{"id":167913,"date":"2024-05-15T16:29:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T14:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=167913"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:20","slug":"pro-palestinian-protest-on-woudestein-campus-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/05\/15\/pro-palestinian-protest-on-woudestein-campus-what-to-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestinian protest on Woudestein campus: what to expect?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students will hold a protest in solidarity with Palestine on campus Woudestein on Thursday. Among others, student associations OccupyEUR, Erasmus School of Colour, STUUR Rotterdam and Progressive Students Party will participate.<\/p>\n

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Palestinian flag during the solidarity protest in Rotterdam.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\t

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Update15 May, 6.30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

All buildings on campus Woudestein and Erasmus University College will remain closed on Thursday. Read the full information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n

According to announcements, the students, united under the name Palestine Solidarity Rotterdam, will gather at Erasmus Plaza at 13.00. The participants demand that the university sever relations with Israeli institutions as well as disclose all ties with cooperation partners that profit from or operate from occupied territories. They also demand that the university show solidarity and support for Palestinian students and staff. In addition, the students ask the university to issue a statement on a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Safety first<\/h2>

The Executive Board (EB) also made its voice heard ahead of the protest. The safety of students, staff and participants alike is paramount, the board stressed in an e-mail to all students and staff sent on Tuesday evening. \u201cNaturally, we hope for a respectful and open conversation like the one that has taken place before\u201d, the board wrote. \u201cWe hope to avoid scenes like the one in Amsterdam. We as Erasmus University will not accept discrimination, anti-Semitism, hate speech, vandalism or violence.\u201d At the bottom of the email, the board refers to the house rules for demonstrations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t

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