The protest aimed to pressure President Biden into advocating for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
"None of this is normal. None of this is routine and none of this can be allowed to continue," Nixon, 57, declared at a press conference held outside the White House on Monday. Her comments referred to the estimated 14,300 Palestinians in Gaza who have lost their lives since Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, as reported by TIME.
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Nixon, who is currently reprising her iconic role as Miranda Hobbes on the "Sex and the City" spinoff "And Just Like That…", was among over 260 artists who previously signed an open letter. This letter urged President Biden and Congress to demand a ceasefire, according to the same source.
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The former New York State gubernatorial candidate committed to participating in the five-day hunger strike for two days before returning to New York due to work obligations. "We are here hunger-striking just to sort of mirror to Biden the kind of deprivation that is happening in Gaza and how he has it within his power to make a ceasefire happen," Nixon told reporters on Monday, as per the Times of Israel.
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Nixon, who is the mother of two Jewish children whose grandparents survived the Holocaust, made a heartfelt plea. "I have been asked by my son to use any voice I have to affirm as loudly as possible that never again means never again for everyone," she said, as reported by SkyNews.
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She further lamented the high civilian death toll in Gaza, comparing it to the casualties in the 20-year war in Afghanistan. "I am sick and tired of people explaining away by saying that civilian casualties are a routine toll of war. There is nothing routine about these figures. There is nothing routine about these deaths," she expressed.
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Nixon, who shares two sons with her ex-husband, Danny Mozes, a Jewish man, and her wife, Christine Marinoni, are members of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the world's largest LGBTQ+ synagogue, as reported by The Forward in 2018.
In a plea to President Biden, Nixon said, "I would like to make a personal plea to a president who has, himself, experienced such devastating personal loss, to connect with that empathy for which he is so well known and to look at the children of Gaza and imagine that they were his children."
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In a subsequent interview with The Guardian, Nixon criticized Biden for his slow response in saving Palestinian lives. She questioned the logic behind the Israeli military's retaliatory bombardment of the Gaza Strip, which officials claim is a legitimate effort to eradicate Hamas terrorists.
Five politicians, including Madinah Wilson-Anton of Delaware, Zohran Mamdani of New York, Mauree Turner of Oklahoma, Sam Rasoul of Virginia, and Abraham Aiyash of Michigan, also participated in the hunger strike, TIME reported. The group was joined by activists and faith leaders from various communities.
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Wilson-Anton expressed hope that the strike would highlight the U.S. government's role in funding the policy of starvation in the Gaza Strip. "We send American taxpayer money to bomb communities in Gaza and I don't think our president is using his leverage to the extent that he could to bring about a permanent ceasefire," she said, as quoted by TIME.
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The protest was organized and endorsed by several organizations, including the Campaign for Palestinian Rights, the Adalah Justice Project, Jewish Voice for Peace, If Not Now, Dream Defenders, Democratic Socialists of America, Institute for Middle East Understanding, and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, as reported by The Guardian.
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The hunger strike was timed to coincide with the initial four-day ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, which resulted in the release of at least 51 hostages held in Gaza since October 7. In return, Israel has freed 117 of the 150 Palestinian prisoners it pledged to release as part of the deal, SkyNews reported. On Monday, officials announced an extension of the ceasefire for two additional days.
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