‘Literally Shaking’: Student Goes On Anti-Israel Hunger Strike, Blames Princeton Varsity For ‘Weakening’ Her

A Princeton University student and an anti-Israel protester, who had gone on a self-imposed hunger strike, was seen blaming the varsity for purposefully “physically weakening” students in a video that has gone viral on the internet.

Video shows the protester and her group speaking on a megaphone about the New Jersey Ivy League school’s refusal to withdraw support to Israel following terror group Hamas’ unprovoked attack on the Jewish country on October 7, reported the New York Post.

“This is absolutely unfair. My peers and I, we are starving. We are physically exhausted. I am quite literally shaking right now as you can see,” the protester was heard railing into the megaphone in a widely shared video on X.

Last Friday, a hunger strike was initiated by students that urged the university to engage in dialogue concerning divestment and to withdraw criminal and disciplinary charges against two students arrested for setting up tents and 13 others arrested for trespassing in an academic building last month, the Daily Princetonian reported on Monday.

After meeting with the stakeholders on Monday, students said they had no intention of halting their protest, which had left them “immunocompromised,” according to the female protester.

“We are both hot and cold at the same time. We are all immunocompromised and based on the university’s meeting yesterday with some of our bargaining team, they would love to continue physically weakening us because they can’t stand to say no to unjust murder,” the protester said as her peers cheered.

“I will say I truly do not feel like I am doing anything special. This is my choice, and I would not spend my birthday doing anything other than being here,” the protester said despite protests.

“No matter how physically weak we may be, united we have never been stronger,” the student group added as the crowd began to chant, “The people united will never be defeated!”

The student newspaper reported that as of Sunday night, a minimum of 15 students were participating in the hunger strike.

It remained uncertain how this figure might have fluctuated over the course of the week.

In an email to students on Tuesday, school president Christopher Eisgruber, graduate school dean Rodney Priestley, and Amaney Jamal, dean of the School of Public and International Affairs, assured that administrators were collaborating with the protesters.