Police battle pro-Palestine protesters in Amsterdam for the second day running at university demo
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Several hundred demonstrators took over the main University of Amsterdam building on the Roeterseiland campus on Monday afternoon, as the pro-Palestine protests continued. The university authorities have alerted the police and called on everyone who is not part of the protest group to leave the building. They have also closed the Maagdenhuis administration offices in the city centre as a precaution. According to broadcaster NOS, mayor Femke Halsema is currently discussing the situation with...