Swiss pro-Palestine protest reaches University of Bern

The student pro-Palestine protest has reached the University of Bern. On Sunday evening, about 60 people occupied the University's Unitobler building in the Länggass neighbourhood, as reported by a correspondent for the Keystone-SDA news agency. According to a spokesperson, most of the occupiers were students from the University of Bern. However, all other people are also invited to take part in the protest. In a statement, the occupiers accuse the management of the university of having taken a clear political stance in the Middle East conflict. “Pro-Palestinian employees are being censored. Meanwhile, academic relations are maintained with Israeli institutions. This must stop.”, it declares. "We call on the university to respect the peaceful occupation and enter into dialogue with us," the statement said. No statement was initially available from the university. Pro-Palestine protests also took place in Geneva, Lausanne, and Zurich last week. In Bern, the University decided at the ...