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Amsterdam police break up pro-Palestine student protest
Dutch riot police have broken up a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Amsterdam after demonstrators had vowed to stay put until the institution severed all ties with Israel. Protesters on barricades made of desks, fences, wooden pallets and bricks used fire extinguishers to keep the police at bay, images on the local TV station AT5 showed.
Police hit protesters with batons and used a shovel to knock down the barricades, breaking through in a matter of minutes.
Hundreds of protesters on the narrow streets outside shouted “Shame on you!” as the police pushed them away from the campus site and dragged many protesters away.
The police had detained 169 people early on Tuesday after sometimes violent clashes as they cleared out a similar protest at another site at the university.
Protests at college campuses around the world have exploded in recent weeks as pro-Palestinian students and faculty members rally against Israel’s war on Gaza, in which more than 34,800 people have been killed.
Protesters set up a barricade on May 7, 2024, as students and employees of the University of Amsterdam protest against the war in Gaza and the university leadership after police broke up a student protest camp overnight
Dutch university students demonstrate in support of Palestine
Footage shared online shows students at Utrecht University protesting Israel’s military operation in Gaza. Dozens of protesters can be seen demonstrating in the videos verified by Al Jazeera outside a university building, chanting, “Palestine will be free.”
The US never ceases to surprise. Somehow this wasn't a problem during Covid....
Ohio attorney general warns students in masks could face felony charges
Ohio’s top lawyer advised the state’s public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used to impose felony charges on students who wear face coverings while protesting the war in Gaza.
In a letter sent Monday, after weeks of pro-Palestinian campus protests around the country, Republican Attorney General Dave Yost advised the presidents of Ohio’s 34 public universities to forewarn students about the 1953 law.
“In our society, there are few more significant career-wreckers than a felony charge,” the letter said. “I write to you today to inform your student bodies of an Ohio law that, in the context of some behavior during the recent pro-Palestinian protests, could have that effect.”
Violating this “anti-disguise” law is punishable by a fourth-degree felony charge, up to $5,000 in fines and five years on community control, Yost wrote
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