Amsterdam: Campuses Closed for Pro-Palestinian Protests

Amsterdam (Netherlands), 13/05/2024.- The Mobile Unit (ME) storms the building of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) on the Roeterseiland campus, during a pro-Palestinian protest in the center of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 13 May 2024. Earlier in the day, several thousand demonstrators, including students and employees of the UvA, gathered on the Roeterseiland campus. The demonstrators want universities to cut ties with Israeli institutions and with companies that protest from them. (Protestas, tormenta, Países Bajos; Holanda) EFE/EPA/RAMON VAN FLYMEN

May 14, 2024 Hour: 5:13 pm

The University of Amsterdam cancelled classes and closed all campus buildings after a destructive day of pro-Palestinian protests on Monday.

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The board of directors of the University of Amsterdam issued a statement saying that it could not guarantee the safety of people on campus after a violent confrontation group between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and police.

The event took place in the context of a peaceful protest in favor of Palestine, this Monday. Where protesters called for a breakdown of relations with Israel or a sharp reduction.

University authorities called the police who brutally repressed the demonstrators. Even university professors were attacked by police forces.

University of Amsterdam faculty joined students in a walkout to protest Dutch police forcibly clearing out student encampments and supported their calls to sever ties with Israeli universities. pic.twitter.com/MHsoet9qe2

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May 13, 2024

Last week the Dutch high school house also experienced police repression against pro-Palestinian protests, that time with a bulldozer which erected several tents of demonstrators.

Despite not having the magnitude of the US protests, the violence escalated unexpectedly, according to a history student, “I had never seen such violence”.