Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the Princeton University encampment have launched a hunger strike to raise awareness of the starving people of the Gaza Strip.
The Princeton Israel Apartheid Divest (PIAD) student group made a series of posts. photograph Pro-Palestinian protesters announced on Instagram that they would launch a hunger strike “in Gaza and alone.”
“Princeton students begin hunger strike in solidarity with Gaza!!” the group wrote.
PIAD said that as part of the hunger strike, protesters would “abstain from all food and drink” except water until their demands were met.
“We dedicate ourselves to the liberation of Palestine,” the group continued. “Princeton, listen! We will not be moved!”
PIAD added that it would go on strike until its demands were met.
PIAD calls on university authorities to meet with protesters to “discuss demands for disclosure, divestment, and academic and cultural boycotts against Israel,” and for students who have been arrested or who have received disciplinary action. He demands that he be granted a complete pardon.
🚨 Princeton University students go on hunger strike for Palestine
The protesters said they would “refrain from eating and drinking everything except water” until the following demands are met:
• Complete immunity from criminal prosecution.
• Complete cultural boycott of Israel (???)
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“The Princeton Gaza Solidarity Encampment announces the start of a hunger strike in solidarity with the millions of Palestinians in Gaza who suffer under continued siege by the Israeli state,” the group announced. online statement. “The Israeli occupation deliberately cut off access to basic necessities in order to cause dire starvation for Gaza’s 2 million residents.”
Since April 17, when the first pro-Palestinian camp was set up at Columbia University, Harvard University, the University of Southern California, George Washington University, University of MiamiUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, etc.
Watch — “The Occupation Must Go”: Harvard University’s Pro-Palestinian Protest Outside Residence Halls:
Participants in various encampments and protests have faced withdrawal from Israeli companies, severed academic ties with Israeli educational institutions, canceled student trips to Israel, and protesters facing criminal charges and academic disciplinary action. He has made various demands, including a full pardon. Among other demands, it called for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas.
After Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking over 200 hostages, Israel launched a self-defense operation in Gaza, an area controlled by Hamas.
People in northern Gaza are reportedly facing starvation as the war between Israel and Hamas continues.
United Nations World Report on Food Crisis released in April found In 2023, more than 281 million people in 59 countries will experience “high levels of severe food insecurity.”
The report estimates that nearly 576,600 people in Gaza are facing catastrophic hunger.
