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Hunger strikes for Gaza: inside the Princeton student protests

  • May 8, 2024



Hunger strikes for Gaza: inside the Princeton student protests

Princeton’s Legacy is genocide it is built on Stolen land on the backs of the enslaved and it is built now on the reubel of Gaza we the students of Princeton for the liberation of Palestine know what is Right history will be on our side we shall not be moved we will not stop we will not rest Princeton must disclose and divest divest we will not stop we will not rest we’re here because Israel is waging a genocidal campaign against Palestine and so given what happened in Colombia um I think we were inspired to stand up in solidarity with them I think the university in line with kind of in coordination with universities across the campus have been trying to paint this as violent and repressive they are more interested in kind of painting their own students as violent than like actually considering divestment from Israel and it’s really it’s really disappointing I’m an undergraduate student here at Princeton me and David in particular are Hunger striking um and we’re here because we want our tuition to not be used to fund a genocide this hunger strike is to make abundantly clear to them just how serious we are if they want to be so stubborn as to let their own students starve and put them at risk in that way then they’re welcome to do that but we will continue to be here until they meet our demands what’s your response to external criticism that protesters on campuses not just yours are Hamas sympathizers or um are standing for anything other than what you’re telling me right now I mean I just think we should make abundantly clear that that is not the case the cause of Palestinian Liberation is the cause of human Liberation and everyone here is here because they care deeply about this uh movement and they care deeply about building solidarity across uh different struggles they want to see a free Palestine because they know that a free Palestine is a free world it’s almost like this one big like picnic honestly where like we’re just doing things differently going against the norm trying to make it out to be something that’s abusive or something that’s in support of terrorism has been a very interesting take because anyone that can come and see this or see some of the encampments across the globe like it’s it’s a really big show of like love and solidarity and Community one of the voices that has been missing from this debate has been the voice of the people actually on the ground in Israel and in Palestine and in Gaza because there are people in Gaza whove spent their whole lives struggling for a free and Democratic Palestine there are people in Israel who are struggling and have struggled for decades for a free and Democratic Israel where everybody Palestinian and Israeli Arab Jew and Muslim are treated equally and have full and equal Democratic rights that is the common thread that binds the students at Princeton and at Colombia and at so many other places with the people in struggle for peace and democracy in Palestine and in Israel you can hide you can hide you are fing genocide you are fing genocide I think what we’re seeing across the country is that University administrations are responding and cities are responding with a lot of repression because they’re really materially threatened by what’s happening and I think that just speaks to how powerful this movement is and how close we are to winning so

Princeton University students have been protesting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza since 25 April, their goal being to get the university to divest from Israel. The Guardian spoke to some of the students and faculty at the encampment to hear why they are protesting and what their goals are.
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35 comments

  2. Yes, I'm sure at some point in the past Princeton's land belonged to ppl other than the present owners. And? No, seriously. And, what does the speaker want to happen? Expropriation? Shall we give all acreage of the USA back to a few million Indians? That's not happening, nor is Israel going to be dissolved.

  5. the world has to change! It's not possible anymore… Too much death everywhere, too much money for just a few, too much abuse , too much immorality …"we can't breathe!"

  9. The only think they learned well are their pathetic rhymes… they think they can bully their way…. They are great at chanting mantras…. But they have zero solutions…

  10. The ammount of plastic garbage that these Gaza heroes are gonna leave behind…. It would will landfills at this stage…. But who cares now… they are fighting for something else now… glueing to trains and roads is not the fad now…

  12. More power to ya..totally agre..yes..go to gaza and join the many people who truly are on a hunger strike..but unlike you..not deliberately 🎉..power to ya 🎉

  29. I dare that the university wouldn't care if this people go for hunger strike. They are not suffering the same way as gaza at all.

  31. I am really confused about these people and Palestine in general? HAMAS would hate these liberal Western types for a start? 2nd, 'From the river to the sea' means quite literally the disposing of the people of Israel so why would these delusional 'protestors' be pushing for that?

  32. where's the update. Its been 8 days. how many gave up?

    edit: They all did. After a few days they started a "rotary hunger strike" where the change out every other day or so. I thought the purpose of the hunger strike was to show you are willing to die, but i guess they changed that definition too. From dying for a cause to skipping a meal or two.

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