This is a list of pro-Palestinian protests in the Netherlands including demonstrations, marches, sit-ins, direct actions, and campus encampments in support of Palestinian rights.
Estimated attendance is either mentioned explicitly in the references or a midpoint is used, i.e., 50 when dozens are mentioned, 500 when thousands are mentioned, and so on.
Date | Municipality | Estimated attendance | Description | Ref(s) |
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29 November 1980 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration in support of the Palestine Liberation Organization. | [1] |
21 March 1992 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration outside an event organized by the Christenen voor Israël against the construction of the Holland village on occupied territory near Jerusalem. | [2] |
24 February 1995 | ![]() | 700 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [3] |
16 February 1996 | ![]() | 1000 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [4] |
13 April 2002 | ![]() | 10000 | Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. 20 protesters were arrested. Some protesters and police officers were injured. | [5] [6] |
27 March 2004 | ![]() | 100 | Demonstration in the city center, included commemoration of Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin. | [7] |
16 July 2006 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [8] |
31 December 2008 | ![]() | 500 | March through the city center. | [9] |
3 January 2009 | ![]() | 5000 | Demonstration in the city center. One protester was arrested. | [10] |
9 January 2009 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [11] |
15 January 2009 | ![]() | 150 | Demonstration in the city center. | [12] |
10 January 2009 | ![]() | 5 | Demonstration by Enschede artists. | [13] |
17 January 2009 | ![]() | 200 | Demonstration in the city center. Protesters threw shoes at the effigies of Ehud Olmert, George W. Bush, Hosni Mubarak and Jan Peter Balkenende. | [14] |
17 January 2009 | ![]() | 400 | Silent march through the city center. | [15] |
17 November 2012 | ![]() | 300 | Demonstration in the city center. | [16] |
24 July 2014 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in the Schilderswijk district. | [17] |
27 July 2014 | ![]() | 10000 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [18] |
20 July 2014 | ![]() | 5000 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [19] |
3 August 2014 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [20] |
10 August 2014 | ![]() | 1000 | Demonstration and march through the city center in protest of Israel's Operation Protective Edge. | [21] |
17 August 2014 | ![]() | 800 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [22] [23] |
23 August 2014 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration in the city center. One protester was arrested. | [24] |
31 August 2014 | ![]() | 250 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [25] |
8 December 2017 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration at the Leidseplein square against the decision of US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. | [26] |
12 May 2018 | ![]() | 50 | March through the city center. | [27] |
19 May 2018 | ![]() | 500 | March through the city center. | [28] |
19 May 2019 | ![]() | ? | March during the annual Women's March. | [29] |
19 May 2020 | ![]() | 200 | Demonstration at the Museumplein. | [30] |
14 May 2021 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration near the train station. Ended with police intervention due to a Public Demonstrations Act violation implemented at the time because of Covid-19. More than 100 protesters were arrested. | [31] [32] [33] |
15 May 2021 | ![]() | 200 | Demonstration in the city center. | [34] [35] |
15 May 2021 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstrations at Plein, Malieveld, and Hofplaats. Ended with police intervention. Five protesters were arrested. | [36] |
16 May 2021 | ![]() | 200 | Demonstration at the Grote Markt. | [37] |
16 May 2021 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [38] |
16 May 2021 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration near the train station. | [39] |
16 May 2021 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration in the city center. | [40] |
19 May 2021 | ![]() | 430 | Petition from academics of the Utrecht University and the Utrecht Medical Center to call for a boycott of Israeli institutions. | [41] |
21 May 2021 | ![]() | 200 | Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. Six protesters were arrested. | [42] |
23 May 2021 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration near the train station. | [43] |
23 May 2021 | ![]() | 250 | Demonstration in the city center. | [44] |
23 April 2022 | ![]() | ? | March through the city center. | [45] |
10 May 2022 | ![]() | ? | Disruption of a concert by members of the Israeli army. | [46] |
16 June 2022 | ![]() | ? | Silent protest at the academic library courtyard of the Utrecht University. | [47] |
13 August 2022 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration near the train station. | [48] |
14 December 2022 | ![]() | 20 | Teach-in at the Educatorium building of the Utrecht University in protest of the arrival of the an Israeli delegation from the Atudot Le'Israël program for education. | [49] |
