Fasting for Gaza’s Children
NOBEL LAUREATES, 2 Jun 2025
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service
Salam
I have recently finished a 40-day fast and prayer for the children of Gaza and
Others parts of the world where children
Are being massacred by gov polices of cruelty militarism and war.
The Israeli gov and its criminal Israeli
Defence force carry out genocidal mass
Murder of Palestinian unarmed civilians
In their Zionist policies of ethnic
Cleansing of Palestinian land. This
Is aided by their friends in USA uk and
Europe with money arms weapons and
Political support. Starvation of little
Children and denying them water food
Medical care and their very lives is evil and war crimes and against international laws.
It was in deep sorrow for the suffering of
People of Palestine that I undertook this fast.
I also prayed that I would not allow
Seeing such Israeli cruelty ’harden my
Heart’ and I would not be bitter against
The perpetrators of such violence but
Would deepen my love for all and
Increase my acts of forgiveness nonviolent resistance and justice and peace.
I took liquids, no solids for 40 days.
I was tired and thought of Palestinians
In Gaza trying to protect their children
From bombs and famine.
To the people of Gaza and occupied West Bank I am very sorry for this
Death and destruction perpetrated on
Your people.
thank you for your example of Sahmoud
Thanks you for your resilience against
Evil and your courage in proclaiming
Human dignity and decency for
Palestinians and the human family.
Salam aleikum
Mairead Corrigan Maguire
Nobel peace laureate
Your Irish friend who loves you
‘Stay gentle’
27 May 2025
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Mairead Corrigan Maguire, co-founder of Peace People, is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment. She won the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for her work for peace in Northern Ireland. Her book, The Vision of Peace, (edited by John Dear with a foreword by Desmond Tutu and a preface by the Dalai Lama) is available from www.wipfandstock.com. She lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland. See: www.peacepeople.com.
Tags: Children, Crimes against Humanity, Ethnic Cleansing, European Union, Famine, Gaza, Genocide, Hunger, Mairead Maguire, Massacre, Netanyahu, Nobel Peace Prize, Palestine, Trump, USA, War crimes
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