Dutch police detain 125 people at a pro-Palestinian protesters' camp

Dutch police dispersed pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had set up a tent camp on the Ruterseiland campus of the University of Amsterdam; 125 people were detained, NOS TV said, Report via TASS.

The police, prosecutor's office and municipality made the corresponding decision "due to violations of public order", NOS said. The university asked the demonstrators to disperse several times, but not all protesters agreed. A special police unit arrived at the site at about three o'clock in the morning, after 1.5 hours the action was over, and most of the people were taken away on buses.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up the tent camp Monday afternoon. They called on the University of Amsterdam and other higher education institutions in the Dutch capital, including the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University College of Amsterdam, to end their relations with Israel.

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