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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Lifestyle
Erum Salam

Yale students continue hunger strike in protest over Israel’s war on Gaza

Damaged buildings in Gaza
Damaged buildings in Khan Younis in Gaza on Friday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

A group of students at Yale University were on Friday into the seventh day of a hunger strike in support of Palestinians in Gaza and in a protest to pressure the university to divest from any weapons manufacturing companies potentially supplying the Israeli military.

The group titles itself Yale Hunger Strikers for Palestine and one protester, the graduate student Miguel Monteiro, described losing weight and feeling dizzy, while attempting to put the group’s efforts into a wider perspective.

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