During pro-Palestinian protests in Amsterdam, the police took action by using batons and detaining 169 individuals. A day earlier, a protest camp at the University of Amsterdam was disbanded by law enforcement, as reported by Reuters.
Eyewitnesses stated that the police intervened to prevent protesters from reaching the Holocaust victims memorial on their way to the city center. Tactics such as batons, pepper spray, and police dogs were employed. Moreover, in the early hours of May 7, a bulldozer was used to clear the barricade set up by protesters to block the path from the university to the canal.
As highlighted by The Insider, student unrest against the Israeli operation in Gaza has also surfaced at American universities. Buildings were occupied at Columbia University in New York, the University of California in Los Angeles, and various other institutions across states like Texas, California, Georgia, and North Carolina. Over a thousand participants in protest actions on these campuses were arrested by the police.
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