British Activist on Hunger Strike: “UK Enabled Gaza Starvation”
London — British activist Amo Jibb, currently detained in a London prison, is continuing an open-ended hunger strike she began on November 2, in protest against British policies that enable Israel to use starvation as a weapon in the Gaza Strip.
Jibb launched the hunger strike alongside other activists to protest the UK government’s political and military support for Israel, as well as to demand an end to mistreatment of detainees and the right to a fair trial.
The activist is awaiting trial in connection with a case linked to Palestine Action, a movement opposing British arms exports to Israel.
“We began our hunger strike on the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, when Britain planted the seeds of the genocide we are witnessing today,” Jibb said.
Despite a serious deterioration in her health, Jibb emphasized the symbolic and political nature of the strike.
“The habit of resistance, unlike the habit of surrender, is what keeps us alive,” she stated.
Jibb described the hunger strike as part of an ongoing responsibility toward Palestinian liberation, calling it a declaration that the state cannot silence dissent, even through imprisonment.
“This strike is a message that the state cannot silence us, even when it locks us behind prison walls,” she added.
