2024 University of Amsterdam pro-Palestinian campus occupation

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2024 University of Amsterdam pro-Palestinian campus occupation
Part of 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
DateMay 6, 2024 (2024-05-06) – present
(7 days)
Location
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Casualties
Damage€1.5 million [1]
Detained169[2]

On May 6, 2024 University of Amsterdam (UvA) students established a camp on the Roeterseiland campus to support Palestinians in Gaza and demand action from administrators.[2][3] 169 people were detained when the police used a bulldozer to break down the barricades after the protesters refused to leave.[2] The UvA stopped exchange programs with universities in Israel and published a list of collaborations with Israeli scientists.[4] The university estimated 1.5 million euros in damages.[1]

Background[edit]

Further information: Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
These paragraphs are an excerpt from 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses.[edit]
Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses escalated in April 2024, spreading in the United States and in other countries, as a part of wider Israel–Hamas war protests. The escalation began after mass arrests at the Columbia University campus occupation, led by anti-Zionist groups, in which protesters demanded the university's disinvestment from Israel over its alleged genocide of Palestinians.[5][6] As of May 9, over 2,900 protesters have been arrested,[7] including faculty members and professors,[8][9] on over 60 U.S. campuses,[7] with protests spreading across Europe.[10][11] Some protesters have termed the movement as a "student intifada".[a][15]

Timeline[edit]

May 6[edit]

On May 6, 2024 University of Amsterdam (UvA) students established a camp on the Roeterseiland campus only to have it removed the following morning.[2]

May 13[edit]

On Monday, May 13, teachers and students started another walkout at 11 am and in the afternoon the students began occupying the building.[16]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Arabic term intifada means roughly "uprising" and is often used in the context of Palestinian uprisings in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[12][13][14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b https://nltimes.nl/2024/05/12/university-amsterdam-says-pro-palestinian-protests-caused-eu15-million-damage. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-police-end-pro-palestinian-demonstration-amsterdam-university-2024-05-07/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Pascoe, Robin (2024-05-07). "UvA officials defend police action in ending Palestine protest". DutchNews.nl. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  4. ^ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pro-palestinian-protesters-occupy-amsterdam-university-overnight-local-media-2024-05-08/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "US college protests: Who are the student groups and others involved". Reuters. April 30, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024. Among the lead student groups in the coalition are the Columbia chapters of Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine. The two decades-old anti-Zionism advocacy groups that protest Israel's military occupation have chapters across the country that have been key to protests on other campuses.
  6. ^ Rosman, Katherine (April 29, 2024). "Universities Face an Urgent Question: What Makes a Protest Antisemitic?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 29, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024. Pro-Palestinian student activists say their movement is anti-Zionist but not antisemitic.
  7. ^ a b Rubin, April; Beheraj, Kavya; Lysik, Tory; Chase, Will (May 3, 2024). "Mapped: Where pro-Palestinian student protesters have been arrested". Axios. Archived from the original on May 5, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  8. ^ "Mapping pro-Palestine college campus protests around the world". Al Jazeera. April 29, 2024. Archived from the original on May 1, 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  9. ^ Treisman, Rachel (May 1, 2024). "How some faculty members are defending student protesters, in actions and in words". NPR. Archived from the original on May 2, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024. It's one of several schools around the country where professors are getting arrested at demonstrations, circulating letters in support of arrested protesters and holding no-confidence votes in their administrations.
  10. ^ Kassam, Ashifa (2024-05-08). "Clashes and arrests as pro-Palestinian protests spread across European campuses". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  11. ^ "Pro-Palestinian student protests spread across Europe. Some are allowed. Some are stopped". AP News. 2024-05-07. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  12. ^ "What is an intifada?". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on April 26, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  13. ^ Beauchamp, Zack (2018-11-20). "What were the intifadas?". Vox. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  14. ^ "Intifadas: What you need to know – DW – 12/07/2017". DW. Archived from the original on April 18, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
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  16. ^ https://www.parool.nl/protest-op-uva-campus-roeterseiland/live-protesten-in-amsterdam-uva-doet-aangifte-om-demonstratie-en-sluit-maagdenhuis~b86f603c/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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