50 Amsterdam University alumni, including non-Jews, return diplomas after it severs ties with Israel’s Hebrew University

Pro-Palestinian students and academics gathered at the University of Amsterdam’s Roeterseiland (UvA) campus to protest the school administration for not severing ties with Israeli institutions, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 6, 2024. (Photo: Mouneb Taim / INA Photo Agency / Sipa USA)

The University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands has severed its ties with the Hebrew University in Jerusalem claiming that the Israeli academic institution has “close ties with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF),” and the military industry, accusing it of involvement in “systematic violations of human rights.”