and former president of Veterans for Peace, said over 600 individuals from across the country have pledged to participate in the hunger strike in solidarity with Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-16\" data-start=\"1234\" data-end=\"1436\">\u201cWe have two goals: first, to demand clear and comprehensive humanitarian aid under UN supervision, and second, to halt U.S. arms shipments to Israel in order to stop the genocide,\u201d said Ferner.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14232\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14232 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump1.jpg\" alt=\"Israel genocide UN report\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump1-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli war on Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\" data-start=\"1438\" data-end=\"1651\">He highlighted that Palestinians in Gaza survive on less than 250 calories per day, which is why the strikers will limit their intake to no more than 250 calories per day for the duration of the 40-day action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\" data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1955\">Phil Tottenham, a former U.S. Marine from Ohio, said his participation aimed to highlight that starving innocent people in Gaza is a war crime. He noted that their hunger strike pales in comparison to what Palestinians have endured for months, being starved and displaced by Israeli forces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\" data-start=\"1957\" data-end=\"2050\">Diana Oestreich, a former military medic during the Gulf War and now an author, stated:\u201cAs a veteran, I believe in working for peace. By standing here today, we hope to create a world with less violence and where more children can survive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\" data-start=\"2208\" data-end=\"2220\">She added:\u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m joining the hunger strike\u2014to demand food for all Gaza\u2019s children and that the UN delivers urgent aid to Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-14\" data-start=\"2355\" data-end=\"2603\">According to the United Nations, Israel\u2019s deliberate starvation strategy, combined with the closure of Gaza\u2019s border crossings, is pushing 2.4 million Palestinians toward famine, especially through restricted access to food and aid.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18119\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18119 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Gaza Authorities Condemn U.S.-Linked Aid Operation as \u201cDeath Trap\u201d\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S.-based Gaza Relief Foundation opened a third aid and food distribution point on Thursday in the Al-Shuhada (Netzarim) corridor in central Gaza.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-15\" data-start=\"2605\" data-end=\"2897\">Backed by unconditional U.S. support, Israel has carried out a genocidal war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving more than 177,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, the majority of them women and children, and displacing hundreds of thousands, with over 11,000 missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-On Thursday, peace advocates and military veterans in the United States launched a 40-day hunger strike in front of the U.S. Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, in solidarity with Gaza. 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