Israel says ‘antisemitism epidemic raging’ in Netherlands after blast outside Jewish school

A police car parked outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam, where an explosion was reported overnight, March 14, 2026. (Stéphanie HAMEL / AFP)
A police car parked outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam, where an explosion was reported overnight, March 14, 2026. (Stéphanie HAMEL / AFP)

Israel’s foreign ministry says that “an antisemitism epidemic is raging” in the Netherlands, after an overnight blast outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam.

“The Dutch government needs to do much more to fight antisemitism,” the ministry says in a social media post.

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