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2024 University Of Amsterdam Pro-Palestinian Campus Occupations
On May 6, 2024 University of Amsterdam (UvA) students established a 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses, pro-Palestinian protest occupation on the Roeterseiland campus to support Palestinians in Gaza and demand action from administrators. This became the first in a series of 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the Netherlands, pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses throughout the Netherlands. On May 7, 169 people were detained when the police used a bulldozer to break down the barricades after the protesters refused to leave. In response to the protests, UvA published a list of cooperations with Israeli institutions and universities. The university estimated 1.5 million euros in damages after the first week of protests. Background Escalation of protests List of protests Timeline May 6–7: First encampment, eviction, and second occupation On May 6, 2024 University of Amsterdam (UvA) students gathered to protest at Roe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Pro-Palestinian Protests On University Campuses In The Netherlands
On May 6, 2024, pro-Palestinian protests broke out at the University of Amsterdam which quickly spread to other universities in the Randstad and the rest of the Netherlands. Although protests had been taking place as early as October 2023, which marks the start of the Gaza war, the protests intensified in May in the light of the Rafah offensive on May 6 and recent similar protests in the United States and elsewhere. Background Escalation of protests List of protests Timeline Early protests An early protest occurred at Radboud University Nijmegen on 18 October, by students demanding the university cuts all ties with Israeli institutes. A teach-in was held at Leiden University on 9 November 2023. Student protestors demanding the university cut all ties with Israeli organisations protested at Delft University of Technology on 29 November 2023. Other demonstrations followed at Utrecht University in December 2023 and January 2024. Protests were also held at the campuses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demonstrator Showing Palestinian Flag
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A demonstrator may be: * A person performing a demonstration, such as to explain science or technology * A person demonstrating a product for sale live or in an infomercial * An attendee at a political rally * An academic rank * A vehicle adapted to emergency service specification, and issued to locations for use as a prospective emergency vehicle if adopted to that workforce either police, ambulance or fire. * A fountain pen with a transparent body originally used so dealers could show customers how they worked. See Demonstrator pen * ''Demonstrator'' (film) See also * Demonstration (other) Demonstration may refer to: * Demonstration (acting), part of the Brechtian approach to acting * Demonstration (military), an attack or show of force on a front where a decision is not sought * Protest, a public act of objection, disapproval or d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Pro-Palestinian Protests On University Campuses In The Netherlands
The 2025 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the Netherlands are a series of demonstrations, encampments, and building occupations by students and staff at Dutch universities, demanding an end to institutional ties with Israeli academic and research organizations in response to the ongoing war in Gaza and Israeli military actions on the Gaza genocide, genocide of Palestinians. Background Protests against the genocide in Gaza and Dutch university ties with Israeli institutions began as early as October 2023, but escalated in the spring of 2025 following the Israeli offensive in Rafah, the increased awareness of War_crimes_in_the_Gaza_war#By_Israel, war crimes committed by the Israeli army, and the spread of campus protests in the United States and Europe. An investigation revealed that Dutch universities are involved in at least 28 EU-funded research projects with Israeli partners that may benefit the Israeli military, despite rules mandating civilian-only use. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Radboud University Nijmegen Pro-Palestinian Campus Occupation
The pro-Palestinian campus occupations at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands were a series of occupation protests, as part of the broader Gaza war protests. On 13 May 2024 protesters created an encampment, similar to other campus protests in the Netherlands, the United States and other countries. On 20 May a second encampment was established next to the universities' administrative building. On 5 June after the occupation of another university building, police cleared the encampment. The protesters demanded that the university board divest from Israel over its alleged genocide of Palestinians and invasion of the Gaza Strip, and to support Palestinian students and universities. The protests included walkouts, daily marches, temporary occupations, as well as vandalism. Background Pro-Palestinian student protests have been organized at Radboud University since as early as 18 October 2023, and have continued sporadically since then. In April 2024, demonstrators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadia Abu Ghazaleh
Shadia Abu Ghazaleh (; 8 January 1949 – 28 November 1968) was a Palestinian militant. After completing her studies, she joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and was one of the first women to participate in the Palestinian fedayeen opposing the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. She was killed in an accident while preparing a bomb in her home in Nablus. She has been regarded as a martyr in Palestine and a terrorist in Israel. Biography Shadia Abu Ghazaleh was born on 8 January 1949, in the Palestinian city of Nablus, in the Jordanian-occupied West Bank. She was educated at the Fatimid School for Girls in Nablus, and later at the Al-Aishiyah School. While she was still in school, in the early 1960s, she joined the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM). Upon graduating from school, in 1966, she moved to Cairo in the United Arab Republic (modern-day Egypt) where she studied sociology and psychology at Ain Shams University for a year. Following the Israe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Support For Israel In The Gaza War
