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Why I quit the U.S. Air Force and went on a hunger strike to stop the Gaza genocide

Joy Metzler being arrested as Veterans for Peace concluded their 40 day fast for Gaza with protests at both the Israeli consulate and the US mission to the UN in New York City, on June 1, 2025. (Photo: Alexa Wilkinson/instagram.com/framed.unrest)Joy Metzler left the Air Force as a conscientious objector over U.S. support for Israeli atrocities in Palestine and joined a 40-day Veterans for Peace hunger strike for Gaza. She says it is crucial we escalate our protest to stop genocide.

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