Activists Begin Hunger Strike Urging Biden to Demand Gaza Ceasefire
• Leftwing activists including Cynthia Nixon begin hunger strike outside White House to pressure Biden to demand permanent Gaza ceasefire • Strike launched to coincide with scheduled end of 4-day truce; criticizes Biden enabling bombardment that's killed nearly 15,000 in Gaza • Nixon condemns disproportionality of 1,200 Israeli deaths vs over 6,000 Palestinian children deaths in 7 weeks • Accuses Biden of slow response costing lives; questions equivalency to bombing Maryland due to terrorist cell • Latest in series of protests by leftist groups accusing Israel of Gaza "genocide" and Biden administration of inaction or support