Hundreds of pro-Israel students and community members gathered to protest “terrorist support” on campus Sunday afternoon, as pro-Palestine demonstrators congregated to “defend” the student encampment at White Plaza. Though protestors chanted and carried flags on both sides, both groups dispersed without incident after several hours.
Youth Demand and Palestine Action carried out the stunt as part of its campaign demanding that both the Conservative Party and Labour pledge to impose a ban on selling arms to Israel.
Pro-Palestine protests have erupted on college campuses across the United States. Columbia University in New York City was the first to revolt. Weeks later, demonstrations and encampments have popped up at over 40 colleges nationwide, all calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and divestments against Israel. The impact on college life has been palpable. On
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. After days of negotiations between McMaster University and the students who set up a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, the school now says it will consider making changes to meet some of the demands, but only after protesters pack up their tents and leave. Encampment organizers are not happy with the proposal from the university, saying […]
Communities across Australia face the possibility of heightened social unrest as supporters of Palestine call for an escalation in protest action. Activist group Disrupt Wars is urging demonstrators to “shut down your city for Palestine” on Wednesday to mark the 76th anniversary of The Catastrophe. Known in Arabic as The Nakba, the ethnic cleansing episode […]
The police were active in both Amsterdam and Utrecht on Tuesday evening as several hundred demonstrators took to the streets to show their support for Palestine and to call for an end to the hostilities. In Utrecht, the police broke up a gathering of around 150 students next to the university’s main library who had set up tents and erected barricades in the late afternoon. Some of them refused to leave and around 50 people were arrested shortly after midnight.
Several hundred demonstrators took over the main University of Amsterdam building on the Roeterseiland campus on Monday afternoon, as the pro-Palestine protests continued. The university authorities have alerted the police and called on everyone who is not part of the protest group to leave the building. They have also closed the Maagdenhuis administration offices in the city centre as a precaution. According to broadcaster NOS, mayor Femke Halsema is currently discussing the situation with...
Riot police were again drafted in to disperse some 2,000 pro-Palestine demonstrators who had gathered on the Spui in the city centre on Thursday evening after marching through town. However, the demonstration ended peacefully after the organisers urged the protestors themselves to go home, following two-minutes silence for the victims of the war in Gaza, local broadcaster AT5 reported. “This was a peaceful demonstration,” the spokesman said. “We want our demonstrations to be peaceful we are not...
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Riot police were again drafted in to break up protests by pro-Palestine supporters in Utrecht and Amsterdam on Wednesday night. In Utrecht, some 40 people were picked up at the university location on the Drift and moved to a new location by bus, but were not arrested, police said early on Thursday morning. They had refused to comply with a university ultimatum to move which was given shortly after midnight. The university later issued a statement saying all its
Seven protesters were arrested for incidents involving ‘offensive placards and chants, violence and sexual assault’
Pro-Palestine protests have continued at multiple universities this weekend, with students attempting to send a message during their commencement ceremonies. Student at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill protested outside campus buildings, splattering red paint on the steps of one, the News and Observer reported. “Today is UNC’s graduation commencement and students have established an