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Collaboration with Israel

Collaboration with Israel

Scientific collaborations with Israel have come under increasing pressure as a result of the war in Gaza.

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UvA lecturers call on government to condemn Israel’s arrest of Jesse van Schaik

20 mei 2026 - 12:43

UvA lecturers call on government to condemn Israel’s arrest of Jesse van Schaik

A group of lecturers of UvA student Jesse van Schaik has, in a joint appeal, addressed the Executive Board of the UvA and the Dutch government. They believe that Van Schaik’s arrest by Israel should be condemned “in the strongest possible terms”.

Palestinian student Tariq Abu Khalefa: "I was afraid I would blackout"

6 november 2025 - 15:06

Tariq Abu Khalefa

Master’s student in Private Law Tariq Abu Khalefa (33) fell into a months-long depression after 7 October 2023. In an instant, the world of the UvA student with Palestinian roots was turned completely upside down, both personally and at the university. Yet even during his studies, he managed to la...

UvA’s boycott of Israel leads to polarisation instead of dialogue

22 oktober 2025 - 13:00

Boycott of Israel or not?

The recent decision by the Board and deans of the UvA to temporarily suspend institutional collaborations with Israeli partners and to investigate the termination of ongoing Horizon projects raises serious concerns, argues law student Feike Otto van der Zee. “This decision reflects a university in...

UvA blacklisted by US state of Florida

20 oktober 2025 - 15:45

Florida State University in Tallahassee

The government of the US state of Florida has published an official document online listing organisations and institutions worldwide that have been blacklisted by Florida for boycotting Israel. Dutch universities, including the UvA, have been on the list since the end of September.

UvA wants to end all collaborations with Israel

15 oktober 2025 - 14:14

Protest at REC

The UvA has announced its intention to withdraw early from its ten research collaborations with Israel, if there is legal room to do so. This was stated today in a joint letter from the Executive Board and all deans to students and staff. The UvA also said it will no longer enter into any new collab...

UvA activists won’t stop demonstrating with peace in Gaza

9 oktober 2025 - 15:18

Protesters at the Maagdenhuis

When the war between Israel and Hamas eventually ends, pro-Palestinian activists will continue demonstrating at the UvA. According to protest groups, Palestinians will remain oppressed even under a peace agreement. “Until they have self-determination, we will not stop.”

Han van der Maas | I have no blood on my hands

8 oktober 2025 - 14:10

Han van der Maas | I have no blood on my hands

The pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Amsterdam have long overshot their target, writes Han van der Maas. “The UvA is not the enemy. This internal left-wing struggle over a few European Horizon projects achieves nothing positive.”

After months of silence, a major pro-Palestine protest returns to the UvA

6 oktober 2025 - 15:45

Protesters at the Maagdenhuis

For the first time this academic year, another large pro-Palestinian protest took place. A long march went from Roeterseiland to the Maagdenhuis. Protesters demanded – once again – that the UvA calls the situation in Gaza genocide and severs all ties with Israeli institutions.

Our report scientifically substantiates complicity

23 september 2025 - 07:30

Scientific cooperation with Israel is under severe pressure.

In his opinion piece, Jeroen Bruggeman repeats (unscientific) viewpoints that have been used over the past years to support Israel’s continued destruction of Gaza, argue Erella Grassiani and Yolanda Jansen on behalf of the joint authors of the report (Ir)responsible Academic Ties, which is being p...

The images from Gaza clearly cloud our thinking

18 september 2025 - 11:30

The siege of Gaza.

In order to improve the fate of the Palestinians in Gaza, it would be good if various options were analysed scientifically, but according to Jeroen Bruggeman, this is not happening.

UvA will not pull out of ongoing research collaborations with Israel for now

17 september 2025 - 10:45

UvA will not pull out of ongoing research collaborations with Israel for now

All ongoing research collaborations of the UvA with Israel receive funding through the Horizon Europe programme. Six of these started after the outbreak of the conflict in Gaza, Folia reported last week. Is it still possible to sever ties with Israel within this multi-million-euro programme? “If y...

