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Stanford Hunger Strike for Gaza Enters Its Second Week

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Students and pro-Palestinian demonstrators listen to Shaykh Alauddin Elbakri speak at White Memorial Plaza in Stanford, Calif., on Monday, May 19, 2025. Several Stanford University students have been on a hunger strike for more than a week, pledging not to eat until the university agrees to divest from companies that they say are supporting Israel’s war in Gaza. (Estefany Gonzalez)

Inspired by hunger strikes at California State University campuses, at least 20 students, staff and faculty at Stanford are on an indefinite hunger strike in solidarity with Gaza. They’re demanding that Stanford disclose and divest from companies they say are profiting from Israel’s siege.


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