Radboud University in Nijmegen has become the latest Dutch institution to cut ties with Israeli universities, with immediate effect.

The decision to end cooperation with Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University is based on a commission’s assessment that “human rights violations by Israel in the Palestinian territories are serious and systematic, and that in some cases, the universities in question contribute to direct and specific human rights violations.”

The university’s executive board is “shocked by continuing reports of the increasing scale of human rights violations by Israel”, the statement said.

Earlier this month, Tilburg University halted its alliance with Bar-Ilan and Reichman universities near Tel Aviv saying there was an “inseparable link” between them and the Israeli army.

Amsterdam University earlier stopped its exchange student programme with the Hebrew University, but does still work with other Israeli institutions.