Open Letter | UvA professors demand complete termination of all collaborations with Israeli universities

12 september 2025 - 14:30

The Maagdenhuis.

This afternoon, more than seventy UvA professors sent an open letter to UvA Rector Peter-Paul Verbeek and Vice President Richard Goldstein calling for the immediate termination of “all collaborations” with academic institutions in Israel.

UvA entered into six new partnerships with Israel during the Gaza conflict

9 september 2025 - 17:04

Pro-Palestine protest on the UvA campus

After the start of the conflict in Gaza, the UvA entered into six new partnerships with Israel. Four of these were established after the large pro-Palestinian demonstrations in May 2024.

Third academic year into a genocide – where was the UvA?

8 september 2025 - 14:27

Third academic year into a genocide – where was the UvA?

Since January 2024, the International Court of Justice has been talking about a “plausible risk” of genocide in Gaza. Meanwhile, the UvA is anxiously debating protest slogans and political posters, instead of evaluating its own role with regard to war crimes, says associate professor Candida Leo...

UvA Rector Verbeek: “Protest may be sharp, but never hostile”

1 september 2025 - 16:36

UvA Rector Verbeek: “Protest may be sharp, but never hostile”

Contrary to tradition, the academic year was not opened today by the president of the executive board, but by the rector magnificus. “These are turbulent times for science.” This statement was confirmed when several pro-Palestinian demonstrators refused to leave the building, prompting Verbeek...

Opening of academic year cancelled after disruption by protesters

1 september 2025 - 16:30

Protesters hold up signs

The opening of the academic year was suspended by Rector Magnificus Peter-Paul Verbeek after demonstrators refused to leave the building. The rector was able to finish his speech, but the remainder of the programme was cancelled.

UvA staff must now assess collaborations themselves using ethical framework

2 juli 2025 - 16:45

Pro-Palestineprotest

Yesterday, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) published an ethical framework that UvA employees must use to assess all collaborations with third parties. The university developed this framework in response to last year’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations and it monitors ties with parties in war zones.

UvA will not enter into new partnerships with Israel via EU fund

20 juni 2025 - 12:38

UvA will not enter into new partnerships with Israel via EU fund

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) will not enter into any new research collaborations with Israeli institutions via Horizon Europe. Horizon is the most important partnership for individual researchers with Israeli institutions. The UvA has decided to suspend these collaborations following an investi...

Steerless UvA must take action against chaos and polarisation

10 juni 2025 - 12:45

The encampment at REC.

The UvA seems trapped in a pattern of facilitating protests, while a steerless administration undermines the academy, according to law student Feike Otto van der Zee. He wonders what this means for the future of the UvA.

Peter-Paul Verbeek: ‘Not genocide, but genocidal violence’

5 juni 2025 - 15:14

Rector Magnificus Peter-Paul Verbeek.

On second thought, rector magnificus and deputy chair of the Executive Board Peter-Paul Verbeek has decided not to use the word “genocide”. An interview about his dilemmas and his conversations with the protesters this week. “It would be very presumptuous of me to think that I could determine ...

Liveblog | Talks between Executive Board and protesters collapsed

4 juni 2025 - 18:20

Liveblog | Talks between Executive Board and protesters collapsed

On Monday, demonstrators again pitched their tents near the Roeterseiland campus. They demanded that the UvA cut all ties with Israeli universities. Talks collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. The protesters say they see no room for further talks.

The University of Amsterdam now refers to “genocide”, but is struggling with next steps

3 juni 2025 - 15:20

The University of Amsterdam now refers to “genocide”, but is struggling with next steps

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) has called the situation in Gaza “genocide”. The university made this statement after talks with pro-Palestinian demonstrators who have been occupying a field on campus since Monday. The UvA board and deans are not yet in agreement on the next steps to be taken.

“Enough talk. Break ties with Israel now”

3 juni 2025 - 08:00

The encampment on REC.

