The #occupation has ended
We are being threatened with judicial #prosecution for protesting against #genocide.so we are leaving.
But we _will_ be back.
Yesterday, we occupied the rectorate in an escalation to further pressure on the #university.
Our rector (Petra De Sutter) called the police and had her own students and staff members violently arrested.
I we won't leave the occupations, legal consequences will follow for 3 students that were identified.
Us leaving UFO does not mean our fight is over. We'll keep protesting until we've achieved a FULL academic boycott.
Untils #UGent 's complicity in genocide stops. Until a free palestine
The occupation was but a method in our battle. We'll be back in other forms, sooner than you think.
#UGhent has sent the police
When we, the #students, raise our voice, when we come to your doorstep to demand action, when the university can't ignore us anymore, the #Ugent seds the #police to #repress their students!
Today we saw 50 riot cops, 10 police vans, 5 dogs, over 20 #wounded and 2 hospitalized students!
How many times we heard we were a 'safety risk'? Today, UGent has shamelessly risked our safety!
Come and support us!
Come to Ekkergem Police Station, right now.
Bring food, drinks and cuddles and your loud voice!
Are you affiliated with #Ughent? Please sign the open letter!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zjd2cqot-IlSDnHTX0DrEodUe1b34n8r4XONYqJ7Xy8/edit?tab=t.0

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📢 TALK WITH PETRA — MONDAY 16:00 @ REFAATALAREER (ufo building)
After days of pressure, #UGent rector Petra De Sutter is finally coming to our open spokescouncil inside the occupied Refaat Alareer - ufo- building.
Last week, the #university shut the door on public dialogue, unilaterally ended negotiations, and responded to student protest with an eviction order. They wanted closed-door talks with a small delegation. We refused.
An #academic #boycott of #Israeli institutions is not an internal issue to be managed behind closed doors. It is a topic that concerns the entire university community, and society at large.
Two years after UGent promised to cut 13 institutional ties, only ONE has actually been terminated.
On Monday, we demand public #accountability:
no more delays,
no more empty promises,
no more complicity.
✊ Join us Monday at 16:00 in Refaat.
Show that students, staff, and supporters stand together.
OUR DEMAND REMAINS UNCHANGED:
CUT ALL TIES WITH INSTITUTIONS of the zionist entity
UGent vraagt bezetters van Campus Coupure om vrijwillig te vertrekken, actievoerders spreken van ‘hypocriet uitzettingsbevel’
#Palestina #Gaza #genocide #AcademischeBoycot #UGent #Israel

De Universiteit Gent heeft vandaag de actievoerders die sinds 22 april een gebouw op Campus Coupure bezetten formeel gevraagd om de bezetting stop te zetten. De universiteit geeft de bezetters tijd tot vrijdag 8 mei om 10 uur om vrijwillig te vertrekken.
RE: https://kolektiva.social/@occupy_ugent/116531894767359298
Can't be there as I have to teach in Kortrijk tomorrow, but my full support.
#UGent needs to do better.
Our planning for sunday 3rd of May:
10:00 morning briefing
14:00 collective reading of 'Discourse on #Colonialism'
16:00 spokes council
20:00 film screening '#Palestine 36'
All welcome at the Refaat #Encampent at #Ughent university (campus coupure, blok E)
#ugent #studentenbezetting #stopGenocide #endComplicity #gent #belgium
Students are making a valid point.
edit: corrected a few typos in the alt text. The right banner reads "69000+ deaths, 0 ties broken" in Dutch.