Date | Municipality | Estimated attendance | Description | Ref(s) |
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15 May 2023 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. | [50] |
8 October 2023 | ![]() | 500 | March through the city center. | [51] |
8 October 2023 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in the city center. | [51] |
14 October 2023 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [52] |
15 October 2023 | ![]() | 15000 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [53] [54] [55] |
18 October 2023 | ![]() | 30 | Demonstration at Erasmusplein of the Radboud University. | [56] |
18 October 2023 | ![]() | 500 | Night protest in front of the Israeli embassy. | [57] |
18 October 2023 | ![]() | 7000 | Night march through the city centre. | [58] [59] |
20 October 2023 | ![]() | 200 | Demonstration in front of the Tilburg train station. | [60] [61] |
21 October 2023 | ![]() | 300 | Rally at the Grote Markt. | [62] |
22 October 2023 | ![]() | 200 | March through the city center. | [63] |
23 October 2023 | ![]() | ? | Occupation of the entrance to the International Criminal Court. Ended with police intervention. 19 protesters were arrested. | [64] |
28 October 2023 | ![]() | 200 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [65] |
29 October 2023 | ![]() | 100 | March through the city center. | [66] |
29 October 2023 | ![]() | 500 | Silent march at night through the city center. | [67] |
29 October 2023 | ![]() | 6000 | March through the city center. | [66] [68] |
4 November 2023 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [69] |
5 November 2023 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [70] |
5 November 2023 | ![]() | 500 | March through the city center. | [71] |
7 November 2023 | ![]() | 500 | Sit-in at Amsterdam Central Station. | [72] |
9 November 2023 | ![]() | 100 | Teach-in at the Wijnhaven building of the Leiden University. The university's security tried to block students from speaking, but eventually the demonstration was allowed to continue. | [73] [74] |
9 November 2023 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration in the city center. | [75] |
9 November 2023 | ![]() | 500 | Sit-in at Utrecht Central Station. | [75] |
12 November 2023 | ![]() | ? | Greta Thunberg gives a speech about Palestine in Amsterdam Museumplein during the climate march and gets interrupted by a climate protester. | [76] [77] |
14 November 2023 | ![]() | 200 | Demonstration at the Schipol Airport. | [78] |
15 November 2023 | ![]() | ? | Sit-in at Groningen Central Station. | [79] |
15 November 2023 | ![]() | 50 | Sit-in in the lobby of the University Library at Utrecht Science Park. | [80] |
16 November 2023 | ![]() | ? | Sit in at the train station. | [81] |
16 November 2023 | ![]() | 100 | Occupation of the Nijmegen train station. | [82] |
16 November 2023 | ![]() | 500 | Sit-in at Amsterdam Central Station. | [83] [84] |
18 November 2023 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [85] |
19 November 2023 | ![]() | 7000 | March through the city center. Five people were arrested after confrontations with pro-Israel counter-protesters. | [86] |
26 November 2023 | ![]() | 1000 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [87] |
29 November 2023 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration by students and staff at the Technical University of Delft. | [88] |
29 November 2023 | ![]() | 60 | Demonstration in front of UM administration building of the Maastricht University. | [89] |
7 December 2023 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration at Groningen Central Station. Ended by police intervention. Two protesters were arrested. | [90] |
7 December 2023 | ![]() | 500 | Sit-in at night at Amsterdam Central Station. | [91] |
10 December 2023 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [92] |
16 December 2023 | ![]() | 700 | Demonstration and march through the city center. Some protesters were thrown eggs at. | [93] |
21 December 2023 | ![]() | 150 | Demonstration by civil servants in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | [94] |
22 December 2023 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in the city center. | [95] |
23 December 2023 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration at the De Bijenkorf shopping mall. | [96] |
30 December 2023 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [97] |
Date | Municipality | Estimated attendance | Description | Ref(s) |
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3 January 2024 | ![]() | 100 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [98] |
7 January 2024 | ![]() | 100 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [99] |
11 January 2024 | ![]() | 800 | Demonstration outside UN court genocide hearings at the International Court of Justice. | [100] |
13 January 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration with thousands of shoes symbolizing 10000 Palestinian children killed by Israel. | [101] |
18 January 2024 | ![]() | ? | Sit in at the train station. | [102] |
18 January 2024 | ![]() | 100 | Sit-in at the Roeterseiland building of the University of Amsterdam. | [103] |
26 January 2024 | ![]() | 500 | March from the train station to the International Court of Justice. | [104] |
