AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS — Students in the Netherlands and Belgium occupied parts of the universities of Amsterdam and Ghent on Monday to protest against Israel’s war against Hamas, joining international student protests inspired by those on US campuses.
At a campus of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in downtown Amsterdam, hundreds of students set up camp, pitching dozens of tents, playing in drum circles, and barricading access with wooden pallets.
The students want UvA and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) to stop their partnerships with Israel.
In neighboring Belgium, some 100 students also occupied a part of Ghent’s university, UGent.
Footage shared on social media shows students surrounded by tents chanting, “Hey hey, ho ho, the occupation has to go” in one of UGent’s buildings.
No. You identify a state with its govenment and both with the people. Any progressive vision of history would be of the table if you were right.
I understand the impetus in face of a horrible situation, but it doesn’t help.
Imagine talking to progressives on either side. That kind of simplification only makes sense from a total outside view.
Hope lies in understanding societies inner conflicts. Change for the better just as well