People who work for the US government are not going to work today to protest the war in Gaza.
It was up to one federal worker to push for a “day of mourning” on Tuesday, which is why she and some of her coworkers didn’t come to work. People who work for the government have been trying to change the Gaza war.
Many people are feeling the effects of the 100 days of war and want to make a bigger difference with their words and presence. Feds United for Peace is the name of the group of government workers who took part in the “day of mourning” on Tuesday. It’s time for them to take time off from work to say something about the number of deaths and the part of the United States in the war in Israel.
This comes after the Biden Administration was criticized for its role in backing the war in Israel and giving it money and military power. A lot of people are angry about this because Israel is being probed for the humanitarian crisis right now.
Over 24,000 Palestinians have been killed and almost 2 million have been forced to leave their homes. Many are calling for an end to the fighting or for someone to help Gaza in its time of need. There have been protests and changes made by other government workers to try to bring attention to the war.
For the government “day of mourning” for Gaza, the person in charge said, “When your kids ask you, ‘What did you do?’, we don’t want to say that we just stood by and did nothing.” When asked about her choice to plan this, she said, “We hope that everyone with a conscience looks at this situation and decides not to stand by and do nothing.”
Another leader thought about the group and how people might see them. It’s not true that we are radicals. People in our group may have been hired by the government, but they said, “We’re not political at all.”
There have been other times when people in the Biden Administration have said they were upset with the president’s position. A lot of these campaigners want the fighting in Gaza to stop. Their ways of doing this have been to give talks, write letters, and say things in public.
Recently, Biden tried to calm down the war by asking Israel to focus on more focused attacks to protect civilians. But this isn’t enough for people who are just watching from the outside. A lot of people think that Biden’s position and the US’s part in this war are controversial and might be helping to make things worse in Gaza.
All over the country, events like this will likely happen because people want to know more about the Biden Administration and where they stand in the war.