Following the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel and the outbreak of the Gaza war, the United States has provided extensive military, diplomatic, and financial support to Israel throughout the Gaza war. This included rapid deployment of warships and military aircraft, billions in military aid, expedited weapons shipments —including guided missiles, artillery shells, and advanced defense systems. The U.S. repeatedly vetoed multiple UN ceasefire resolutions and shielded Israel from international legal scrutiny even as civilian casualties in Gaza Strip, Gaza mounted and humanitarian conditions worsened. Despite internal State Department reports documenting more than 500 potential violations of international law by Israel, no action was taken. White House lawyers rejected internal findings that Israel was deliberately blocking humanitarian aid. Gaza war protests in the United States, Protests erupted nationwide, including resignations from over a dozen U.S. officials, and large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Femke Halsema
Femke Halsema (; born 25 April 1966) is a Dutch politician and filmmaker serving as Mayor of Amsterdam since 2018. She is the first woman to hold the position on a non-interim basis. She previously was a member of the House of Representatives for the leftist green party, GroenLinks from 1998 to 2011, and served as the party's parliamentary leader from 2002 to 2010. Early life Family background Halsema was born in 1966 in Haarlem, the Netherlands, in a Dutch Social democracy, social democratic family. They moved to Enschede, a town in the east of the Netherlands, close to the German border (Twente). Her father W. Halsema was a sport teacher and director of the municipal service for physical education, sport and recreation (Dienst lichamelijke opvoeding, sport en recreatie) of Enschede. For a long time, from 1982 until 1994, her mother Olga Halsema-Fles was an Alderman, alderwoman responsible for social affairs and employment for the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (Pv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spui (Amsterdam)
The Spui (. In Old Dutch written as ''Spuy'') is a square in the centre of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The Spui was originally a body of water that formed the southern limit of the city until the 1420s, when the Singel canal was dug as an outer moat around the city. A spui is a lockable water discharge. The word is related to the Dutch verbs ''spuiten'' and ''spuwen'', cognates of the English word ''spewing''. Spui could therefore be translated as ''Spew''. In 1882 the Spui was filled in and became the square that we know today. In 1996 the square was renovated and is now largely car-free. The Spui is hosts a weekly book market on Fridays and a variety of bookstores on or near the square, including two shops dedicated to English-language literature (the American Book Center relocated to the Spui in October 2006). There is also a weekly Sunday art market. The Spui provides entry to the Begijnhof, a medieval courtyard. Tram lines 1 and 2 stop at Spui on Nieuwezi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stopera
The Stopera is a building complex in Amsterdam, Netherlands, housing both the city hall of Amsterdam and the Dutch National Opera and Ballet (formerly Het Muziektheater), the principal opera house in Amsterdam that is home of Dutch National Opera, Dutch National Ballet and Holland Symfonia. The building was designed by Wilhelm Holzbauer and Cees Dam. The name is an abbreviation of the protest slogan "Stop the Opera" and not a portmanteau of ''"st"adhuis'' (Dutch: "city hall") and ''"opera"'' as is often claimed. Because the word 'Stopera' was a name for the protests against the building, the theater has never used this name in its communication. The Stopera is located in the center of Amsterdam at a bend of the Amstel River between Waterlooplein Square and the Zwanenburgwal Canal, on a plot of land called '' Vlooienburg'', which was reclaimed in the early 17th century. The opera house building is shaped like a massive block, with a curved front facing the Amstel river. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booking
Booking may refer to: * Making an appointment for a meeting or gathering, as part of event planning/ scheduling * The intake or admission process into a prison or psychiatric facility. * ''Booking'' (manhwa), a Korean comics anthology magazine published by Haksan * Booking (professional wrestling), the laying out of the plot before a professional wrestling match * An accounting system a.k.a. double-entry bookkeeping system * Booking (clubbing), the practise of forced socialisation in South Korean clubs * Booking Holdings, American company * Booking.com, a website for arranging hotel reservations * Booking, scheduling services performed by a talent agent * The noting of an offending player in professional sports, when they are shown a Penalty card Penalty cards are used in many sports as a means of warning, reprimanding or penalising a player, coach or team official. Penalty cards are most commonly used by referees or umpires to indicate that a player has committed an off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complaint
In legal terminology, a complaint is any formal legal document that sets out the facts and legal reasons (see: cause of action) that the filing party or parties (the plaintiff(s)) believes are sufficient to support a claim against the party or parties against whom the claim is brought (the defendant(s)) that entitles the plaintiff(s) to a remedy (either money damages or injunctive relief). For example, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) that govern civil litigation in United States courts provide that a civil action is commenced with the filing or service of a pleading called a complaint. Civil court rules in states that have incorporated the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure use the same term for the same pleading. In Civil Law, a "complaint" is the first formal action taken to officially begin a lawsuit. This written document contains the allegations against the defense, the specific laws violated, the facts that led to the dispute, and any demands made by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oosterpark (Amsterdam)
The Oosterpark (, "Eastern Park") is the first large park laid out by the municipality of Amsterdam. Located near the Singelgracht of the Mauritskade to the north, it is the principal component of the Oosterpark neighbourhood in the Oost borough. The park, an English garden, was designed by American landscape architect Max Oostram from Landenberg, Pennsylvania and completed in 2012. Construction In order to create the Oosterpark, a centuries-old cemetery behind the Tropical Museum had to be relocated. There were a lot of protests at the time when the municipality of Amsterdam suggested the new plans. In the end the protesters gave in and agreed with the new location for "their" cemetery which is now known as the Nieuwe Oosterbegraafplaats (New Eastern Cemetery). In the park is a pond with a small island. The park also contains a part of the former cemetery. National Slavery Monument The park contains the National Slavery Monument, which commemorates the abolition of slavery in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