UvA employees support the student protest on Roeterseiland and want the Executive Board to take immediate action. “Any delay of meaningful action on our part is irresponsible.” In the submitted letter, the employees demand to sever ties with institutions “contributing to genocide” in Gaza ...

UvA must immediately suspend ties with Israeli institutions, say CSR and COR

28 mei 2025 - 14:00

Occupation of the Maagdenhuis on 14 April

All cooperation with Israeli institutions must be suspended immediately, according to a letter sent to the University of Amsterdam (UvA) by the Joint Assembly (GV) of the COR and CSR. That co-determination council also wants the UvA to assess any cooperation with Israeli institutions for possible el...

Sit-in at FNWI against UvA ties with Israeli institutions

23 mei 2025 - 10:45

Sit-in at Science Park

On Thursday afternoon, a silent sit-in took place on the central staircase of the main building of the Faculty of Science (FNWI) at Science Park. Around thirty students and lecturers sat together in silence, while the sound of a beating heart echoed through the hall.

Student council election debate focuses mainly on ties with Israel

8 mei 2025 - 16:56

Student council election debate focuses mainly on ties with Israel

The annual student council elections will begin on 9 May. The final debate preceding the elections took place this afternoon at the Room for Discussion debate platform. Emotions ran high among the four parties participating in the direct elections for the Central Student Council (CSR): “Your party...

Palestine is a litmus test, and the UvA is deliberately failing it

8 mei 2025 - 11:35

Tents on the lawn of Roeterseilandcampus.

One year after the start of the protests on Roeterseiland, master’s student Zep van de Visse calls on the Executive Board to show its human face. “Have some empathy. Violence against people solves nothing and only incites violence against objects.”

UvA staff hold reading marathon as pro-Palestine protest at REC

6 mei 2025 - 12:17

Reading marathon at REC

Exactly one year after the fierce pro-Palestine protests at the UvA, staff will read continuously from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, on the REC about the conflict between Israel and Palestine. With the reading marathon, they are calling for the severing of ties between the UvA and compli...

Are student exchanges with Israeli universities enriching or risky?

30 april 2025 - 15:23

Airplane

The activists who occupied the Maagdenhuis building this month demanded, among other things, that the University of Amsterdam (UvA) ends all student exchanges with Israel. Do these exchanges strengthen students' academic development or do they pose too great an ethical risk?

Photo report | A recap of yesterday's Maagdenhuis occupation

15 april 2025 - 15:30

Photo report | A recap of yesterday's Maagdenhuis occupation

Yesterday, a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied the Maagdenhuis.The police eventually put a forceful end to the occupation. A recap in ten photos.

This was the Maagdenhuis occupation: 13 arrests, graffiti on the walls and heavy blows from the police.

15 april 2025 - 13:40

Agents in combat with demonstrators

Tuesday morning, UvA students, staff and the board woke up after the turbulent occupation of the Maagdenhuis, during which the riot police intervened and thirteen arrests were made.

Read back | Building empty, but full of barricades and graffiti on walls

14 april 2025 - 11:28

Read back | Building empty, but full of barricades and graffiti on walls

Activists occupied the Maagdenhuis today. They are demanding that the University of Amsterdam cut ties with Israeli universities that are, in their view, complicit in genocide. The UvA has since filed a police report.

Letters | So-called ‘Jewish establishment’

29 maart 2025 - 09:36

Demonstrators at the REC demand a break in ties with Israel.

It is time that the Jewish establishment organisation showed its colours in the debate surrounding Hebrew University, writes a UvA alumnus and former employee.

Forty UvA alumni have returned their diplomas in anger over the UvA’s Israel policy

28 maart 2025 - 15:34

An UvA alumnus with her degree in debate with a pro-Palestinian demonstrator

This afternoon, some forty predominantly Jewish UvA alumni handed in their UvA diplomas to the president of the board, Edith Hooge, in protest against the non-renewal of the UvA’s student exchange programme with the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. “The UvA based its decision on a confusing repor...

The UvA should cut ties with not just one but all complicit Israeli institutions

28 maart 2025 - 10:58

A protest march at the UvA to sever ties with Israeli institutions.

