There have been weeks of demonstrations in US university campuses with the protesters facing counterattacks and arrests from Israeli supporters and the police.
Students of Princeton University, New Jersey, United States of America have embarked on a hunger strike as a part of pro-Palestine protests in the university and college campuses against Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.
There have been weeks of demonstrations in US university campuses with the protesters facing counterattacks and arrests from Israeli supporters and the police.
As videos of the Princeton University students calling on other students to join the hunger strike surfaced, CBS News quoted Princeton Israeli Apartheid Divest as saying in a statement that "Our hunger strike is a response to the administration's refusal to engage with our demands for dissociation and divestment from Israel. We refuse to be silenced by the University administration's intimidation and repression tactics.
“We struggle together in solidarity with the people of Palestine. We commit our bodies to their liberation."
The statement added that the students participating in the hunger strike would abstain from all food and drinks (except water) until the university meets with students to discuss divestment and a "cultural boycott of Israel."
The group also wants Princeton to reverse "all campus bans and evictions of students."
It was also reported that last week, 13 people were arrested at Princeton after an attempted sit-in at Clio Hall.
Out of the 13 people arrested were five undergraduates, six graduate students, a postdoctoral researcher and "one person not affiliated with the University."
CBS News reported that the 13 people arrested received summonses for trespassing and were banned from campus.
The students were disciplined by Princeton, including a possible suspension or expulsion.
Princeton students have had a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus for nearly two weeks, similar to others on college campuses across the county.