More Mainers have joined a 40-day hunger strike in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
The hunger strike kicked off a week ago on May 22 with more than two dozen participants. The Maine Coalition for Palestine says that has now grown to more than three dozen, in addition to 600 strikers across the country.
Some are fasting from dawn to dusk. Others are restricting their intake to 250 calories a day, which is in line with the amount of food Gazans have access to.
The strikers are demanding that humanitarian aid to Gaza be resumed under United Nations authority. Israel recently began distributing aid after a nearly three month blockade, but the UN has described it as a trickle and is boycotting.