28 January 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in the city center. | [105] |
2 February 2024 | ![]() | ? | Sit-in at 15 train stations across the country. | [106] |
8 February 2024 | ![]() | 15 | Sit-in in the train station. | [107] |
8 February 2024 | ![]() | 60 | Sit-in in the train station. | [108] |
17 February 2024 | ![]() | 5000 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [109] |
24 February 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [110] |
29 February 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration in the train station. | [111] |
2 March 2024 | ![]() | 100 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [112] |
5 March 2024 | ![]() | 25 | Demonstration at the House of Representatives. Ended with police intervention. | [113] |
8 March 2024 | ![]() | 70 | Blocking of the intersection between Theresiastraat and Prins Clauslaan | [114] |
12 March 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in front of the Academy Building of the University of Groningen. | [115] |
12 March 2024 | ![]() | 100 | Demonstration at the Erasmus Square of the Radboud University. | [116] |
17 March 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration with thousands of shoes symbolizing 13000 Palestinian children killed by Israel. | [117] |
23 March 2024 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [118] |
25 March 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Blocking of the entrance and bridge to Amsterdam University College. Lasted until 28 March. Ended with police intervention. 17 protesters were arrested. Some protesters were injured. | [119] |
26 March 2024 | ![]() | 70 | Disruption of the anniversary celebration of the Utrecht University at the Dom Church. | [120] |
28 March 2024 | ![]() | ? | Defacing of the facade of an ING Bank office. | [121] |
30 March 2024 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration in the city center. | [122] |
2 April 2024 | ![]() | 10 | Disruption of a meeting at the council chamber. | [123] |
3 April 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration in front of Thales headquarters. | [124] [125] |
9 April 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in the Refter building of the Radboud University. | [126] |
11 April 2024 | ![]() | 70 | March through the city center. | [127] [128] |
12 April 2024 | ![]() | 4 | Counter-demonstration against journalist and IDF soldier Hananya Naftali. | [129] |
13 April 2024 | ![]() | 100 | Demonstration in front of AFAS Live in protest of Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. | [130] |
15 April 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Blocking of the road near the ring road in Overvecht. | [131] [132] |
16 April 2024 | ![]() | ? | Blocking of the Dante building of the Tilburg University. | [133] |
17 April 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration at the University of Amsterdam. | [134] |
30 April 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in front of the Christian Union party office. | [135] |
6 May 2024 | ![]() | 5000 | Encampment at the Roeterseiland campus of the University of Amsterdam. Israeli counter-protesters threw flares and fireworks at the protesters. Lasted until the early hours of 7 May. Ended with police intervention and bulldozers were used to demolish barricades. 169 protesters were arrested. Some protesters and a police officer were injured. | [136] [137] |
7 May 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Encampment at the campus of the Delft University of Technology. Ended by police intervention. | [138] [139] |
7 May 2024 | ![]() | 100 | Encampment in the academic library courtyard of the Utrecht University. Lasted until early hours of 8 May. Ended by police intervention. 50 protesters were arrested. | [140] [141] |
7 May 2024 | ![]() | 5000 | Occupation of the Oudemanhuispoort campus of the University of Amsterdam. Lasted until 8 May. Ended with police intervention and bulldozers were used to demolish barricades. Demonstration continued at Rokin, also ended with police intervention. 36 protesters were arrested. Some protesters and police officers were injured. | [136] [142] |
8 May 2024 | ![]() | 100 | Occupation of a building of the Utrecht University at the Drift. Lasted until early hours of 9 May. Ended by police intervention. Three protesters were arrested. | [143] [144] |
9 May 2024 | ![]() | ? | Flying of three planes with banners saying "Free Palestine" and messages against prime minister Mark Rutte. | [145] |
9 May 2024 | ![]() | ? | March through the city center in response to the police violence of the previous days. | [146] |
9 May 2024 | ![]() | 5000 | Demonstration at the Roeterseiland campus of the University of Amsterdam and march through the city center. Ended with police intervention. Three protesters were arrested. | [136] [147] |
11 May 2024 | ![]() | 10000 | Demonstration and march through the city center. Counter-protesters attacked protesters with beer bottles and fireworks. Ten counter-protesters were arrested for public violence and assault. | [148] [149] |
13 May 2024 | ![]() | 1000 | National walk-out by students and staff of multiple Dutch universities. | [150] [151] [152] |
