Students in Switzerland join Gaza protests

About 100 students occupied a building at Lausanne University in a move to protest the war in Gaza, demanding an end to scientific cooperation with Israel.

“Palestinians have been dying for over 200 days, but we’re not being heard,” one protester told Swiss television. “Now there’s a global movement to get governments to take action, but it’s not happening. That’s why we want to get universities involved now.”

The university said the occupation could continue until Monday provided it did not disrupt work on campus. “We universities are not called upon to take political stands,” the rector Frederic Herman told RTS radio.