- German police dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment at the Free University of Berlin on Tuesday at the request of the school, on claims that demonstrators rejected attempts to engage in dialogue and attempted to occupy rooms and lecture halls. Al Jazeera (LR: 2 CP: 1)
- Earlier that day, police in the Netherlands cleared a protest at the University of Amsterdam, arresting over a hundred people, so as to "restore order," after clashes reportedly broke out on the campus the previous night between rival groups. FOX News (LR: 4 CP: 4)
- In France, police officers moved in at the Sciences Po university to disperse students who had barricaded themselves in the main hall, as well as at the nearby Sorbonne, as protesters occupied an amphitheater for two hours. Guardian (LR: 2 CP: 5)
- The ETH Zurich University in Switzerland also announced that police had begun to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters after repeated requests for them to leave the building. Reuters (LR: 3 CP: 5)
- This comes as campus protests and encampments demanding their institutions cut academic ties with Israel and divest business linked to the country have spread across Europe, including to Oxford and Cambridge in UK. Associated Press (LR: 3 CP: 5)
- Pro-Palestinian Oxbridge students set up so-called "liberated zones" at their universities early Monday morning, with Oxford faculty and staff members issuing a statement backing the demonstrators. Independent (LR: 2 CP: 3)
Left narrative:
- It's no surprise that police officers have forcefully removed peaceful pro-Palestinian student demonstrators. The organized sit-ins at many major European universities, protesting the support of their countries for the Israeli assault on Gaza, were met with similar resistance in America. Hats off to these brave young people who are honoring Europe's centuries-old tradition of standing up to the evils of the day.
EURONEWS
Right narrative:
- It's reasonable that many of the European students trying to replicate college campus protests that have rocked the US do genuinely care for the plight of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, as Hamas uses them as human shields. However, many other protesters have outrageously praised the terror group behind the Oct. 7 attack on Israel — antisemitism has yet again found a home on the left.
EUROPEANCONSERVATIVE
Nerd narrative:
- There's a 70% chance that Israel will have de facto power in the Gaza Strip on January 1, 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
METACULUS (LR: 3 CP: 3)