Posted 11/28/2023, 10:09:34 AM
Cynthia Nixon Leads Hunger Strike Demanding Israel-Hamas Ceasefire as Truce Expires
- Cynthia Nixon and other activists began a hunger strike to demand Biden call for a permanent Israel-Hamas ceasefire
- Politicians from 5 US states are also taking part, including Delaware, New York, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Michigan
- Nixon said her Jewish children's grandparents are Holocaust survivors and "never again means never again for everyone"
- She condemned the high civilian death toll in Gaza compared to 20 years of war in Afghanistan
- The hunger strike began alongside a now-extended 4-day truce; Israel released some Palestinian prisoners and Hamas released some Israeli hostages