Occidental students use hunger strike to spotlight Palestinian plight, escalate demands

Occidental students use hunger strike to spotlight Palestinian plight, escalate demands

Ten students at Occidental College are staging a hunger strike, calling on the college to divest from weapons manufacturers with ties to Israel and to shield international students the Trump administration might target for deportation.

Occidental students hold hunger strike demanding college divestment, student and immigrant protections - The Occidental

April 21, 10 Occidental students began a hunger strike for immigrant justice, student protections and college divestment from genocide, according to Occidental’s Jewish Voices for Peace (Oxy JVP) Media Liasion Tobias Lodish. Lodish said 10 students are fully participating in the hunger strike while a number of students are partially striking and limiting their daily calorie intake. The strikers have been gathering daily, both on the Academic Qua…