13 May 2024 | ![]() | 200 | Encampment on the campus of the Radboud University. The protest was attended by Israeli researcher Maya Wind, which spoke to staff and answered questions. Lasted until 5 June, ended by police intervention. | [153] [154] [155] |
13 May 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Encampment by the grounds of the Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences of the Maastricht University. Lasted until 22 May. Ended by protesters disbanding on their own. | [156] [157] |
13 May 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Encampment by the Harmonie building of the University of Groningen. Lasted until 12 June. Ended by protesters disbanding on their own. | [158] [159] [160] |
13 May 2024 | ![]() | 1000 | Walk-out by students and staff of the University of Amsterdam, and subsequent occupation of campus buildings of the university. Ended with police intervention. One protester was arrested. | [161] [162] |
14 May 2024 | ![]() | 25 | Disruption of the EU election debate at the Eindhoven University. | [163] |
15 May 2024 | ![]() | ? | Sit-in at the train station. | [164] |
15 May 2024 | ![]() | 40 | Encampment at a bridge on the campus of the Wageningen University & Research. Lasted until 27 November. Ended with police intervention. | [165] [166] [167] |
15 May 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration at the train station. | [168] |
15 May 2024 | ![]() | 500 | Sit-in by the Booking.com headquarters on Oosterdokskade. | [136] |
15 May 2024 | ![]() | 500 | Occupation of the Janskerkhof 15a building of the Utrecht University. Ended with police intervention. 42 protesters were arrested. | [169] [170] [171] |
16 May 2024 | ![]() | 6 | Protesters of the Maastricht encampment announce a hunger strike. Lasted until 22 May. Ended due to health complications. | [172] |
16 May 2024 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration at the Rotterdam Central Station. | [173] |
16 May 2024 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and march across the campus of Tilburg University. | [156] |
17 May 2024 | ![]() | 25 | Occupation of the grounds of the Academy Building and Hortus Botanicus of the Leiden University. Ended by protesters disbanding on their own. | [174] |
17 May 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Encampment at the Roeterseiland campus of the University of Amsterdam. Ended with police intervention. Demonstration continued at Stopera, also ended with police intervention. One protester was arrested. | [136] [175] [176] |
17 May 2024 | ![]() | 150 | Demonstration by students and staff of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. | [177] |
21 May 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration during the lustrum celebration of the University of Groningen. | [178] |
22 May 2024 | ![]() | ? | Occupation of a building of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University. Ended by protesters disbanding on their own. | [179] |
22 May 2024 | ![]() | 20 | Encampment at the campus of the Tilburg University. Lasted until 13 June. Ended by protesters disbanding on their own. | [180] |
22 May 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Sit-in in the Maria Montessori building of the Radboud University. | [181] |
24 May 2024 | ![]() | 50 | March through the campus of the Tilburg University. | [182] |
25 May 2024 | ![]() | 100 | Demonstration at a building from the University of Amsterdam at the Spui, and subsequent march through the city center. | [183] |
27 May 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Occupation of the Erasmus building of the Radboud University. Two protesters were arrested on suspicion of vandalism. Lasted until the early hours of 28 May. Ended by police intervention. | [184] [185] |
28 May 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Die-in in the library and the Cube building of the Tilburg University. | [186] |
30 May 2024 | ![]() | ? | Encampment and protests at the Woudestein campus of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Lasted until 9 June. Ended by protesters disbanding on their own. | [187] [188] |
31 May 2024 | ![]() | ? | Occupation of the office of the president of the executive board of Radboud University in response to the refusal of the executive board discussing the ties with Israeli institutes. Lasted a couple of hours. | [189] |
2 June 2024 | ![]() | 150 | Demonstration by the Janskerkhof buildings of the Utrecht University. | [190] |
3 June 2024 | ![]() | 30 | Occupation of a building of the Mechanical Engineering faculty of the Delft University of Technology. Ended with police intervention. 15 protesters were arrested. | [191] |
3 June 2024 | ![]() | 10 | Encampment at the campus of the VU Amsterdam. Lasted until 10 June. Ended with police intervention. | [192] |
4 June 2024 | ![]() | 30 | Occupation of a building of the Universiteiten van Nederland. Ended with police intervention. 30 protesters were arrested. | [193] |
5 June 2024 | ![]() | ? | Protest at the Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts of the Tilburg University. | [180] |
6 June 2024 | ![]() | 50 | March through the city center. Ended with police intervention. | [194] |
9 June 2024 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [195] |
12 June 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration at the campus of the Technical University of Eindhoven. | [196] |
