‘Hunger Strike for Gaza’ Campaign Planned in US to Demand End to Israeli Siege

IQNA – A press conference will be held in Columbus, US State of Ohio, today to launch #HungerStrikeForGaza, a campaign demanding an end to the Israeli regime’s blockade that is causing mass starvation in Gaza.

The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio) in Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton, alongside local and national interfaith and civic organizations, will organize the event. 

Over 2.5 million Palestinians, half of them children, are facing catastrophic hunger as humanitarian aid trucks remain blocked just miles from Gaza. Advocates say this deliberate starvation campaign of the Israeli regime amounts to a war crime and are calling for urgent international intervention.

Scheduled speakers include Muslim and Jewish faith leaders, doctors, and grassroots organizers who plan to announce their participation in a solidarity hunger strike and urge others to join and amplify the call through social media under the hashtag #HungerStrikeForGaza.

CAIR-Ohio – Columbus, Cincinnati & Dayton, Doctors Against Genocide, Central Ohio Jews for Justice (COJJ), Heal Palestine Columbus Chapter, Arab Americans of Central Ohio (AACO), American Muslims for Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace are among those taking part in the campaign.

Source: Cair.com