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Topic: Netherlands

May 14, 2013
9:52 pm

The International Criminal Court in The Hague (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Hanhil, Nederlandstalige Wikipedia)

ICC opens initial probe against Israel over Marmara raid

Ship was registered to African island state of Comoros, which filed complaint to International Criminal Court

May 14, 2013
7:26 pm

Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans (photo credit: CC BY-Partij van de Arbeid, Wikimedia Commons)

Dutch FM: No problem with Israel striking in Syria

Breaking with European Union’s concern regarding the alleged attack, Timmermans says Israel has a right to defend itself

April 30, 2013
3:43 pm

Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima appear on the balcony of the Royal Palace with their children, from left: Catharina-Amalia, Ariane, and Alexia in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on Tuesday April 30, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

The Netherlands crowns new king

Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand becomes the first Dutch king in more than 100 years, and Europe’s youngest monarch

April 29, 2013
11:21 pm

Dutch Queen Beatrix, center, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sarah, in the Hague, January 19, 2012 (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

As queen abdicates, Israelis like the Dutch very much

Beatrix steps down Tuesday; Netherlands’ ambassador in Tel Aviv says he hopes new monarchs will visit Israel soon

By Raphael Ahren

April 28, 2013
11:47 pm

The Dutch media’s sin of omission

While millions of Dutch believe anti-Semitic lies, Netherlands news media upholds its long tradition of turning a blind eye

By Manfred Gerstenfeld

April 19, 2013
4:02 pm

Dutch bounty hunters preyed on Jews during Holocaust, study shows

By the end of WWII the men were paid the equivalent of eight times a week’s pay for unskilled laborers

April 12, 2013
3:36 pm

Dutch open Holocaust victims’ homes to public

And in Rotterdam, Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb unveils monument engraved with names of 686 deported Jewish children

April 4, 2013
1:57 pm

Dutch Jewish museum wins popularity contest

Museum website housing a genealogical database credited with raising public awareness

April 3, 2013
11:21 pm

Jabhat al-Nusra fighters bearing arms and the group's flag after an attack on a Syrian army convoy. (photo credit: image capture from YouTube video uploaded by MindTrip2m)

‘Up to 600 Europeans among ranks of Syrian rebels’

UK study finds volunteers from 14 EU countries have joined fight against Assad, warns that such fighters have gone on to feature in European-based terror plots

By Times of Israel staff

March 19, 2013
7:13 pm

Dutch FM slams Erdogan over anti-Zionist comment

Just before Turkish leader arrives in Amsterdam, Frans Timmermans criticizes statement calling Jewish national movement a ‘crime against humanity’

By Raphael Ahren

March 13, 2013
3:08 pm

An illustrative photo of a Syrian city. Global jihadists are increasing activities among the Syrian opposition (photo credit: AP/Rodrigo Abd)

The Netherlands raises terror threat

Government points to traumatized jihadi fighters returning from Syria who may want to harm Dutch interests

March 4, 2013
6:36 pm

Former synagogue returned to Amsterdam Jews

Renovation planned for building opened in 1766 and used after WWII as storage space

February 26, 2013
3:56 pm

Dutch court: Jews must also carry ID cards

Orthodox man fined for breaking 2005 law; argued he couldn’t carry identification on Shabbat

February 26, 2013
3:39 pm

Dutch TV program prompts call for anti-Semitism probe

Interviews with immigrant students showed admiration for Hitler and hatred of Jews

February 19, 2013
1:01 am

Geza Weisz, right, and Imanuelle Grives on the set of "Only Decent People" in Amsterdam last year. (Courtesy of Topkapi Films via JTA)

Dutch film tests Jewish, black taboos

A hit in Holland, a drama starring and written by local Jews is stoking disapproval, discussion with its flagrant stereotypes

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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