Activists protesting over Gaza at Princeton University claimed that they started a hunger strike on Friday to get the university to comply with their demands. 

What are their demands?

The students’ demands, which have been public since the beginning of the sit-in on April 25, include divestment from Israeli companies and American military funding, an academic boycott of Israeli universities, the cultivation of ties with Palestinian academic institutions, and the creation of a center for Palestinian studies with scholarships for people displaced from Gaza.

Oh, and issue a statement calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza as well as amnesty from any disciplinary action.

Notice how a lot of those things have nothing to do with just ending fighting in Gaza. 

But they were getting some greater attention after one of the hunger strikers was caught on video complaining about how messed up they were from their own hunger strike. This was something else. 

Princeton University students—who are voluntarily participating in a self-imposed hunger strike—are “literally shaking and immunocompromised” because the University is ignoring their demands.

Did they…not expect to be hungry? pic.twitter.com/GZqTrNbpu4

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) May 8, 2024

“This is absolutely unfair,” a female activist said. “My peers and I, we are starving. We are physically exhausted. I am quite literally shaking right now as you can see. We are both cold and hot at the same time. We are all immunocompromised. And based off the university’s meeting yesterday with some of our bargaining team, they would love to continue physically weakening us because they can’t stand to say no to unjust murder.”

“Shame!” the rest of them chanted. 

“I will say I truly do not feel like I am doing anything special,” the activist continued. 

“This is my choice and I would not spend my birthday doing anything other than being here, and standing in solidarity with you all, and standing in solidarity with our siblings and the innocent people in Gaza. No matter how physically weak we may be, united we have never been stronger.” 

They also complained the day before about the university not checking their vitals and they said they would “continue to starve” until their demands were met. 

Who would have thought a hunger strike could have consequences? And why is it the university’s fault, when it’s your action? This is peak narcissism on parade. 

KIDS – newsflash. NO ONE is forcing you to go on a ‘hunger strike’. AND no one is required to feed you or take your temperature. Grow up, go to class, and get a degree so you can get a job. https://t.co/1ImXRqF7o2

— Janet Parshall (@parshalltalk) May 8, 2024

My two-year-old whines kinda like this when she doesn’t get more graham crackers.

Then again, she also wears diapers and drinks bath water because, you know, she’s two.

— Brittany Hughes (@RealBrittHughes) May 8, 2024

You didn’t even mention that this young lady didn’t get a birthday cake. Oh, the humanity!

— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) May 8, 2024

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