Anti-Israel protesters at Princeton University are being teased online after shouting about the suffering of the hunger strike they began as part of their ongoing solidarity movement with the people of Gaza.
A young woman, in a clip circulating online, shouts into a megaphone that she and her peers are “starving.”
“I’m literally shaking right now, as you can see,” the masked protester said on the Ivy League campus, adding that in her assessment of recent meetings with the university, administrators are not in a hurry to give the protesters what they want. you are after.
The clip was mocked online by countless social media users, who pointed out the absurdity of students complaining about their condition during a self-imposed hunger strike.
“Are we SURE this isn’t a fantastic SNL sketch? »wrote one user.
The strike, which will soon last seven days, began last Friday as part of an effort to force the school to meet with them to discuss Princeton’s divestment from Israel, as well as to drop criminal and disciplinary charges against two students who were arrested. last month.
Several Princeton students share their feelings via megaphone amid their ongoing hunger strike for Gaza
As has been the case at many prestigious American schools, Princeton students set up a Gaza solidarity camp last month.
The alleged criminal protesters were accused of setting up more than a dozen tents and trespassing on a university building as part of their ongoing anti-Israel efforts.
The speaker then described the symptoms the striking group is currently experiencing: “We are both hot and cold.
“We are all immunocompromised and based on the university’s meeting yesterday with some members of our negotiating team, they would like to continue to weaken us physically because they cannot bear to say no to an unjust murder,” she proclaimed.
The student then took some ownership for her participation in the strike, while letting everyone know that it was her birthday.
“I really don’t feel like I’m doing anything special, it’s my choice, and I wouldn’t spend my birthday doing anything other than being here and standing in solidarity with all of you and stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters and the innocent people of Gaza,’ she said into the megaphone before starting to sing again.
Reports from the school campus suggest that around 15 students were participating in the hunger strike on Sunday. It is not clear how many holdouts still choose to starve themselves.
School officials, including the president, told students earlier this week that they were actively meeting with protesters to try to move forward.
“My colleagues and I are now in direct conversation with the protesters. I told them that we can consider their concerns through appropriate processes that respect the interests of multiple parties and viewpoints, but we cannot allow any group to circumvent these processes or exert particular influence.” writes President Christopher Eisgruber.
A small handful of students were arrested last week after trespassing and setting up more than a dozen tents on school grounds.
Lawrence Hamm (center) of Montclair, who was one of 210 students who participated in the storming of Nassau Hall at Princeton University on April 14, 1978, speaks with Princeton University students and community members participating in a hunger strike that began last Friday. inside the Gaza solidarity camp behind Nassau Hall
Social media users were unimpressed by students’ calls for a self-imposed hunger strike.
‘Poor kid. No one told him that a possible side effect of a hunger strike was going hungry,” user Mike Runner wrote on X.
“Given that they’re in Princeton, you’d think they’d know that a hunger strike would cause…hunger,” noted odloceangirl, another X user.
Others began offering suggestions for how the university should handle the strike.
“The university should donate its meal cards to real hungry homeless people who would like a hot meal,” wrote TV presenter Jessamyn Dodd.
“Do they continue to attend classes and do their homework? » asked user X Miles Penn.
Some pointed out how students were mocked on social media for their complaints.
“I hope they learn how much they were made fun of for this on social media around the WORLD!” one user wrote.
Administrations at many schools across the United States have begun intervening to silence student protesters illegally camping on various lawns.
The school president said he was willing to speak with the protesters and learn their position, but would not pay special attention to their views simply because they are using coercive means.
Data suggests that most Americans are on edge over protesters who are seriously disrupting campus life across the country.
A recent DailyMail.com/Tipp survey suggests that Americans have long grown tired of the outrageous anti-Israel protests taking place on college campuses across the country.
In the poll, of 1,435 adults, six in ten respondents said students should be kicked out of schools for making anti-Semitic praise, and about half of respondents said anti-Israel protesters should lose. student loan forgiveness opportunities.
The protesters are largely trying to get their schools to divest from companies that do business with Israel, or any business they themselves do with Israel – an important demand given the small country’s importance in the world. ‘Mondial economy.
As the school year draws to a close at most institutions, administrations have taken seriously shutting down their student radicals.
Hundreds of Columbia University students were arrested last week after the Passover takeover of Hamilton Hall.
Harvard University’s interim president, Alan Garber, warned students that those in an encampment at Harvard Yard could face an “involuntary furlough.”
They would not be allowed to enter campus, could lose their student accommodation and would not be able to take exams.
At the University of California San Diego, police cleared an encampment and arrested more than 64 people, including 40 students.
The University of California, Los Angeles moved classes online for the week due to disruptions following the dismantling of an encampment last week that led to 44 arrests.
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