Princeton University students start hunger strike

Students taking part in the pro-Palestinian encampment at Princeton University said Friday a number of them have gone on hunger strike after negotiations with the university administration over their demands had yielded nothing. Friday was the ninth day of the encampment.
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[@AmericanConstellation]

They don't understand that nobody gives a $hit!

[@crand20033]

Fasting is good for you. We promise not to interfere with your desire for good health and weight loss.

[@gregparks6577]

Wow, I just realized I don’t care if they all starve!

[@amybila1453]

😅

[@ash-pv9wm]

cared enough to comment

[@ash-pv9wm]

@@4greendeep6 su you're a bot

[@izzyc1570]

Finally! They are hurting themselves instead of others

[@eaglesfan226]

Tell that to their families. What’ll they think?

[@susanwagner8696]

@@eaglesfan226 I don’t care 🤷‍♀️

[@eaglesfan226]

@@susanwagner8696 My cousin lives in Tel Aviv. I’m protesting against the conscription into the IOF.

[@CK77460]

How are they hurting others? They are not doing anything to other people. They are protesting the GENOCIDE of the Palestinian civilians; do you understand that? They are protesting the constant violence, war crimes, starvation, and denial of Palestinians human rights by Israel. So how is that hurting anyone? They are on the right side of history because people SHOULD be against genocide because that's normal to NOT want children, babies, women, grandfather and grandmothers, mothers and fathers to be murdered en masse in the worst ways possible (by Israel). If you're not then you're pro-genocide and that is just evil, and basically psychopathic

[@metamorphic8797]

@@eaglesfan226hahahahahaha “excuse me parents, your children are voluntarily choosing not to eat while cosplaying as revolutionaries in keffiyehs” ….the travesty😂. They’ll probably say you just have to pretend the spoon is an airplane. Gets em every time.

[@deloreswilson1798]

College cafeteria food sucks anyway. Long live Israel. God bless the Jewish People.🎩🤔👍🙏

[@jerryleonard8561]

The pro-Israel students should set up a few grills and tables across from the pro-Hamas students and have a cookout. I'm sure a few days of not eating and smelling grilled burgers will change their minds quickly.

[@p2pportal]

Close but ur not quite there: I’m a little disappointed in u thinking these misguided embroiled would be enticed by the aroma & deliciousness of grilled burgers. After all, on the other side of those “ISRAEL ❤’s GENOCIDE” signs they love, it says “MEAT IS MURDER!” & “COW FARTs R CO2!” Not to mention the carbon your grill would be releasing into the atmosphere…, rather than some burgers & beer, if you went with Vegan Bean Burritos & Oat Milk I think your plan could work. Btw, another reason the grill idea wouldn’t work: they would prefer to save those carbon releases for times when it’s REALLY needed, like when one of their comrades lights themselves on fire OR when terrorists place a Jew inside a stack of tires And light those tires on fire, but I digress.

[@chuckmorrison2116]

I was thinking the same thing, only mine involved frat boys. Great idea.

[@lynnkueh]

Wow yummy. 😅

[@robertfeinstein2175]

Any university that accedes to the demands of these Hamas-supporting students should have federal funding cut off.

[@p2pportal]

Did you hear in the vid that they were successful in securing 10 Scholarships for “displaced Palestinians?!” There’s a lot to unpack there haha wow

[@metamorphic8797]

You just have to pretend the spoon is an airplane and make the brrrr brrrrr noises with your lips. Trust me, my 5 year old nephew throws tantrums like this all the time.

[@wethepeople905]

These students must be on camera at all times to show that they are standing up for whatever they're standing up for. I give every one of those kids less than 24 hours of not eating. They have no idea what suffering is actually like, and they aren't strong enough to even do a hunger strike!! Less than 24 hours!!

[@jbo8540]

Reeeee!

[@Akhilesh_VVN]

Why don’t you show them? And truly what would they know about being suffered, their children are not bombed in a genocide, their family is not wiped out.

[@blitzegron4848]

I'd like to eat a Chicago style pizza in front of them. LOL. Just a bunch of NUTS.

[@amybila1453]

What’s with the scarves and hats? They’re wearing now.🤣

[@helenatan6629]

They really want to lose weight but they are using that occasion to accomplish that goal.

[@PaulBeet]

Do you think this is humourous ?

[@smsquared73]

​@@PaulBeetI think its absolutely hilarious!! What do they expect to accomplish? Or is everyone supposed to give in to them because they choose not to eat?? If I lived close enough I'd go get a pizza and sit as close as I could while I ate it. This is a temper tantrum, like toddlers holding their breath till they get their way!!

[@makeroftoys]

I think the students need to do more research. The PLO leader shipAdmitted that there’s no such thing as a Palestinian. They stated categorically that they created that national identities as a “tactic to oppose Zionism.” The truth is that they’re just Arabs who hate Jews. October 7 is just another in an endless stream of attacks. End of story. These children are just pawns of Iran.

[@p2pportal]

@@PaulBeetwell yes, obviously! (What a moronic question to ask…)

[@KCDCish]

​@PaulBeet Really funny actually 😂

[@susanwagner8696]

Why do they keep dropping the charges against these people?

[@eaglesfan226]

Ever heard of the First Amendment? These people have rights. You wanna become like the Nazis?

[@susanwagner8696]

@@eaglesfan226 me? A nazi? Omg that’s a first 😹

[@AJXOXO-vz1pn]

@@eaglesfan226 harassment of Jewish students is not a right.

[@Akhilesh_VVN]

@@AJXOXO-vz1pn I’m sorry you feel harassed by protests,but don’t you think people can also be harassed when their home, school, college, hospital, future everything is being bombed? I think rather than feeling harassed you should feel ashamed on your murderer leaders.

[@AJXOXO-vz1pn]

@@Akhilesh_VVN I’m not harassed by these illegal protests. I think rather than projecting your biased assumptions on people, you should feel ashamed at turning a blind eye to the rights of Jewish and other students and faculty to be able to pursue their own academic pursuits without harassment from these pro-Hamas supporters.

[@epiphanyx3705]

what? no hummus ??? 😂

[@playinglifeoneasy9226]

😂

[@ironbutterfly12]

No shawarma!😅

[@eaglesfan226]

Remember Bobby Sands? Remember Khader Adnan? How do you think these people feel?

[@ronalexralex]

So... it's ok to use your acts of "free speech" to hinder those who are free to not do so?

[@leonardwilliams7772]

Boy,all kinds are born into this world .

[@Jensen-ic5ff]

They are not on a hunger strike. What a bunch of BS.

[@jkgcank9]

Extreme measures? 😂😂 For the idiots who say they’re not going to eat maybe. Drinking water is not a hunger strike. Getting takeout at night is not a hunger strike. Give it a rest. Go home and ask mom for milk and cookies.

[@Akhilesh_VVN]

Wow it’s wonderful to see how much you care about them being hungry, and at the same time apathetic about even children being shot en masse.

[@makeroftoys]

Dude, you’re the problem. Go do some research and find out that no children are being shot en masse. Hamas raped and slaughtered 1200 people. Then kidnapped 200 more in support of creating an autocratic dictatorship. Go watch “screams into silence” if you want to see what The Jews are trying to stop from happening again

[@amybila1453]

😅

[@jkgcank9]

@@Akhilesh_VVN 😂😂😂😂😂 Hungry? Skip the dishes! That’s hilarious. Nobody cares if they chose not to eat. Killing children en masse? There’s a reason AlJazeera’s offices in Israel were shut down. Because of people like you who actually believe their bull💩.

[@p2pportal]

@@Akhilesh_VVNhaha huh? Your comment = a fine example of how most of these misguided dissidents, such as yourself, have such little grasp on reality that it is nearly impossible for you and your ilk to string together even a few, logically sound & sequential sentences, let alone conveying what you believe to be the purpose of your protest, as well as your proposals for advancing said purpose…

[@christophersteidinger7466]

Poor parents paying for these people going to college what a waste of money

[@cmwHisArtist]

Oh, poor babies.

[@susanwagner8696]

Is it over yet 😂

[@jbo8540]

All these people in the comments wishing harm on these kids should be ashamed. Princeton's bottom line does NOTHING for you.

[@jessica67987]

Why, these students want to harm Israelis. They are ignorant and pathetic.

[@johnwinchester6934]

No probably not, but watching whiny college marxist pretending not to eat while advocating for a theocratic regime who would nuke everyone they've ever known given the opportunity is fairly comedic. If they actually knew the arguements or used any nuance when talking about it people wouldn't push back as hard. But typically wealthy white women and queer people screaming "Intifada now" and "from the river to the sea" isn't convincing anyone other than the people who already agreed with you, in fact they are doing far more damage to "the cause" than Israel could even ask for.

[@smsquared73]

Nobody's wishing them harm but why should anyone bend over backwards when they are the ones hurting themselves!!

[@Signs9]

They brought it on themselves.

[@Kim-J312]

They didn't get what they wanted and said they are being ignored, so they are going on hunger strike 😅😂 Obviously their parents never said NO to them

[@PaulBeet]

You are insulting them for being people of principle. That says more about YOUR upbringing.

[@KCDCish]

​@PaulBeet Boohoo, they choose not to eat. You don't care for the homeless who wonder where their next meal is coming from. It's all virtue signaling babies.

[@vel230]

They won't starve.....they are feeding on their own narcissism.

[@dphillips8199]

Because those in charge even recognize that they have demands just encourages them. They have no right for demanding anything.

[@p2pportal]

Yeah, did u hear when the vid is describing the “negotiations” , that one of their “successes” was “securing scholarships for 10 displaced Palestinians?!?”

[@Klat2]

How about stop ignoring the crimes of hamas

[@maddielee4eva123]

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[@ddo920]

None of this crap has anything to do w the US

[@PrettyLady7282]

"has been ignored" . . Oh no worry, You guys will have a bunch more of that

[@ronaldshiffman9171]

OMG!!! I can't take it any more. Someone send out for Mac Burger and fries.

[@davidcollison8973]

A hunger strike? Bet these kids don’t make it past lunchtime 😂. I bet none of these kids enjoyed gym class in middle school

[@vickihepper9473]

Looks like your students can afford to lose weight, better stay on your hungar strike a long time.

[@elkobit7415]

These pro h-mas pro-testers re-mind us of the Na; z i s.

[@eaglesfan226]

You’ve been watching too much Fauda. Remember when this country protested the war in Nam? Think about it.

[@CK77460]

Umm in case you never noticed, N;az-is don't protest AGAINST geno-cide like these protesters are doing, they commit geno-cide, kind of like what's happening to the people in Gaza right now by Izrahel.

[@Akhilesh_VVN]

Oh you poor Zionist, dictatorship reminds you of Na*i, democracy reminds you of Na*i, protesting against mass-murder reminds you of Na*i. I think you are the most unsatisfied people in this world. In your definition half of the world is nazi, cause millions are protesting accross different countries from different religions against you.

[@makeroftoys]

They were protesting because they and their friends were being asked to go fight in Vietnam. These idiots are protesting because a democratic country keeps being attacked by A group who wants to commit genocide by wiping out the Jews so that they can create yet another autocratic dictatorship.

[@jkgcank9]

@@Akhilesh_VVN You are just another hamastitute. Why are you harassing all of the people who are reasonable and don’t support hamas?

[@sunnyisland6709]

They can lose some weight

[@wvp07]

❤

[@verenaisnali2232]

Go to Palestine

[@patrickzhang3111]

Divestment is not that important. Ask the university to call for a cease-fire. That is most urgent!

[@crand20033]

A cease fire would at best be temporary. Only Netanyahu and smart people know this.

[@drpal-ug1xc]

Awe poor spoiled brats

[@christophersteidinger7466]

Nobody cares if you eat or not more food for someone else this is funny

[@leonardwilliams7772]

Hey, hows that going ? Thats like the enemy holding a gun to his own head, demanding you surrender. Well, got a burger on the grill, gotta go.

[@19jarhead66]

Today’s headline, 5/15/24, “Princeton Hunger Strikers Complain About...Being Hungry.” Proof, attending college doesn’t make you smarter. They should receive their next meal in jail.

[@jesseandersen9762]

Who Cares

[@rodharris3606]

Right these spoiled brats will last two days if that

[@susanwagner8696]

There’s a reason you are being ignored 🙄

[@eaglesfan226]

And there’s a reason these students are shaming you into supporting Palestine 🤨

[@susanwagner8696]

@@eaglesfan226 Shaming me? Yes I’ve always found that to be a helpful way of getting people to see my point of view… in modern America in 2024.

[@crand20033]

Oh, they can eat watermelon. Cool, I could live on that.

[@skontheroad]

They're eating MORE than YOU ARE!!!

[@mikezakheim4583]

Want UNRWA or Red Cross for aid to help

[@skippygotrobbed]

Uber Eats.

[@skippygotrobbed]

Uber Eats

[@saposapo1]

lol, they have water? lol they are so lame

[@user-ob9by6cy9w]

🤣🤣🤣

[@user-ob9by6cy9w]

Who's paying them to starve, Hamas?? 😂😂😂

[@eaglesfan226]

You’ve been watching too much Fauda. There are no Hamas sympathizers at Princeton University.

[@CK77460]

No that would be Israel, they are really into starving people to death at the moment.

[@Akhilesh_VVN]

Ya,it’s clearly understandable . Just like Netanyahu gives money for Jews to settle in occupied West Bank, it’s understandable that Zionists think that everyone needs to be paid, even if it’s protest for innocent lives getting killed thousands of miles away.

[@bobbobbington3615]

AAHHHAHAHAAAA!!!

[@susanwagner8696]

What’s with the stupid hats?

[@Narrantem_YT]

They might take a while to starve, ya know

[@annmarie1569]

Starve..... America has a problem with obesity and fasting is great for your metabolism 👍

[@user-bg3ce6lq9w]

I commend these students for their determination to fight injustice. I pray for their safety. I am horrified and saddened by the contemptible comments left on this page. May the students read them as a sign that the Palestinian cause is so powerful that it is turning adversaries to lose their mind and humanity. The tide of history is with Palestine.

[@makeroftoys]

The injustice against a group with the stated goal of committing genocide of the Jews? Who then raped and butchered 1200 innocent people before taking 200 captives? The Jews have offered to give them half of the country six times. All they want is the half of the country that was given to them by the international community. The Arabs have 100 times more land… But they still want thelittle piece that the Jews were GIVEN.

[@davidfromamerica1871]

😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄 They must be getting paid a lot of money from Iran..😄😄😄😄😄

[@Akhilesh_VVN]

Ya, everyone who’s protesting, every journalists who gave their life while reporting, every UNRWA worker who died while supplying food, everyone is paid. I can’t really believe that someone can protest against murdering 40,000 people, 15000 children, on their own will, they must be paid. People protesting from all corner of world, every nation, and imagine Iran is such power and influence to pay each one of them. ps- not here to support Iran, and definitely not here to support ruthless Zionists. Who knows next day I go to answer the doorbell, and some Zionists occupy half of my house.

[@nigeljoseph5472]

Wonderful students! Cannot express my admiration sufficiently.

[@griefg2967]

Useful idiots used by Hamas.

[@p2pportal]

⁠to spare us the time & effort, rather than pointing out that your comment is flawed, from both a structural & logical basis, I would simply point you to the reply made to the first exhibit of your confusion & below average intelligence. (SEE Comment by @jkgcank9 above that starts with “Extreme Measures??” About 3 or 4 up from this one…)