After more than a year of discussion and deliberation, the University of Amsterdam has finally taken a first step towards taking minimal responsibility for its ties with Israeli institutions complicit in genocide. But this is not enough, argue Kanad Bagchi, Yolande Jansen and Arjen Noordhof.

The symbolic return of diplomas is an act of provocation

27 maart 2025 - 12:34

The symbolic return of diplomas is an act of provocation

Did the 50 Jewish-Dutch public figures returning their UvA diplomas on Friday read the report of the committee that recommended severing ties with Hebrew University? UvA scholars Erella Grassiani and Noa Roei question this. “It is an act of provocation, distraction, and polarization meant to press...

Pro-Palestine demonstrators chalk pavement at Roeterseiland during spontaneous protest

24 maart 2025 - 14:50

Pro-Palestine activists chalk slogans on pavement on Roeterseiland

On Monday afternoon, there was a small protest by pro-Palestine activists on the Roeterseiland campus. They wrote slogans on the pavement and around the bridge. They are once again demanding that the University of Amsterdam cut all ties with Israel.

UvA boycott of Hebrew University “completely divorced from reality”

19 maart 2025 - 08:00

UvA boycott of Hebrew University “completely divorced from reality”

Hebrew University in Jerusalem does not agree with the termination of student exchanges with the UvA. Professor Netta Barak-Corren spits her venom about the UvA decision in no uncertain terms. “Hebrew University is not involved in military decisions.”

Essay on student protests: ‘Adults have something to lose, young people have something to win’

14 maart 2025 - 13:00

A pro-Palestina protest

The recent student protests against Israeli violence in the Gaza Strip prompted Lodewijk van Oord to write the book Protesteren voor beginners (Protesting for Beginners). Young people are taking to the streets more and more often, he observes. “Young students who are protesting for the first time ...

UvA: no renewal of exchange with Hebrew University of Jerusalem

13 maart 2025 - 16:14

UvA: no renewal of exchange with Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The UvA will stop student exchange with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for now due to the risk of human rights violations by the Israeli university. The UvA came to this decision after a recommendation from a special, independent committee.

I no longer wish to be an Honorary Fellow at the University of Amsterdam

20 februari 2025 - 15:00

I no longer wish to be an Honorary Fellow at the University of Amsterdam

Emeritus professor of communication science Ed Tan is furious with the University of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) for collaborating with Israeli universities. He has relinquished his status as Honorary Fellow. “I no longer wish to act as a standard bearer fo...

UvA wants to move planned ‘die-in’, protesters do not agree

11 februari 2025 - 16:42

UvA wants to move planned ‘die-in’, protesters do not agree

The planned demonstration tonight at the ABC building may not take place there by the UvA because of the expected “large numbers of visitors” from outside the university. The UvA has designated Building-E or the bridge over the Nieuwe Achtergracht as a location, but the protesters do not agree.

UvA may take punitive measures against demonstrators at Brekelmans interview

7 februari 2025 - 12:55

UvA may take punitive measures against demonstrators at Brekelmans interview

The UvA is currently investigating whether “punitive measures” can be taken against students and staff who disrupted the public interview with Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans last Wednesday. “This feels like the UvA is sitting in a legal chair.”

Rector Verbeek pleads for connection at dies natalis ending with Palestine protest

17 januari 2025 - 10:36

The UvA's Executive Board.

After a year in which togetherness at the university was sometimes hard to find, rector magnificus Peter-Paul Verbeek pleads for “sense of community” during the 393rd dies natalis of the UvA. Some 40 pro-Palestine demonstrators hold a noise demonstration on the Spui.

We need not take seriously a boycott that everyone already knows does not work

13 december 2024 - 15:45

Demonstrations were held all this week against for a boycott of Israeli universities.

A group of academics and students mistakenly claim that the Netherlands can stop a war thousands of kilometres away by severing university ties with Israel, writes sociologist Jeroen Bruggeman. According to him, this sounds so other-worldly that it can hardly be taken seriously. Or is there somethin...

