Orlando Becker of Students for Palestine Leipzig

‘Historic’ wave of Palestinian solidarity grows at universities in Germany

‘Historic’ wave of Palestinian solidarity grows at universities in Germany Calls for universities to cut ties with Israeli institutions are rising in the country that views the BDS movement as extreme. Nearly 700 students from Leipzig University, in Germany, sat down last month on the square outside the college cafeteria, next to the city’s old, ruined fortifications, to vote. A sea of hands rose, holding yellow cards.