Dissolution of pro-Palestinian student protests in several European cities

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, citing the Austrian newspaper Die Presse, the police in several The European country stopped and disbanded pro-Palestinian demonstrations in universities on Tuesday.

In Berlin, the capital of Germany, after occupying the courtyard of the Free University of Berlin, the police escorted the pro-Palestinian activists from the place of this protest rally. In Zurich, Switzerland, city police attempted to break up a sit-in at the ETH Zurich University and escorted protesters out of the entrance hallway. At the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the police dismantled a protest camp of supporters of the Palestinians.

The security authorities of this Dutch city announced on Tuesday that during a night operation at the University of Amsterdam, about 125 people were killed after clashes that were sometimes violent. were arrested. Police forces announced: Police intervention was necessary to restore order. Police said police officers were attacked by demonstrators.

Dutch students set up several tents on campus the previous day. In protest of Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, they asked the university authorities to cut all ties with Israel. The university administration and the police asked the demonstrators to leave the area. According to the police, some demonstrators threw stones and incendiary materials. The police of this camp broke up a protest at the Rothersland campus and broke the barricades with shovels in the morning.

Robert Dijkgraaf, the Dutch education minister, expressed regret that the police had to intervene. “Universities are places for discussion,” he said in a speech in The Hague. Protests are allowed, “but they must be done in a way that is safe for everyone.”

In Berlin, pro-Palestinian activists also occupied the courtyard of the Free University of Berlin. In the police announcement, the activists are asked to end the occupation and evacuate the area. About 100 people set up a tent in the courtyard of the university theater in Dehlam area this morning. The university then announced swift action. A spokesman said: “The FU ordered an evacuation and contacted the police.” After repeated calls to clear the area, police forces began removing participants one by one.

Following the occupation, the university partially suspended classes on Tuesday. “We are available for scholarly conversation – but not in this way,” University President Gunter Ziegler said in a statement. lectures to infiltrate the university to occupy them.

The occupiers of the theater courtyard of this university demanded solidarity with the people of Gaza. For this purpose, they also set up a tent in the university campus in Dehlam area. “We occupy the Free University of Berlin,” read one speech. This is done in solidarity with the Palestinian people. The actions of the Israeli army in Gaza were also criticized by protesting students. This group, which acts as the “Berlin Student Coalition”, called for the occupation of German universities and student resistance in solidarity with Gaza.

Several people have also occupied the Audi Max at the University of Leipzig. The university announced that 50 to 60 protesters were involved.

Pro-Palestinian activists also demonstrated at Humboldt University in Berlin on Friday. About 150 people gathered for an unregistered march. The protesters demanded the lecture hall as a gathering place, which the university administration did not allow. As a result, the police started investigating 37 possible cases of sedition and resisting police officers against the protesters.

The police statement stated that financial damage was caused. The university has filed criminal charges. Educational operations have been suspended in the Rust, Silver and Holzlaube buildings.

At ETH Zurich, a few dozen students gathered in the entrance hall shortly before noon. The main hall of the university was occupied, a group called “Students for Palestine (Zurich)” called for these protests on Instagram. The protesters demanded that ETH Zurich take a “clear stance on the ongoing genocide in Gaza”. The group also called on ETH to conduct an “academic boycott” of Israeli institutions and companies that support the Zionist regime. Accordingly, this university should also create transparency and disclose any cooperation with Israeli organizations.

The police of this city gave an ultimatum to the demonstrators. Then he started cleaning the entrance hall. After that, only a few people remained in the entrance hall.

Student protests against the war in Gaza and the Zionist regime have spread across Europe, but not as violently as in the United States. Pro-Palestinian activists also set up a protest camp on the campus of the University of Vienna in Austria in the old AKH neighborhood. The Austrian police observed this gathering and initially saw no reason to disperse it.

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