On the third day of the student protests in the Netherlands, students and staff are brutally attacked by riot police, tear gas, dogs and bulldozers. Dozens have been arrested and injured.

On Monday, hundreds of students started their encampment on Roeterseilandcampus of the University of Amsterdam. Their demands are:

1) disclose all ties with zionist institutions

2) Boycott all zionist institutions

3) Divest from all zionist institutions. At 03:00 AM, police forcefully evicted the camp with violence and bulldozers, arrested 140 students and seriously injured many of them. Two students remain in custody.

The following day, Tuesday, a solidarity protest organized by UvA staff mobilized thousands. They succesfully drove cops off campus and marched through the streets of Amsterdam, circumventing police blockades. At the beginning of the evening, UvA buildings at Oudemanhuispoort were occupied and barricaded.

On Wednesday, after negotiating for one hour, the UvA board of directors walked away from the negotiations and sent in the riot police. Thousands of students, staff and supporters of Palestine joined the occupation to defend the students. The Battle of Amsterdam is still ongoing. Police is using all weapons and extreme violence.

Meanwhile, students in the Dutch city of Utrecht have also started their second occupation, after their first occupation on Tuesday got brutally evicted the same night.

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