12 June 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration, march through the city center, and brief occupation of the administration building of the University of Groningen. Ended with police intervention. Several protesters were injured including one becoming unconscious. | [197] |
18 June 2024 | ![]() | 100 | Demonstration at the campus of the University of Groningen against the university's ties with Israeli institutes and in response to the police violence used in the previous protest. | [198] |
21 June 2024 | ![]() | ? | Occupation of the Nieuwe Achtergracht building of the University of Amsterdam. Ended with riot police intervention. 13 protesters were arrested. | [199] [200] |
25 June 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration by students and staff of the Utrecht University. | [201] |
2 July 2024 | ![]() | 5 | Disruption of a meeting at the council chamber. | [202] |
6 July 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration in front of the Kromhout Barracks, with some protesters setting up tents outside and climbing to the roof of the building. | [203] |
14 July 2024 | ![]() | ? | Occupation of a vacant building in Osdorp by Palestine Action Amsterdam. | [204] |
16 July 2024 | ![]() | 20 | Demonstration by the soldier march to Camp Heumensoord. | [205] |
20 July 2024 | ![]() | 80 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [206] |
21 July 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration with thousands of shoes in the Grote Markt symbolizing Palestinian children killed by Israel. | [207] |
21 July 2024 | ![]() | 30 | Disruption of the RoboCup 2024 awards ceremony. | [208] |
31 August 2024 | ![]() | 200 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [209] |
2 September 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration at the Auditorium of the Eindhoven University of Technology. | [210] |
6 September 2024 | ![]() | 400 | Demonstration at the Roeterseiland campus and march towards the Maagdenhuis of the University of Amsterdam. | [211] [212] |
24 September 2024 | ![]() | 50 | Blocking of the Kromhout Barracks. Ended with protesters disbanding on their own after the cancelation of a meeting of the Ministry of Defence that was scheduled to take place there. | [213] |
28 September 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration and march through the city center. One protester was arrested. | [214] |
29 September 2024 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration in the city center. | [215] |
5 October 2024 | ![]() | 750 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [216] |
7 October 2024 | ![]() | ? | Sit-in at the train station and march through the city center. | [217] |
7 October 2024 | ![]() | 30 | Sit-in at the train station. | [218] |
7 October 2024 | ![]() | 60 | Sit-in at the train station. | [219] |
7 October 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in the city center. Ended with riot police intervention. 26 protesters were arrested on suspicion of offenses including insults, vandalism, and assault. Later, at least 320 protesters were also arrested. | [220] [221] |
7 October 2024 | ![]() | 300 | Sit-in at the train station. | [220] |
10 October 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration by public servants in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | [222] |
13 October 2024 | ![]() | 1500 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [223] |
15 October 2024 | ![]() | ? | Sit-in at the train station. | [224] |
17 October 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in the city center. | [225] |
17 October 2024 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and night march through the city center. | [226] |
27 October 2024 | ![]() | 10 | Demonstration outside the Albert Heijn XL. Ended with police intervention. | [227] |
31 October 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration on the side of the road. | [228] |
9 November 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [229] |
9 November 2024 | ![]() | 200 | Demonstration in the city center for Palestine and Lebanon. | [230] |
10 November 2024 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration in the city center in response to the attacks by Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. hooligans on 7 November. Ended with riot police intervention. More than 50 protesters were arrested and 340 were transported somewhere else. Some protesters were injured, including a woman sustaining a head injury made by a police baton. The Amsterdam City Council denied any police brutality. | [231] [232] |
14 November 2024 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration during the student protests on the Grote Markt. | [233] |
15 November 2024 | ![]() | 250 | March through the city center at night during the GLOW light festival. | [234] |
21 November 2024 | ![]() | ? | Disruption of annual arms fair and dousing of fake blood on the facade of the Rotterdam Ahoy. Ended with police intervention. At least three protesters were arrested. | [235] |
21 November 2024 | ![]() | 500 | Night march through the city center for Palestine and Lebanon. | [236] |
21 November 2024 | ![]() | 1000 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [237] |
26 November 2024 | ![]() | 30 | Demonstration against a lecture by an invited professor from the Technion University. | [238] [239] |
