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Hundreds demonstrate in a protest outside the Rotterdam Centraal Train Station on July 22, 2017, against the latest Israeli restrictions on Palestinians entry to Al-Aqsa mosque (Abdullah Asiran/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images via JTA)
September 1, 2017, 2:01 am
Protesters chanted about killing Jews at Netherlands rally
Rotterdam Jewish community files police complaint alleging racist incitement to violence during July 22 event
By JTA
Dutch Justice Ministry employee Yasmina Haifi's Twitter feed.
August 29, 2017, 6:59 am
Dutch worker who called IS a Zionist plot can sue over ‘harsh’ punishment
Court rules Justice Ministry employee Yasmina Haifi, suspended for making comments deemed anti-Israel, was treated unfairly
By JTA
Police cars are seen near the concert venue Maassilo after a rock show was cancelled due to a terror threat, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on August 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/ANP/Arie Kievit)
August 25, 2017, 3:05 pm
Was Dutch concert canceled because of a single chat message?
Police continue to question detained man over suspected terror plot, but doubts grow about authenticity of threat
By Jan Hennop
Dutch police investigate a van with Spanish number a license plate carrying gas canisters in Rotterdam, on August 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/ANP/Arie Kievit)
August 24, 2017, 6:25 pm
Dutch step up probe into ‘concrete’ terror plot on concert
Police raid home and arrest man, say van stopped with gas canisters Wednesday night likely unrelated to threat
By Charlotte Van Ouwerkerk and Sophie Mignon
In this image taken from video a van is examined behind a cordoned-off area in Rotterdam on August 23, 2017. (RTL via AP)
August 24, 2017, 1:17 pm
Dutch police detain suspect in concert terror threat
Police spokesman says 22-year-old man was arrested a day after US band Allah-Las had to cancel gig in Rotterdam at last minute
By Mike Corder
A van with a Spanish numberplate near the concert venue Maassilo is seen during police investigations after a rock concert was cancelled due to a terror threat, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on August 23, 2017. (AFP/ ANP / Arie Kievit)
August 24, 2017, 2:23 am
Rotterdam van not linked to Spanish terror cell, official says
Police question driver of vehicle stopped in Dutch city with gas canisters after concert canceled over unspecified terror warning from Spain
By AP
The website of the Dutch Socialist party no longer showing any information for Jan van der Weiden. ( screencapture: https://castricum.sp.nl/kandidaat-nummer-7-jan-van-der-weiden)
August 8, 2017, 5:11 pm
Dutch Socialists reject activist over anti-Semitic tweets
Spokesperson says statements praising WWII German soldiers 'not made in the party’s name'
By JTA
A tourist takes a picture of the Nazi bunkers built during World War II in the Netherlands. (Emmanuel Durrand/AFP)
July 26, 2017, 3:55 pm
Dutch dust off ‘painful’ Nazi bunkers for tourism and healing
Once buried under heaps of sand and rubble, underground network is a remnant of Hitler's coastal defense during WWII
By Jan Hennop
Trains belonging to the Nederlandse Spoorwegen national railway company seen at a train station in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons)
July 18, 2017, 11:10 pm
Dutch railway sends Holocaust survivor seeking restitution to customer service
National train operator says it cannot respond to Salo Muller's request since it cannot find his paperwork
By JTA
Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher sharpening his tools. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
July 18, 2017, 8:21 am
Netherlands’ only kosher slaughterhouse facing closure following export ban
Slagerij Marcus abattoir says recent clause added to regulations on slaughter methods will cut 40% of income
By JTA
The remains of solar panels in the Palestinian village of Jubbet al-Dhib after they were dismantled by Israeli authorities on June 28, 2017. (Ta'ayush, courtesy)
July 8, 2017, 5:57 am
Dutch PM slams Israel for dismantling West Bank solar project
The Netherlands calls confiscating the $600,000 panels it bought for isolated Palestinian village 'unacceptable'
By JTA
The imposing Hollandsche Schouwburg, or Dutch Theater, served as a gathering point during the Nazi roundup of Amsterdam's Jews. (Matt Lebovic)
July 8, 2017, 4:21 am
Amsterdam to rename hall honoring Nazi collaborator
Piet Mijksenaar, a former top city official, gave ‘enthusiastic help with the deportation of Jews,’ watchdog says
By JTA
Abdoe Khoulani (YouTube screenshot)
June 6, 2017, 8:50 pm
Dutch-Muslim politician calls Israel supporter ‘a retarded dumb broad’
In response to criticism from The Hague resident Anneke Brons, Abdoe Khoulani leaves a series of misogynistic voicemail messages
By JTA
An aerial view of Jerusalem. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
May 2, 2017, 5:11 pm
On Independence Day, UNESCO okays resolution denying Israeli claims to Jerusalem
22 countries vote in favor of motion; 23 abstain, and 10 countries vote against; Israel envoy slams 'new low, even by UNESCO standards'
By Raphael Ahren and Alexander Fulbright
Illustration. New immigrants arrive to Ben Gurion airport in Israel. (Gideon Markowicz/FLASH90)
April 26, 2017, 4:07 pm
Aliyah, Step 1: Bureaucracy
On her Kafkaesque path to prove she’s Jewish, so she can make that move of all moves -- to Israel
By Rivka Bond
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