Local Clergy Members Fast in Protest of War in Gaza

Veterans launch 40-day fast to protest Israel’s starvation of Gaza

This story originally appeared in Truthout on May 29, 2025. It is shared here with permission. As the death toll of Palestinians continues to rise and more than a half a million people in Gaza are on the brink of famine, U.S.-based Veterans For Peace and several allied organizations have launched a 40-day “Fast for Gaza.” From May 22 to June 30, 600 people in the U.S. and abroad are fasting and demanding full humanitarian aid to Gaza under UN au…

Mennonite group in Harrisonburg begins collective fast for Gaza

Members of Mennonite Action’s Harrisonburg chapter are taking another action to show their support for victims of the war in Gaza.

Local clergy members fast in protest of war in Gaza

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) - Some local clergy members are joining in a national movement among faith leaders to go without food in protest to the ongoing war in Gaza. Broome County Peace Action and Veterans for Peace organized a protest today outside the MetroCenter office of Congressman Josh Riley to call for an end to the War in Gaza. The activists renewed their accusation that Israel is engaging in genocide in its efforts to root out Hamas…

Veterans Launch 40-Day Fast to Protest Israel’s Starvation of Gaza

“Having seen what war does … I simply have to do more than hold a sign at a demonstration,” said one veteran organizer.

Church of Ireland Archbishops Call for Decisive Action on Gaza

The following statement on the current situation in Gaza has been issued by Archbishop John McDowell and Archbishop Michael Jackson: It is with outrage that we watch the desperation, dislocation, and defenceless resident population of Gaza who feel they have been abandoned by the world. The international community must grasp reality and respond as never before. They can no longer stand by and watch the cruel starvation of innocent people, partic…