{"id":296259,"date":"2025-06-02T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=296259"},"modified":"2025-05-27T10:35:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:35:29","slug":"fasting-for-gazans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/06\/fasting-for-gazans\/","title":{"rendered":"Fasting for Gazans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"PlayerLayouts___StyledDiv7-sc-1lxy38j-6 bmPtMy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"splash-styles__MetaList-sc-1gy845w-4 ActionBar__StyledMetaList-sc-ine7rf-0 gBsxsw caooec\">\n<div class=\"splash-styles__MetaList-sc-1gy845w-4 gBsxsw\">\n<div class=\"splash-styles__MetaListItem-sc-1gy845w-5 gesxgC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fast-kathy-kelly-gaza-un.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-296260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fast-kathy-kelly-gaza-un.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fast-kathy-kelly-gaza-un.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fast-kathy-kelly-gaza-un-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fast-kathy-kelly-gaza-un-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since 22 May 2025, several peace activists have been fasting&#8211;for 40 days&#8211;in front of the United States Mission to the UN. They demand an end to US support of Israel&#8217;s military and urge the US government to pressure Israel to open the Gazan borders to humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p><em>For this BCR series I will meet with a participant, Kathy Kelly, periodically, to share her thoughts and concerns. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/5ca4a75d29388cc466cf4481\/682fa3f6a795fd3aef796095\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Share your thoughts about this action at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/bar-crawl-radio\/episodes\/barcrawlradio@gmail.com\" >barcrawlradio@gmail.com <\/a>or <a href=\"mailto:mike@veteransforpeace.org\">mike@veteransforpeace.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Alan Winson &#8212; BCR Producer and Co-Host<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kathy-kelly-201.jpg.jpe\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-123231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kathy-kelly-201.jpg.jpe\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a> Kathy Kelly <\/i><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">is a member of the <\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/\" ><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">,<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i> an American peace activist, pacifist and author, one of the founding members of <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Voices in the Wilderness<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>, and currently a co-coordinator <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/A\/Downloads\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/(www.vcnv.org\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Voices for Creative Nonviolence<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>. <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Three times since 2000, she has been nominated for the <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nobel Peace Prize.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i> As part of peace teamwork in several countries, she has traveled to Iraq twenty-six times, notably remaining in combat zones during the early days of both US-Iraq wars. Her recent travel has focused on Afghanistan and Gaza, along with domestic protests against U.S. drone policy. She has been arrested more than sixty times at home and abroad, and written of her experiences among targets of U.S. military bombardment and inmates of U.S. prisons. She lives in Chicago.<\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"mailto:Kathy@vcnv.org\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Kathy@vcnv.org<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"mailto:info@vcnv.org\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>info@vcnv.org<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/bar-crawl-radio\/episodes\/fasting-for-gazans-kathy-kelly-day-1\" >Go to Original \u2013 shows.acast.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 22 May 2025, several peace activists have been fasting&#8211;for 40 days&#8211;in front of the United States Mission to the UN. 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