Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon begins HUNGER STRIKE in bid to trigger Israel-Hamas ceasefire: Is mom to two Jewish kids with her ex-husband
- Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon plans to go on hunger strike to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
- The 57-year-old actress joins five other US politicians this week to demand that President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza
Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon says she will join a group of five other American politicians on hunger strike later this week in an attempt to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Nixon, 57, stood outside the White House on Monday with a group of Palestinian supporters holding up signs. She collected herself, “None of this is normal. None of this is routine and this cannot continue.”
Nixon, who is the mother of two Jewish children with her ex-husband, demands that President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
The actress and political activist said she will participate in the hunger strike for two of the five planned days before returning to New York for work.
At least 14,800 Palestinians – mostly women and children – have been killed in Gaza since Hamas’s brutal surprise attack on Israel on October 7, according to the Health Ministry.
“We’re here on a hunger strike just to kind of mirror for Biden the kind of hardships that are going on in Gaza and how he has it in his power to bring about a ceasefire,” Nixon said to a group of reporters. The times of Israel.
Cynthia Nixon, 57, stood outside the White House on Monday with a group of Palestinian supporters holding up signs. She collected herself, “None of this is normal. None of this is routine and none of this should continue’
Nixon, who is the mother of two Jewish children with her ex-husband, demands that President Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The actress and political activist said she will participate in the hunger strike for two of the five planned days before returning to New York for work
At least 14,800 Palestinians – mostly women and children – have been killed in Gaza since Hamas’s brutal surprise attack on Israel on October 7, according to the Health Ministry.
The politicians participating in the hunger strike that began Monday are New York Rep. Zohran Mamdani, Oklahoma Rep. Mauree Turner, Virginia Rep. Sam Rasoul, Michigan Rep. Abraham Aiyash, and Delaware State Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton.
They are joined by Nixon and several faith and community leaders.
Former New York gubernatorial candidate Was contained in an open letter to the President and Congress signed by 260 artists demanding a ceasefire, Time reported.
Friday saw a humanitarian pause and a four-day ceasefire that began with the release of more than a dozen hostages as Israel freed many captured Palestinians.
During the meeting, she held up a sign that read: “More than 6,150 children have been killed in Gaza. How many more before the ceasefire?’
A child is depicted walking on the rubble as she returns to their destruction in the Deir Al-Balah area. A humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on Friday
Israeli officials say the death toll in Israel stands at 1,200. The majority of those killed were innocent civilians. A total of 240 hostages were taken hostage.
When a four-day humanitarian ceasefire was declared between Israel and Hamas on Friday, many Gazans returned to their homes and neighborhoods to assess the destruction.
Nixon, who shot to fame playing the feisty Miranda Hobbes in the cult classic and was plotting a reprisal, and ‘And just like that…’