Hundreds of pro-Palestinian students protest University of Amsterdam for not ending relations with Israeli institutions

Students are demanding that universities divest from companies with ties to Israel, cease-fire in Gaza

Students are demanding that universities divest from companies with ties to Israel, cease-fire in Gaza

Spain, Portugal, Greece, Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

The movement has garnered support from activists both within and outside the campuses.

In a statement today, Columbia President Nemat Minouche Shafik said the university was cancelling in-person classes while denouncing anti-Semitic language and intimidating and harassing behaviour that she said had occurred on campus recently.