According to the NOS , the security triangle of Utrecht has received 'concrete information from outside the city', 'which shows that a pro-Palestine organization intends to hijack the demonstration'. In a letter from mayor Sharon Dijksma to the city council, it would also be stated 'that violence is not shunned'.
Trade unions AOb and FNV call it 'terrible that all those students, teachers and staff who wanted to take action tomorrow cannot now make their voices heard'.
LSVb chairman Abdelkader Karbache is also very disappointed, but there were not many alternatives. 'The municipality would have banned the demonstration anyway.'
Mayor Dijksma regrets that the demonstration cannot take place tomorrow. 'I am very concerned that at a time when it is of great value to be able to express your opinion, there are people who deprive others of this freedom under the threat of violence.'
