Brown U. students hunger strike for divestment from Israel; president refuses demands

Nineteen students at Brown University are on a hunger strike until the school agrees to “hear and consider” a resolution to divest from Israel.

The so-called “Brown Divest Coalition” announced the strike Friday afternoon during a pro-divestment protest organized by the Palestine Solidarity Caucus and Jews for Ceasefire Now, The Brown Daily Herald reports.

The activists demand a resolution akin to that of the 2020 Brown Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Practices, which had recommended divestment from “companies which profit from human rights abuses in Palestine.”