Early on Tuesday morning, police began clearing a building that has been occupied by pro-Palestinian activists at the French-Medium Free University of Brussels (ULB). The activists had been protesting here for around a month against the ULB's co-operation with Israeli institutions.
Police end pro-Palestinian occupation at Brussels Francophone Free University (ULB)
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The activists they believe that ULB’s co-operation with Israeli academic institutions promotes Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip and violence against Palestinian civilians.
The university’s Vice-Chancellor Annemie Schaus had asked the demonstrators to leave Building B on ULB’s Solbosch Campus, but they refused to end their sit-in.
Violence and vandalism
Ms Schaus says that she no longer wishes to tolerate "vandalism and threats". With this she is referring to graffiti that has been sprayed on campus and a brawl at the ULB in which a Jewish student and a security guard were injured.
Despite the Vice-Chancellor’s request for them to leave the protesters stayed put. The occupation came to an end on Tuesday morning when a large number of police were sent to the ULB campus to remove the protesters.