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Cal State Students Begin Hunger Strike to Protest Israel’s Starvation Campaign on Gaza

HeadlineMay 08, 2025

Students at four California State Universities — Long Beach, San Jose State, Sacramento State and San Francisco State — have launched a joint hunger strike to protest Israel’s starvation campaign against Palestinians in Gaza. The students are demanding “full divestment from companies complicit in genocide,” “an end to CSU ties with Israeli institutions” and “protection of free speech on campus.”

Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, students have set up an encampment at Utrecht University to demand the school divest from Israeli institutions. They’ve named their encampment after slain Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat.

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