30 November 2024 | ![]() | 1000 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [240] |
16 December 2024 | ![]() | ? | Attempted demonstration at the Radboud University, stopped by police intervention. Six protesters were arrested on a city bus on suspicion of possible vandalism. The protest was canceled due to high police presence on campus and the activists reporting feeling unsafe because of it. | [241] |
Date | Municipality | Estimated attendance | Description | Ref(s) |
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7 January 2025 | ![]() | 12 | Demonstration outside the train station. | [242] |
16 January 2025 | ![]() | ? | Sit-in at Utrecht Central Station and march through the city center. | [243] |
30 January 2025 | ![]() | 40 | Campus occupation and protests at Tilburg University. | [244] [245] |
31 January 2025 | ![]() | ? | Disruption of University of Groningen's Open Day. | [246] [247] |
11 February 2025 | ![]() | 60 | Demonstration in support of invited speaker UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese in front of the Dominicuskerk. About 15 pro-Israel counter-protesters were present. | [248] |
27 February 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Sit-in by students and teachers of at Tilburg University. | [249] |
4 March 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Blocking of the Bestuursgebouw building of the Utrecht University and demonstration in front of it. | [250] |
11 March 2025 | ![]() | 40 | Disruption of a lecture by Zionist Rawan Osman at Radboud University. | [251] |
18 March 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration outside the train station. | [252] |
18 March 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [253] |
18 March 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration between the Maria Montessori Building and the Lecture Halls Complex of the Radboud University. Ended with police intervention. Two protesters were arrested. | [254] |
18 March 2025 | ![]() | 100 | Sit-in at Amsterdam Central Station and march through the city center. | [255] |
19 March 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Blocking of the Blauwbrug bridge. | [256] |
20 March 2025 | ![]() | ? | Blocking of the Bestuursgebouw building of the Utrecht University. | [257] [258] |
24 March 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration and writing of pro-Palestine messages with chalk on the Roeterseilandcampus of the University of Amsterdam. | [259] |
5 April 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in the city center against Caterpillar's role in the occupation of Palestine. | [260] |
8 April 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration against the deportation of pro-Palestinian activists from Germany. | [261] |
9 April 2025 | ![]() | ? | Occupation of the BelleVUe building at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Seven protesters were arrested. | [262] [263] |
10 April 2025 | ![]() | ? | Sit-in at the train station. | [264] |
10 April 2025 | ![]() | ? | Sit-in at the train station. | [264] |
10 April 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration at the train station. | [265] |
10 April 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Sit-in at the train station. | [266] |
10 April 2025 | ![]() | 55 | Demonstration at the train station. | [267] |
14 April 2025 | ![]() | 40 | Occupation of the air bridge between De Refter and the University Library of the Radboud University. Lasted until 15 April. Ended by protesters disbanding on their own. | [268] [269] |
14 April 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Occupation of the Maagdenhuis building of the University of Amsterdam. Protests ended with police intervention. | [270] [271] |
20 April 2025 | ![]() | 10000 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [272] |
5 May 2025 | ![]() | 250 | Demonstration against Prime Minister Dick Schoof, Speaker of the House of Representatives Martin Bosma, and other cabinet members during celebrations of the Liberation Day. | [273] |
6 May 2025 | ![]() | 200 | Occupation of the Wijnhaven building of the Leiden University in The Hague. Ended with police intervention. 75 protesters were arrested. | [274] [275] |
7 May 2025 | ![]() | ? | Occupation of the Berchmanianum building of the Radboud University Nijmegen. Ended with police intervention. Three protesters were arrested, some protesters were injured including one protester bitten by a police dog that had to be hospitalized. | [276] |
7 May 2025 | ![]() | ? | Encampment in the academic library courtyard of the Utrecht University. Lasted until 19 May. Ended by protesters disbanding on their own. | [277] [278] |
11 May 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [279] |
13 May 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Encampment near the Huygens building of the Radboud University Nijmegen. Lasted until 1 June. Ended by protesters disbanding on their own. | [280] [281] |
13 May 2025 | ![]() | 20 | Encampment at the Erasmus Plaza of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Lasted until 1 June. Ended by protesters disbanding on their own. | [282] |
18 May 2025 | ![]() | 100000 | Red line demonstration, with protesters wearing red clothing. | [283] |
