Police arrest 125, clear pro-Palestinian student camp in Amsterdam
An estimated 125 people have been detained at the University of Amsterdam after the police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment on Tuesday morning.
Although most of the 125 detained students were released a short time later.
Police said some demonstrators threw stones and fireworks on campus.
On Monday, the students set up many tents at the university’s Roeterseiland campus in the Dutch capital.
The students demanded that the university sever all relations with Israel as a protest against the war in Gaza.
The university management and police then asked the demonstrators to leave the campus.
Many demonstrators reportedly agreed to do so, but around 125 remained and were detained when police intervened early Tuesday.
Dutch education minister Robbert Dijkgraaf said he regretted that the police had to be called.
“Universities are precisely places for debate and dialogue,” he said in The Hague.
He added that protests were allowed, “but they must be held in a way that is safe for everyone.”
(dpa/NAN)
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