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May 31, 2024

"Silence Is Complicity": Nurse Starts Hunger Strike Outside White House
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A New York nurse launched a hunger strike outside the White House
Thursday and is calling on all healthcare providers to oppose U.S.
support for Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza. Jennifer Koonings said
in a statement, "The immeasurable trauma that children in Gaza are
experiencing is horrifying and completely unjustifiable. Children's
brains and bodies are fragile and still growing, and they are being
starved, bombed, and traumatized beyond belief. … At this point, silence
is complicity."

Earlier this week, 25 U.S. federal law clerks issued a rare public
statement condemning "our government's complicity in genocide." The
statement was published anonymously as judges and clerks are forbidden
to engage in protest or other political activity. The law clerks wrote,
"Although the rules of the judiciary prevent us from publicly advocating
at this time, we write this letter as a small gesture of our love and
solidarity."


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