Hunger strike of US government employees in protest of Biden’s policies in Gaza
A group of American government employees have decided to go on a one-day hunger strike to protest against Biden's policies in Gaza. |
According to the report of Fars International News Agency, a group of US federal government employees will hold a one-day hunger strike in Gaza on Thursday in protest against US President Joe Biden’s policies.
According to “Guardian”, Biden administration officials are planning to implement a program called “Fasting Day for Gaza” this week. Their action is done to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in this region and to condemn Biden’s policies towards the Zionist regime.
These people are a group of dozens of Biden government employees. who, frustrated with the Gaza crisis, organized an administrative strike this month and is now going to hold a one-day hunger strike in this regard.
It is expected Employees participating in this ceremony should wear black clothes and turbans, which is a symbol of solidarity with Palestine.
One of these people On behalf of other representatives, he stated: “Fasting for a day” is a response to Israel’s use of starvation to deliberately prevent food from entering Gaza as a weapon of war against the people. In his speech, this person cited UN reports that more than 2 million people in Gaza are now at risk of famine.
It is expected that more than 100 employees of the public sectors, the Ministry of Defense and Internal Security and activists of the political sectors will participate in this ceremony. The strike held by this group at the beginning of this month provoked strong reactions in Washington, and the national security officials of both parties criticized the government employees’ protests and called it disobedience.
Even “Mike Johnson”, the speaker of the American House of Representatives, considered the people participating in this strike to be fired from their jobs.
However, this The group of employees continues their actions in support of Gaza and calls for a ceasefire in Gaza as soon as possible. During the party that the White House organized last week to boost the morale of its employees in the midst of the Gaza war, they said in a sharp statement: They are holding a party to boost the morale of their employees while a child is killed in Gaza every 8 minutes. . They also clearly stated that we are disgusted by this show of complete indifference to the lives that have been taken in the region in the last three months.
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