19 May 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Occupation of the Drift 13 building of the Utrecht University. Ended with police intervention. 49 protesters were arrested. Some protesters were injured. | [284] [285] [286] |
20 May 2025 | ![]() | 30 | Counter-demonstration against an event organized by the Christians for Israel. | [287] |
22 May 2025 | ![]() | 50 | March through the city center. | [288] |
23 May 2025 | ![]() | 20 | Occupation of the library of the Radboud University. Ended with police intervention. | [289] |
25 May 2025 | ![]() | 30 | Blocking of the entrances to multiple faculties of the Maastricht University. | [290] [291] [292] |
26 May 2025 | ![]() | 80 | Counter-demonstration at the Harselaar Industrial Estate during a Christians for Israel rally. There were confrontations between protesters and counter-protesters, with stones being thrown at one another. | [293] |
29 May 2025 | ![]() | ? | Counter-demonstration at the De Basiliek during a Christians for Israel event where former Israeli army major Amir Tsarfati was speaking. | [294] |
2 June 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Encampment at Roeterseiland campus of the University of Amsterdam. Lasted until 20 June. Ended by protesters disbanding on their own. | [295] [296] [297] |
3 June 2025 | ![]() | 30 | Occupation of the Janskerkhof 15a building of the Utrecht University. Lasted until 4 June. Ended with police intervention. | [298] [299] [300] |
3 June 2025 | ![]() | ? | Encampment at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam campus. Lasted until 11 June. Ended by riot police eviction. Two protesters were arrested. One protester was injured and hospitalized. | [301] [302] |
4 June 2025 | ![]() | ? | Spray-painting of the administration building of Eindhoven University of Technology. | [303] [304] |
5 June 2025 | ![]() | 100 | Protest in front of the city hall against the role of the port of Rotterdam in shipping F-35 fighter jet parts via Maersk to be used by Israel. Ended with police intervention, 93 protesters were arrested, several were injured. | [305] [306] |
5 June 2025 | ![]() | 100 | Occupation of the TU Delft Library of the Delft University of Technology. Protests ended with police intervention. | [307] [308] |
7 June 2025 | ![]() | 150 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [309] |
8 June 2025 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [310] |
9 June 2025 | ![]() | 300 | Demonstration in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ended with police intervention. | [311] |
11 June 2025 | ![]() | 49 | Demonstration in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dutch media editors signed a joint letter urging Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp to take action to protect Palestinian journalists. | [312] |
12 June 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Occupation of a building of the Utrecht School of the Arts. Ended by protesters disbanding on their own. | [313] [314] |
15 June 2025 | ![]() | 150000 | Red line demonstration, with protesters wearing red clothing. Largest demonstration in the country in over 20 years. | [315] [316] [317] |
18 June 2025 | ![]() | 30 | Occupation of the Drift 25 building of the Utrecht University. Lasted until 20 June. Ended by protesters disbanding on their own. | [318] [319] [320] |
19 June 2025 | ![]() | ? | Blocking of the Atlas building of the Wageningen University & Research. | [313] [314] |
24 June 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Blocking of the port railway line in protest against the Port Authority and NATO. Ended with police intervention, four protesters were arrested. | [321] [322] |
24 June 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration against the role of the port of Rotterdam in shipping F-35 fighter jet parts via Maersk to be used by Israel. Ended with police intervention, at least 5 protesters were arrested. | [323] [324] |
25 June 2025 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration outside the venue of the NATO summit. Ended with police intervention. | [325] [326] |
27 June 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in front of Fokker headquarters against the company's involvement in producing F-35 jet parts for the Israeli army. | [327] |
29 June 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration with thousands of shoes symbolizing 18000 Palestinian children killed by Israel. | [328] [329] |
8 July 2025 | ![]() | 250 | Demonstration by Christians in front of the Protestant Church of the Netherlands. | [330] |
17 July 2025 | ![]() | ? | Disruption of a council meeting at the municipality after two motions to sanction Israel were rejected. | [331] |
24 July 2025 | ![]() | 5000 | Noise demonstrations and sit-ins in at least 26 train stations across the country. Some included marches through the city centers. | [332] [333] [334] |
24 July 2025 | ![]() | ? | Reading the names of the victims killed since 7 October 2023. Lasted until 29 July. | [332] |
25 July 2025 | ![]() | ? | Start of the continuous 24-hour livestreamed vigil in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Still ongoing. | [335] |
25 July 2025 | ![]() | 100 | Noise demonstration at the train station. | [336] |
30 July 2025 | ![]() | 100 | Noise demonstration (cacerolazo) at Spui square. | [337] |
