Speaking of Palestine…

Student supporters of Hamas did significant damage to the buildings they occupied at a university in Belgium. The university now has to foot the considerable bill for repairs, and is not happy with the prospect.

Many thanks to Gary Fouse for translating this article from 7sur7:

Pro-Palestinian action at ULB [Université libre de Bruxelles]: Damages estimated at more than 500,000 euros

The action by the pro-Palestinian students at ULB visibly generated significant damage inside the buildings occupied by the group, RTBF [Belgian Radio-Television in French] reports with supporting images. One estimate of the cost of repairs is between 500,000 and 700,000 euros. The university has announced its intention to file a complaint.

June 28, 2024

Walls covered with tags to be repainted, “broken” doors to be replaced, damaged teaching materials to be purchased, and an “upside down” auditorium: The buildings occupied by the pro-Palestinian student group of ULB from May 7 to June 25 have demonstrably suffered much damage. A colossal bill for the university, which has to pay the costs.

ULB points out that if the students’ cause, grouped under the name “People’s University of Brussels,” is obviously legitimate, on the other hand nothing justified such acts of “vandalism”, especially since the building in question, which is “unusable in its present state”, had been renovated barely two years ago, RTBF states.

The rector of ULB, Annemie Schaus, has announced her intention to file a complaint. The student group has not yet reacted at this point.