July 18, 2017
11:10 pm

Trains belonging to the Nederlandse Spoorwegen national railway company seen at a train station in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons)

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

July 18, 2017
8:21 am

Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher sharpening his tools. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

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

July 8, 2017
5:57 am

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)

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

July 8, 2017
4:21 am

The imposing Hollandsche Schouwburg, or Dutch Theater, served as a gathering point during the Nazi roundup of Amsterdam's Jews. (Matt Lebovic)

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

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

April 26, 2017
4:07 pm

Illustration. New immigrants arrive to Ben Gurion airport in Israel. (Gideon Markowicz/FLASH90)

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

April 18, 2017
4:30 pm

Peter Redlich. (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam)

Dutch electrician finds Holocaust victims’ 1941 US visa application

The Redlich family, raincoat factory owners, all perished at the Nazis’ hands; not known if their visa bid was ever answered

By JTA

April 14, 2017
5:58 am

Nanette Konig giving an interview to Estado TV, March 2015. (Courtesy of Estado)

Anne Frank’s final days, as told by her former classmate

Nanette Konig, 88, is one of few living friends of Dutch teenage diarist; they last saw each other during Frank’s final days at Bergen-Belsen

By Cnaan Liphshiz

March 28, 2017
6:36 pm

Argentinian president Mauricio Macri (right), his wife Juliana Awada (center) and Dutch queen Maxima pose in front of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Holland, on March 27, 2017. (AFP/ANP/Patrick van Katwijk)

Argentina president visits Anne Frank House in Netherlands

Mauricio Macri pledges to spread lessons of Holocaust diarist, and the message ‘of hope in the midst of darkness’

By JTA

March 26, 2017
3:37 pm

Dutch member of Parliament and leader of the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) Geert Wilders, center, raises his glass in a cafe during a visit to the town of Volendam, on March 3, 2017, ahead of March 15 general elections. (AFP/ ANP / Jerry Lampen)

Geert Wilders was not defeated

The far-right Dutch pol lost in recent elections, but his populism will triumph if migrant-related woes persist

By George van Bergen

March 25, 2017
8:27 pm

A man walks past a huge billboard picturing Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and with an inscription which translates as 'Yes' on March 23, 2017 in Ankara. (AFP/Adem Altan)

Erdogan says would be ‘easier’ if EU rejects Turkey bid

President threatens to reevaluate relations with the European Union, says ‘Turkey is no one’s whipping boy’

By AFP

March 22, 2017
3:47 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a Turkish Anatolian Publishers Association Members meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on March 22, 2017. (Adem Altan/AFP)

Erdogan warns Europeans risk their safety as feud rages with EU

Turkish premier threatens West: If you continue to behave like this, you will not be be able to walk streets in peace

By Raziye AKKOC

March 17, 2017
1:10 am

A man pulls a cart in front of a huge portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Taksim Square in Istanbul on March 15, 2017. (AFP Photo/Bulent Kilic)

Erdogan lashes EU over ‘anti-Islam crusade’

Amid referendum campaign to expand his powers, Turkish leader finds himself in worsening relations with Germany and Holland

By Fulya Ozerkan and Stuart Williams

March 16, 2017
3:39 am

Democrats 66 party leader Alexander Pechtold, right-wing populist leader Geert Wilders, Socialist Party leader Emile Roemer, Party for the Animals' Marianne Thieme, Green Left party leader Jesse Klaver, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Cornelis Gerrit (Kees) van der Staaij, Labour Party leader Lodewijk Asscher, and Christan Democrats party leader Sybrand Buma, from left, pose for a picture after the closing debate at parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Robin van Lonkhuijsen ANP POOL via AP)

Victorious Dutch PM Rutte expands lead over far-right as votes counted

Anti-Islam candidate Geert Wilders’s party sinks to third place in 2017’s first ballot-box test for European populists

By Mike Corder and Raf Casert

March 16, 2017
2:27 am

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker wipes his brow before speaking during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, June 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU’s Juncker hails Dutch ‘vote against extremists’

European Union Commission chief welcomes defeat of Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party as ‘vote for Europe’

By AFP

Topic: Netherlands

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

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

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’

Amsterdam to rename hall honoring Nazi collaborator

Piet Mijksenaar, a former top city official, gave ‘enthusiastic help with the deportation of Jews,’ watchdog says

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

Aliyah, Step 1: Bureaucracy

On her Kafkaesque path to prove she’s Jewish, so she can make that move of all moves — to Israel

Dutch electrician finds Holocaust victims’ 1941 US visa application

The Redlich family, raincoat factory owners, all perished at the Nazis’ hands; not known if their visa bid was ever answered

Anne Frank’s final days, as told by her former classmate

Nanette Konig, 88, is one of few living friends of Dutch teenage diarist; they last saw each other during Frank’s final days at Bergen-Belsen

Argentina president visits Anne Frank House in Netherlands

Mauricio Macri pledges to spread lessons of Holocaust diarist, and the message ‘of hope in the midst of darkness’

Geert Wilders was not defeated

The far-right Dutch pol lost in recent elections, but his populism will triumph if migrant-related woes persist

Erdogan says would be ‘easier’ if EU rejects Turkey bid

President threatens to reevaluate relations with the European Union, says ‘Turkey is no one’s whipping boy’

Erdogan warns Europeans risk their safety as feud rages with EU

Turkish premier threatens West: If you continue to behave like this, you will not be be able to walk streets in peace

Erdogan lashes EU over ‘anti-Islam crusade’

Amid referendum campaign to expand his powers, Turkish leader finds himself in worsening relations with Germany and Holland

Victorious Dutch PM Rutte expands lead over far-right as votes counted

Anti-Islam candidate Geert Wilders’s party sinks to third place in 2017’s first ballot-box test for European populists

EU’s Juncker hails Dutch ‘vote against extremists’

European Union Commission chief welcomes defeat of Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party as ‘vote for Europe’

Latest Articles

Latest Blogs

The Times of Israel on Facebook