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Mass Gaza Protests in Karachi; Police Crack Down on Student Protests in Germany, Netherlands

HeadlineApr 17, 2025

Protests against Israel’s assault on Gaza continue. Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people marched through the Pakistani city of Karachi in solidarity with Palestinians.

On Wednesday, police in Berlin violently arrested Palestinian solidarity protesters in front of Humboldt University. That followed similar scenes in the Netherlands on Monday, when Dutch police used batons to beat protesters who had occupied a campus building to demand the University of Amsterdam cut ties with Israeli institutions.

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