Ten students at Occidental College initiated a hunger strike to demand divestment from companies related to Israel amid the ongoing Gaza conflict, alongside improved protections for international students. Drawing inspiration from a previous hunger strike at Chapman University, they seek to highlight the college's past failures to heed their divestment requests. This shift in protest tactics occurs as many California campuses have restricted traditional protest methods like encampments, following heightened tensions between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel students, and allegations of antisemitism during prior protests.
"The hunger strikers say they were inspired by students at Chapman University in Orange, who launched a similar campaign in April. That strike ended after 10 days with no concessions from their university."
"In May, Occidental's Board of Trustees agreed to consider divestment and the encampment came down, but the board subsequently voted against divestment."
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