Third party collaborations at UvA: thoroughness cannot excuse inaction

12 december 2024 - 14:45

Third party collaborations at UvA: thoroughness cannot excuse inaction

The UvA Executive Board’s proposed review framework for cooperation with third parties makes significant progress over the current framework, but fails to ensure democratic participation and transparency and risks allowing cherry-picking. Urgent action is crucial to suspend ties with Israeli inst...

Han van der Maas | If political right discovers the boycott tool, academic freedom is really in danger

11 december 2024 - 13:36

A walk-out earlier this year at the UvA

Why should collaborations with scientists in Israel actually be boycotted by Dutch universities, Han van der Maas wonders. “That this would have any effect on the war is a gross self-aggrandisement. On the Israeli government, such an action makes no impression whatsoever.”

New review framework for third-party collaborations UvA coming up

9 december 2024 - 14:02

Demonstrations at the REC include among others collaborations with external parties.

The updated, comprehensive assessment framework with which the UvA will assess its external collaborations is just about ready. Before the Christmas break, it will be submitted to the participation council for advice. Guest lectureships, internships or joint papers will not be considered institution...

UvA-president Edith Hooge: “Taking a stand as a university undermines free science”

27 november 2024 - 09:35

UvA-president Edith Hooge: “Taking a stand as a university undermines free science”

At Room for Discussion on Tuesday night, board president Edith Hooge talked a lot about last May’s pro-Palestine demonstrations. “When I came here, I found an organisation that was in shock in its own way.”

Students and teachers with residence permits think twice before demonstrating

25 november 2024 - 09:47

Police at pro-Palestine demonstration at Binnengastterrein UvA in May this year.

To demonstrate or not to demonstrate? Students and staff who are on a residence permit in the Netherlands worry that participating in a protest is not without consequences. “I don’t want participation in a protest, however peaceful, to affect my right to stay in the Netherlands.”

Pro-Palestine demonstration on Roeterseiland during UvA's Open Campus Day

22 november 2024 - 17:07

Pro-Palestine protesters hold a sit-in at The Bridge of REC.

During the last day of UvA's Open Campus Day, 40 pro-Palestine protesters held a sit-in. Demanding that the UvA cut their ties with Israel and speak out against the genocide in Gaza. They called on bystanders, including high school students, to join the sit-in.

REC-A windows again defaced and destroyed by Palestine protesters

30 oktober 2024 - 10:48

REC-A windows again defaced and destroyed by Palestine protesters

On Tuesday night, pro-Palestine protesters defaced Roeterseiland building ABC again. The windows of the building's entrance were also heavily damaged. The UvA is pressing charges.

Liveblog | Walk-out and demonstration at both Science Park and Roeterseiland

8 oktober 2024 - 11:34

Liveblog | Walk-out and demonstration at both Science Park and Roeterseiland

Another demonstration has been announced at both Science Park and Roeterseiland. A so-called walk-out is planned at 11am, followed by a noise demonstration at 11.30am.

Israeli human rights professor Neve Gordon: “Israel commits terrorist state attacks”

25 september 2024 - 15:58

Israeli human rights professor Neve Gordon: “Israel commits terrorist state attacks”

Neve Gordon denounces how academic institutions are “repressively trying to nip protests for Palestine in the bud”. On Wednesday evening, the Israeli professor of international law will give a lecture at the UvA. “It is much less safe to be a Muslim in the Netherlands than a Jew.”

Why the protests for Palestine and not for the victims in Yemen, Sudan or Congo?

10 september 2024 - 11:57

Why the protests for Palestine and not for the victims in Yemen, Sudan or Congo?

The motives of pro-Palestine protesters have many shortcomings, writes UvA sociologist Jeroen Bruggeman. “Cutting ties with Israel is easy and would give the protesters great satisfaction, but does it benefit Palestinians?”

The first Palestine demonstration of this academic year took place on Friday. How did the day go?

9 september 2024 - 16:07

The first Palestine demonstration of this academic year took place on Friday. How did the day go?

