Around two dozen California State University students have initiated an indefinite hunger strike to support Palestinians during the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. They demand campuses divest from companies that contribute to human rights violations, including those providing military and surveillance technology. Participating students also call for the end of academic collaborations with certain universities and for the CSU to modify regulations that restrict student protests. This action follows similar movements at other universities that have successfully divested from companies connected to weapon manufacturing.
We as San Jose State University students deplore our university's administration for choosing to remain complicit in the genocide of the Palestinian people. said Haddy Barghouti of Students for Justice in Palestine at San Jose State University. As the genocide continues, and San Jose State administration continues to ignore international law, it is up to us as students to take matters into our own hands and make the issue unavoidable, which is why we will be starving in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Gaza until university administration meets all of our demands.
The move comes days after the University of San Francisco committed to divesting from defense companies tied to Israel after facing pressure from students. San Francisco State University pulled its investments from four companies tied to weapons manufacturing in August and Sacramento State became the first public Californ.
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