31 July 2025 | ![]() | ? | Noise demonstration outside the train station. | [338] |
31 July 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in front of the city hall. | [339] |
31 July 2025 | ![]() | 35 | Noise demonstration outside the train station. | [340] |
31 July 2025 | ![]() | 40 | Sit-in on the train station square. | [341] |
31 July 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Noise demonstration at the train station and march through the city center. | [342] |
31 July 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Noise demonstration at the train station. | [343] |
31 July 2025 | ![]() | 100 | Noise demonstration at the train station. | [344] |
31 July 2025 | ![]() | 150 | Noise demonstration at the train station. | [345] |
2 August 2025 | ![]() | ? | Disruption of the Booking.com boat during the Pride canal parade. Five protesters were arrested. | [346] |
2 August 2025 | ![]() | 15 | Disruption of a train line by walking onto the tracks. Ended with police intervention. Thirteen protesters were arrested. | [347] |
2 August 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Vigil behind Groningen City Hall. | [348] |
3 August 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration and march through the city center in protest of the killing of Palestinian journalists. | [349] |
7 August 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration at the train station. | [350] |
7 August 2025 | ![]() | 30 | Demonstration at the Den Dolder train station. | [351] |
7 August 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Sit-in at the train station followed by march through the city center. | [352] |
7 August 2025 | ![]() | 400 | Sit-in at the train station followed by march through the city center. | [353] [354] |
9 August 2025 | ![]() | 500 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [355] |
10 August 2025 | ![]() | 25 | Blocking of the Microsoft datacenter in Middenmeer. | [356] |
11 August 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in front of the city hall. | [357] |
14 August 2025 | ![]() | 500 | Die-in, demonstration and march through the city center in protest of the killing of Palestinian journalists. | [358] |
16 August 2025 | ![]() | 1500 | Demonstration and march through the city center in protest of the killing of Palestinian journalists. Five mock cabins representing the assassination of journalist Anas al-Sharif and colleagues were placed in the main square. One protester was arrested after graffiting "Never again is now" on the National Monument. | [359] |
24 August 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration with thousands of shoes in the Vredenburgplein symbolizing Palestinian children killed by Israel. Participants including Douwe Bob read out the names of victims. | [360] |
28 August 2025 | ![]() | 100 | Demonstration at the train station. | [361] |
30 August 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration at Ganzenmarkt with a recreation of the car where Hind Rajab was murdered by Israeli forces. | [362] [363] |
31 August 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration at Vredenburgplein with a recreation of the car where Hind Rajab was murdered by Israeli forces. | [363] |
31 August 2025 | ![]() | 500 | Rally organized by the group Free Palestine Bikers. | [364] |
1 September 2025 | ![]() | ? | Interruption of work and noise demonstration at midday after the monthly sounding of the air raid siren. | [365] |
1 September 2025 | ![]() | ? | Disruption of the opening ceremony of the academic year at the University of Twente. | [366] |
1 September 2025 | ![]() | ? | Disruption of the opening ceremony of the academic year at the Wageningen University & Research. | [367] |
1 September 2025 | ![]() | 5 | Disruption of the opening ceremony of the academic year at the University of Amsterdam. | [366] [368] |
1 September 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Die-in near the train station. | [369] |
1 September 2025 | ![]() | 200 | Walk-out by students and staff of the Utrecht University. | [370] |
4 September 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration at the train station. | [219] |
9 September 2025 | ![]() | 11 | Occupation of the roof of Fokker against the company's involvement in producing F-35 jet parts for the Israeli army. Ended with riot police intervention. All protesters were arrested. | [371] [372] [373] |
14 September 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration with thousands of shoes in the Vredenburgplein symbolizing Palestinian children killed by Israel. Participants read out the names of victims. | [374] |
14 September 2025 | ![]() | 2000 | Demonstration and march through the city center. | [374] |
18 September 2025 | ![]() | ? | Demonstration in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Protesters projected a countdown in the building facade representing the UN deadline for ending Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine. | [375] |
20 September 2025 | ![]() | 50 | Demonstration outside Neptunus Familiestadion against the participation of the Israeli team at the European Baseball Championship. | [376] [377] |
21 September 2025 | ![]() | ? | Defacing of the facade of an ING Bank office. | [378] |
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