California State students protest aid blockade in Gaza with hunger strike

Two dozen fasting students also press university system to divest from weapon manufacturers in list of demands

Around two dozen California State University students began a hunger strike last week to protest starvation in Gaza due to Israel’s aid blockade, marking the latest act of political protest on college campuses.

The strikers – students from San Jose State, Sacramento State, San Francisco State and CSU Long Beach – began their fast on 5 May