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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praises the Iranian people in an English language video released on May 31, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
June 22, 2018, 10:53 pm
Dutch state TV sorry for saying Israel threatens to destroy Iran
NOS also retracts claim in one report that the Jewish state was built in 1948 on occupied land
By JTA
Festival goers gather during the first day of the music festival Pinkpop, at Landgraaf on June 15, 2018. (Marcel van Hoorn/AFP)
June 18, 2018, 9:47 am
1 dead, 3 injured as van hits pedestrians near Dutch music festival
Police open investigation, cordon off road after driver flees the scene of early morning carnage
By AFP
Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders of the PVV party speaks to his supporters during a PVV demonstration against the policy of Prime Minister and his cabinet in Rotterdam, on January 20, 2018. (AFP/ANP/Robin Utrecht)
June 13, 2018, 7:57 pm
Far-right Dutch MP to hold Muhammad cartoon competition
Anti-Muslim leader Wilders gains approval from counter-terrorism agency to display controversial images of prophet in parliament offices
By TOI staff
The replica of the Terborg Syangogue at Mevo Horon, Israel. (Courtesy of Genootschap Nederland Israel via JTA)
June 13, 2018, 5:51 pm
Replica of Dutch synagogue destroyed in WWII opens near Jerusalem
Reconstruction of building made possible after blueprints of original Terborg synagogue discovered
By JTA
Anna 'Ans' van Dijk on trial in Amsterdam for collaborating with the Nazis (left) and diarist Anne Frank (public domain)
June 1, 2018, 4:20 pm
Was Anne Frank betrayed by a Jewish collaborator?
With her 'satanic hunting instinct,' the notorious Anna 'Ans' van Dijk is fingered to have tipped off Nazis about the Jews hidden in the 'Secret Annex,' leading to their murders
By Matt Lebovic
A photo taken on December 7, 2017, shows the damaged storefront of kosher Jewish restaurant HaCarmel in Amsterdam. (GINOPRESS B.V./AFP/Getty Images)
May 24, 2018, 6:35 pm
Targeting of Jews in the Netherlands hits a 5-year high
41% of 144 confirmed criminal offenses involving xenophobia were directed against Jewish people, Dutch Public Prosecution Service says, near double the number for 2016
By JTA
During an outing in 1922, Walter Hollander (third from left) with friends (public domain)
May 23, 2018, 3:49 am
Who was Anne Frank’s gay Uncle Walter?
After being imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Walter Hollander fled Germany. Once settled in Massachusetts, he attempted to help the Frank family flee Europe
By Matt Lebovic
Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders of the PVV party speaks to his supporters during a PVV demonstration against the policy of Prime Minister and his cabinet in Rotterdam, on January 20, 2018. (AFP/ANP/Robin Utrecht)
May 17, 2018, 6:49 am
Far-right Dutch lawmaker Wilders appeals discrimination ruling
Firebrand opposition leader back in court to fight conviction for 'inflammatory' rally against Moroccans during a 2014 election campaign
By JO BIDDLE
A photo taken on December 7, 2017, shows the damaged storefront of kosher Jewish restaurant HaCarmel in Amsterdam. (GINOPRESS B.V./AFP/Getty Images)
May 10, 2018, 5:56 pm
Amsterdam kosher eatery to close shop because of assaults
Owner of HaCarmel says it is 'irresponsible' to continue unless city officials install permanent security for his business
By JTA
Monument for 1239 Jewish victims from Utrecht. (CC BY-SA Kattiel, Wikimedia Commons)
May 9, 2018, 11:27 pm
Blood and mud poured on Netherlands Holocaust monument
Memorial to more than 1,200 Jews deported to their deaths from Utrecht defaced day after Memorial Day
By JTA
A view of Amsterdam (CC BY-SA Swimmerguy269/Wikipedia)
May 5, 2018, 2:04 pm
Dutch cop requests removal of Holocaust memorial sign, cites Israeli actions
Bookshop owner says he ignored request by policeman: 'Would you mind taking that off, because Israel launched an attack'
By JTA
The synagogue in Deventer in the Netherlands was recently bought by Turkish developer Ayhan Sahin. (Martie Ressing/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
April 17, 2018, 8:19 am
Dutch Jews protest Turkish developer’s plan to turn synagogue into eatery
Community in Deventer was unable to maintain 200-year-old national monument, which was sold first to a local church and then to entrepreneur
By JTA
Anne Frank House employee Barry Vingerling. (Facebook)
April 15, 2018, 3:04 am
Anne Frank House employee says he was barred from wearing kippa
Barry Vingerling says management told him religious symbols were not in line with museum's 'neutrality' efforts, relented after six months
By TOI staff
Pieter Heijs shows his product at his Hollandia Matzes factory in Enschede, the Netherlands, March 19, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
March 31, 2018, 1:04 pm
How matzah became a household item for non-Jews in the Netherlands
Pieter Heijs, a co-owner of Hollandia Matzes in Enschede, is probably the only flatbread producer in the world who braces for losses, not earnings, during Passover
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Dutch lawmaker from the Christian Union party, Joël Voordewind, speaks in a campaign video uploaded online October 17, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)
March 31, 2018, 1:04 am
Netherlands posts military attache to Iran, angering coalition partner
Citing Tehran's anti-Israel views and human rights record, lawmaker Joël Voordewind 'dismayed' Amsterdam seeking closer defense ties
By JTA
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