USF students start a hunger strike to protest school's investments in pro-Israel companies

Students taking part in a hunger strike gathered in the Marshall Student Center lobby in Tampa ahead of the USF Board of Trustees meeting Monday.

As the war in Gaza continues, 18 University of South Florida students have started a hunger strike to protest the school’s investments in companies they say are helping Israel
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The students — many of whom are members of the group Students for Socialism — gathered in the Marshall Student Center lobby in Tampa Monday ahead of the USF Board of Trustees meeting.

While the group has a number of demands, including university president Rhea Law publicly calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, their largest complaint is with USF investing in five companies: Boeing, Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Caterpillar.