“Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon has joined a hunger strike demanding a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, although she’s doing it Hollywood style: two days out of five.
Nixon, 57, joined five American politicians this week in protesting to demand that President Biden call for the measure. Some of the politicians are also doing different abbreviated terms throughout the time period.
“None of this is normal. None of this is routine and none of this can be allowed to continue,” Nixon said at a news conference outside the White House on Monday, referring to the estimated 14,300 Palestinians in Gaza who have died since the Hamas terrorist attack. against Israel on October 7, according to Time.
Nixon, who reprises her iconic role as Miranda Hobbes in the “Sex and the City” spinoff “And Just Like That…”, was previously among more than 260 artists who signed an open letter calling on Biden and Congress that demand a cessation. fire, the outlet said.
The former New York gubernatorial candidate will participate in the five-day hunger strike for two days before returning to New York to fulfill her work commitments, she said Monday.
Actress Cynthia Nixon joined a hunger strike this week calling for a ceasefire. fake images
“We are here on a hunger strike just to reflect to Biden the kind of deprivation that is happening in Gaza and how it is within his power to achieve a ceasefire,” Nixon told reporters on Monday, according to the Times of Israel. .
Nixon also noted that she is the mother of two Jewish children whose grandparents are Holocaust survivors, SkyNews said.
“My son asked me to use whatever voice I had to state as loudly as possible that ‘Never Again’ means never again for everyone,” she explained.
An estimated 14,300 people – including more than 6,000 children – have been killed in Gaza. ZUMAPRESS.com
“In seven weeks, Israel has killed more civilians on a small strip of land than were killed in 20 years of war across the entire country of Afghanistan.
“I am sick and tired of people giving explanations saying that civilian casualties are a routine toll of war. There is nothing routine about these figures. There is nothing routine about these deaths,” he lamented.
Nixon shares two children with her ex-husband, Danny Mozes, who is Jewish.
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In 2018, Nixon and his wife, Christine Marinoni, attended Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the largest LGBTQ+ synagogue in the world, the Forward wrote at the time.
“I would like to make a personal appeal to a president who has experienced such a devastating personal loss, to connect with that empathy that he is so well known for and to look at the children of Gaza and imagine that they are his children. “the actress insisted on Monday.
Nixon joins five politicians leading hunger strike. fake images
Later, in a separate interview with The Guardian, Nixon criticized Biden for acting “too slowly” to save Palestinian lives.
“Let’s say there was a terrorist cell in Maryland. Would the answer then be to completely bomb the civilian population because they are hiding in a house somewhere? he said, referring to the Israeli army’s retaliatory bombing of the Gaza Strip, which officials say is a legitimate effort to decimate Hamas terrorists.
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“It does not make any sense. We keep getting this message that Palestinian lives have less value. Immediately when you substitute British or American lives or any other nationality, you immediately see that it’s crazy, how could we do it?” Nixon continued.
Five politicians (Madinah Wilson-Anton of Delaware, Zohran Mamdani of New York, Mauree Turner of Oklahoma, Sam Rasoul of Virginia and Abraham Aiyash of Michigan) are also participating in the hunger strike, Time reported. Mamdani and Wilson-Anton will be participating for the full five days, as will six other unnamed participants, according to TIME.
Nixon noted that he has two Jewish children. fake images
The main group is joined by activists and religious leaders from various communities, the outlet noted.
Wilson-Anton said she hopes the attack “draws attention to the fact that the United States government, our president and our congressional leaders are funding this famine policy.” [in the Gaza Strip].”
“We sent American taxpayer money to bomb communities in Gaza and I don’t think our president is using his influence to the extent he could to achieve a permanent ceasefire,” he said, according to Time.
“We are seeing the impact of that, that there is no food or water.”
Nixon and several other activists announced the hunger strike Monday outside the White House. fake images
The protest was organized and supported by the Palestinian Rights Campaign, Adalah Justice Project, Jewish Voice for Peace, If Not Now, Dream Defenders, Democratic Socialists of America, Institute for Understanding the Middle East and the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Guardian reported.
The hunger strike was timed in part to coincide with the initial four-day ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, in which the terrorist group released at least 51 of the hostages it had held in Gaza since October 7. .
In exchange, Israel has returned 117 of the 150 Palestinian prisoners it said it would release as part of the deal, SkyNews explained.
On Monday, officials announced that the ceasefire would be extended for two more days.
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