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Adam Gabbatt

Canadian students hunger-strike for college to divest from Israel-linked firms

People stage a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Ottawa, Canada, on 16 March 2024.
People stage a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Ottawa, Canada, on 16 March 2024. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

A group of students at McGill University have spent more than three weeks on hunger strike in an effort to force the Canadian college to divest from “companies supporting the Israeli military”.

The move follows months of protests and sit-ins at McGill and at universities around the world, as students and faculty members have protested against Israel’s military offensive in Gaza.

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