Last Friday, another Palestine demonstration took place on the Roeterseiland campus. Around a thousand demonstrators attended this. How did the day develop?

Slideshow | This is how the first pro-Palestine demonstration of the new academic year went down

9 september 2024 - 15:34

Slideshow | This is how the first pro-Palestine demonstration of the new academic year went down

Last Friday, over a thousand students and employees gathered at the Roeterseiland campus for the first pro-Palestine demonstration of the new academic year. A march to the Maagdenhuis followed later in the day. A chronological overview of the day in photos.

Read back | Demonstration over, protest calm and without violence

6 september 2024 - 16:00

Read back | Demonstration over, protest calm and without violence

Occupy group Amsterdam Encampment has announced a protest today at 2pm on the Roeterseiland campus. The UvA states it will ‘not intervene immediately at the first tents’. We will keep you updated on developments in this liveblog. Unfortunately, the blog is Dutch-only.

Can ties with Israeli universities indeed be cut so easily?

8 juli 2024 - 13:05

Can ties with Israeli universities indeed be cut so easily?

Cut ties with Israel: That is the main demand of the protesters who have been organizing protests for Palestine for months at the UvA and other universities. The UvA previously published a list of collaborations. But to what extent is it possible to terminate them?

Small occupation B building REC, UvA files report | ME evacuates

21 juni 2024 - 17:30

Small occupation B building REC, UvA files report | ME evacuates

Around noon, several students, staff 'and others' occupied classrooms and a toilet block in the B wing of the Roeterseiland campus, Amsterdam.encampment said via an announcement on Instagram. The UvA filed a report mid-afternoon. Around half past four, the ME entered the premises and shortly afterwa...

Demonstration at Science Park “no longer peaceful”

17 juni 2024 - 19:30

Demonstration at Science Park “no longer peaceful”

The pro-Palestine demonstration that began peacefully at Science Park this afternoon is now “no longer peaceful,” according to the UvA. It is currently under review whether an eviction is necessary.

Pro-Palestine protesters block Roetersstraat

13 juni 2024 - 15:37

Pro-Palestine protesters block Roetersstraat

Some 40 pro-Palestine demonstrators block the Roetersstraat. Cars are forced to make a detour. Earlier in the day, the protesters were evicted by police from a squat at Achter Oosteinde.

FNWI students want civil consultation on academic ties with Israel

12 juni 2024 - 13:47

FNWI students want civil consultation on academic ties with Israel

Science faculty students are calling for a citizens’ council on how to sever ties between the UvA and Israeli institutions. Talks between students and the faculty board are ongoing.

Universities don’t want to close the door on Israel

10 juni 2024 - 11:08

Universities don’t want to close the door on Israel

“We will never break ties with an entire country in any case,” rectors of Dutch universities write in the newspaper Trouw. That would only happen if the government advised or imposed it, “as was the case with Russia.”

7 juni 2024 - 15:45

Open letter | Stop Israeli collaborations today

28 mei 2024 - 12:50

Open letter | Stop Israeli collaborations today

The UvA should choose to suspend the eight Israeli collaborations today. This is what hundred UvA employees wrote in an open letter on Monday evening. “There can be no meaningful cooperation on compliance when a rogue government openly defies orders by an international court aiming to prevent geno...

23 mei 2024 - 15:22

Cut ties with Israel? Dijkgraaf is opposed

22 mei 2024 - 10:08

Cut ties with Israel? Dijkgraaf is opposed

Should universities cut their ties with Israel? Students have been demonstrating for that for weeks, now also in Tilburg. But Minister Dijkgraaf thinks, on the contrary, that it would be better for institutions to maintain contact with Israeli universities.

UvA wants to update ethical framework for external collaboration

21 mei 2024 - 12:43

UvA wants to update ethical framework for external collaboration

In response to the events on campus, the Executive Board (CVB) says it “Very much understands the plea of students and employees.” The UvA will therefore develop criteria to assess international collaboration on ethical aspects. Until then, the UvA will not enter into any new collaborative agree...

