Police in riot gear subsequently ended the protests in Amsterdam after "chasing away hundreds" of people,[49][50] and the university closed for two days after the renewed occupations on campus.

[65][66][67] An area at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Maastricht University was renamed "Rafah Garden".

[76] Students from the University of Twente organised and held a pro-Palestine demonstration at Enschede railway station.

[77] As protests were announced for May 16, the Erasmus University Rotterdam decided earlier that week to close its buildings that day.

[83] Students and staff members of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam held a protest at their university campus square.

[95] The same day, an academic conference at Wageningen University & Research was disturbed repeatedly by pro-Palestinian protesters.

[98] In the late night, the remaining hunger strikers at Maastricht University ceased their strike, in part due to physical problems.

[106] On June 3, students at the Delft University of Technology attempted to occupy a building, which was prevented by police.

Students had been protesting for two weeks at that point, organising multiple events and actions, which were increasingly escalating.

[110] Mariëlle Paul, the Dutch Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, suggested several times that it is "very questionable" whether the "rioters are actually students".

[111] An "emergency debate" was called on 10 May by the Government of Amsterdam in response to the police intervention earlier during the first protest on 6 May.

[114] On May 30, Halsema participated in a Room for Discussion [nl] event, where she spoke with students of the University of Amsterdam, and where she again stood by her decisions.

[120] Although multiple universities have published lists and overviews of their collaborations with Israeli organisations, they refused to break their ties with them.

Despite not wanting to break ties, many universities pledged to set up specific ethics committees, similar to existing ones focusing on experimental and medical human research.

This has been described as a political move,[121] and activists in return have rejected this in an open letter that they published on social media.

[93] On May 6, the first day of protests, the University of Amsterdam provided a list of Israeli organisations they work with, which was one of the demands of the encampment protestors.

[125] On 10 May, the University of Groningen published a statement giving insight on its relations with Israeli organisations, though it did not name any specific institutions.

[114] On May 13, as a response to an open letter, the Eindhoven University of Technology also showed more transparency by talking about the Israeli organisations they are working with.

[128] The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences announced on the same day that it would break it's ties with the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.

The UU also promised to freeze ties with individual organisations, if it become clear that these would "contribute to (the continuation of) the cycle of violence".

[133] In an open letter the same day, the University of Humanistic Studies published a list of collaborations with Israeli organisations.

[134] On May 22, the Delft University of Technology officially called for a ceasefire, but did not publish a list of collaborations with Israeli organisations, and did not want to break ties with them.

[135] On May 28, Wageningen University & Research filed complaints against slogans used during a protest, drawing comparisons between Israeli and Nazi Germany.

[17] The Dutch Association of Journalists (Nederlandse Vereniging van Journalisten [nl]; NVJ) has at multiple times expressed concerns regarding the press freedom and safety at the demonstrations.

PersVeilig is an organisation dedicated to the safety of journalists in the Netherlands, initiated by the NVJ and the Public Prosecution Service, among others.

[141] Jouke de Vries, interim chairman of the Universiteiten van Nederland, said in an interview during an episode with Buitenhof that the organisation was currently working on a new "demonstration protocol".

[142] Examples of measures being discussed included overnight stays not being allowed in university buildings and protesters with whom negotiations are taking place having to identify themselves.

This was supported by Robbert Dijkgraaf, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and tenured professor at the UvA.

[143] The Federation of Dutch Trade Unions has stated in an open letter that the new demonstration policy by Universiteiten van Nederland "does not comply with the law".

[145] The Centrum Informatie en Documentatie Israel [nl], a pro-Israel lobby organisation, filed a request against Leiden University, demanding to know which employees were in contact with Dutch pro-Palestinian groups.