Quaker action for a just world

Take Action for the Palestinians of Gaza

Israel is starving Gaza to death. Over two months ago, Israel—with full support from the U.S.—illegally blocked almost all food, water, medicine, humanitarian aid, and commercial supplies from entering Gaza while it continued its extensive bombing across the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians, including pregnant women, children, medically vulnerable people, and the elderly, are dying from malnutrition and avoidable disease. Yet the U.S. keeps sending weapons to Israel and offering political support, fueling the ongoing genocide instead of stopping it.

As a Quaker organization, AFSC firmly opposes violence in all its forms. That includes Israel’s militarization of humanitarian responses and the use of starvation as a weapon of war.

Please show your support for Palestinians in Gaza by fasting for from sunrise to sunset on World Hunger Day (May 28), and join us for a week of action from May 26-30.

How to participate:

Monday, May 26:

Tuesday, May 27:

  • Call Congress. You could say:

Hello, I’m a constituent from [Your City, State, ZIP Code].

I’m calling today because I’m deeply concerned about the catastrophic hunger crisis in Gaza. Israeli authorities, with the full support of the United States, have blocked nearly all lifesaving aid and humanitarian assistance for over two months now. This means that Palestinians, including pregnant women, children, medically vulnerable people, and the elderly, have almost no access to food, drinkable water, medicines, and shelter. The illegal Israeli blockade means that Palestinians are dying of starvation, dehydration, malnutrition, and avoidable disease.

I’m urging [Representative/Senator Name] to publicly demand: 

1. The immediate, full, and unrestricted resumption of critical aid into Gaza according to humanitarian principles. 

2. An immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire and the complete withdrawal of the Israeli military from Gaza. 

3. An end to U.S. arms sales and military support for Israel.

We can save lives. This is a 100% preventable crisis. All parts of the U.S. government must be loud in demanding that Israel allow lifesaving aid into Gaza. I urge you to please take immediate action to prevent the starvation of millions of people. Let us not look back on this time years from now and wish we did more to stop it.

Wednesday, May 28:

  • Fast from sunrise to sundown in solidarity with people in Gaza, if you are able to do so safely.
  • Share about your commitment on social media with the hashtag #FastforGaza.

You could say: Today, on World Hunger Day, I am calling on you to join me in fasting in solidarity with the people of Gaza, who have been denied access to food for over two months by the government of Israel. To protest this, I am eating no food and drinking nothing but water from sunrise to sunset. I hope my small symbolic act encourages an end to this terrible and preventable catastrophe.

Thursday, May 29:

Friday, May 30: