Harvard and Brown Students' Hunger Strikes Spark Debate

Recent hunger strikes at Harvard and Brown Universities, aimed at showing solidarity with Palestine, have been met with criticism and mockery.

More than 30 Harvard students participated in a 12-hour hunger strike to show solidarity with Brown University students on an eight-day hunger strike.
The hunger strikes aimed to pressure universities to divest from companies tied to Israel's actions in Palestine, but have been criticized as performative.
Brown University President Christina Paxson stated that the university consistently rejects calls to use its endowment for political advocacy on contested issues.
Critics argue that the hunger strikes demonstrate a misunderstanding of the conflict's complexity and trivialize the concept of protest.
The actions have sparked a wider debate on campus activism and the effectiveness of hunger strikes as a form of protest.