The university’s board says it had cancelled all classes tomorrow and Wednesday and will close all buildings, as it says it cannot guarantee safety for those on campus.
The university has been the scene of
Today’s protest started as a walk out by university staff and students in response to the
The university’s board says this protest was peaceful until a group of masked outsiders joined the original group and started blocking entrances and emergency exits, causing serious damage to the building and its library.
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[IsraelTimes] Anti-Israel protesters have occupied university buildings in the Dutch cities of Amsterdam, Groningen and Eindhoven, condemning the ongoing war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
, the Dutch protest group behind the action says in a statement.
A spokesperson for the University of Amsterdam (UvA) confirms the occupation and says it advised people who are not affiliated with the protest to leave the building.
Videos posted on social media show students wearing keffiyeh scarves and holding anti-Israel signs, with some masked students barricading doors with furniture.
The Eindhoven University of Technology confirms that there are "dozens of students peacefully protesting outside next to ten to 15 tents."
The University of Groningen does not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Students in the Netherlands have been protesting since last week against Israel’s war against Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...in Gaza, sparked by Hamas’s brutal October 7 massacre.
Dutch riot police have previously clashed with protesters at the University of Amsterdam.
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