Would it be better if we did not collaborate with people from the University of Haifa?

20 mei 2024 - 16:00

Would it be better if we did not collaborate with people from the University of Haifa?

At the university we learn how to evaluate a situation based on arguments and underlying evidence. We also learn that an evaluation is never final, but only holds until proven otherwise, argues Jan Bouwens.

17 mei 2024 - 16:45

“It’s not about the broken screens, it's about the genocide of the Palestinians”

17 mei 2024 - 09:37

“It’s not about the broken screens, it's about the genocide of the Palestinians”

Who is responsible for the broken screens or the overturned coffee machine at the demonstration for Gaza is not important, UvA junior lecturer Abhiraj Goswami argues in this opinion piece. “What matters is the complicity of Dutch academic institutions in genocide and the failure to hold their Isr...

What the protests at AUC really reveal

14 mei 2024 - 16:22

What the protests at AUC really reveal

That the pro-Palestine protests at Amsterdam University College (AUC) aim to boycott Israel is highly questionable, argues AUC lecturer Cor Zonneveld. But what then is the aim? “The conflict between protesters and management at AUC can be seen as a renewed attempt to integrate social justice activ...

13 mei 2024 - 14:38

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What happened, who are the protesters, and where do we go from here?

9 mei 2024 - 08:30

What happened, who are the protesters, and where do we go from here?

After a tumultuous week of demonstrations, the UvA’s Binnengasthuisterrein was occupied Tuesday night. The protesters want the university to sever ties with Israel. Five questions about the situation now and last week.

9 mei 2024 - 08:06

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Photo report | Day two of pro-Palestine demonstrations and occupations at the UvA

8 mei 2024 - 12:38

Photo report | Day two of pro-Palestine demonstrations and occupations at the UvA

The ‘solidarity demonstration’ announced on Tuesday morning turned into an occupation of the Binnengasthuisterrein. This is a chronological overview of the day in photos.

6 mei 2024 - 23:15

Kirsty McHenry | Is the UvA waving goodbye to Palestinian flags?

2 mei 2024 - 13:39

Kirsty McHenry | Is the UvA waving goodbye to Palestinian flags?

It is somewhere bitter that red, white and blue flags were so rampant during King’s Day, while at the UvA Palestinian flags are no longer welcome, writes columnist Kirsty McHenry. “It demonstrates how, in the Netherlands, frank displays of national pride may be freely enjoyed, all the while Pale...

Open letter | Protest and Palestine: UvA presents mischaracterisation of the problem

30 april 2024 - 12:15

Open letter | Protest and Palestine: UvA presents mischaracterisation of the problem

Earlier this month The UvA published on her website in interview with rector magnificus Peter-Paul Verbeek about the protest concerning the war in Gaza. The interview contains inaccuracies and lacks context, argue 26 UvA-scholars and scientists in this open letter.

UvA is not cutting ties with Israel (for the moment)

20 februari 2024 - 15:43

UvA is not cutting ties with Israel (for the moment)

The UvA is not suspending “general ties” with Israel at this time. So writes the UvA in response to a letter from Dutch Scholars for Palestine, which asked universities to suspend all “formal and informal ties” with Israeli higher education institutions. “Severing or suspending ties also m...

The Unbearable Lightness of UvA’s Neutrality

13 februari 2024 - 16:05

The Unbearable Lightness of UvA’s Neutrality

When Russia invaded Ukraine, the UvA board did not hesitate to take an unambiguous stance, but in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the board actually wants to remain neutral. That really cannot be, argue Dimitris Bouris, Farid Boussaid, Sarah Bracke, Solange Fontana and Polly Pallister-Wilkins on b...

Pro-Palestine protesters block entrance to Amsterdam University College

5 februari 2024 - 13:05

Pro-Palestine protesters block entrance to Amsterdam University College

The pro-Palestine demonstration that has regularly taken place on the Roeterseiland campus in recent months had moved to Science Park this morning. The access bridge to the AUC grounds was blocked for some time.

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