Hundreds of Dutch academics sign petition to cut ties with Israel over Gaza bombing

Hundreds of academics have signed a petition calling on the Dutch government to sever relations with Israel over Israeli violations of international law.

Among the 564 signers is a researcher at a state Holocaust research institute.

“We declare we join the calls of our Palestinian colleagues to boycott Israeli academic institutions,” reads the petition, which is titled “Netherlands higher education stands in solidarity with Palestinians.” The document also calls on the Dutch government to “sever all economic, political and military ties with Israel.”

Kylie Thomas, a South Africa native, was the only one from the Netherlands Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, or NIOD, who signed the petition.