Monday – June 9, 2025 — 19th day of the VFP Fast for Gaza — talking with peacemaker Kathy Kelly and friends, as they consume no more than 250 calories a day for 40 days in solidarity with the citizens of Gaza who have been forced to exist on very little sustenance
This program begins with a Democracy Now! report on the seizure of the Gaza-bound aid ship – Madleen – in international waters by Israeli forces.
When I arrived at the US Mission – Kathy Kelly was asking Bill Tottenham — U.S. Marine veteran and VFP representative — about his attempt to get big media to report on the “Fast for Gaza” VFP protest.
I then spoke with Kelly about an early morning decision to walk from the U.S. Mission on 1st Avenue — to the United Kingdom Mission to the UN several blocks to the north — to raise awareness about the Israeli seizure of the yacht — Madleen – operated by the Pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition.
I spoke with several of the fasters as we walked. At Rockefeller Center, security pushed the fasters out of the area and at St. Patrick Cathedral, NYP officers ordering the fasters off the north porch.
Mike Ferner of the VFP promised that for the rest of the “Fast for Gaza” protest, these walks would continue with a focus on the New York Times building.
