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Adam Gabbatt

Students on hunger strike call for Brown University to divest from pro-Israel companies

People wearing face masks, with three holding a sign that says 'hunger strike for Palestine'.
Brown University students hold a hunger strike in Providence, Rhode Island, in solidarity with Palestinians, on Monday. Photograph: Alicia Joo

A group of 19 students at Brown University have gone on hunger strike, calling for the school to divest from “companies which profit from human rights abuses in Palestine”.

The move follows months of protests and sit-ins at universities around the country, which have seen students arrested as they protest against Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza.

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