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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 344

anti-Semitism in the Netherlands

File - Activists hold up a banner denouncing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel’s actions during the war with Hamas as they demonstrate at the entrance of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, October 23, 2023. (Aleks Furtula/AP)
November 9, 2023, 1:07 pm
Antisemitic acts rise eightfold in Netherlands since Oct. 7, Dutch watchdog reports
Researchers say not only have numbers grown, but range of attacks on Jews has increased as well
By Shira Li Bartov
Children using sticks to beat an effigy of Judas on Good Friday, April 19, 2019, in the town of Pruchnik, Poland. (Hubert Lewkowicz / AFP)
April 13, 2023, 8:08 pm
Burning Judas, deriding Jews: Antisemitic Easter traditions persist in Europe
Media and diplomatic uproars are not dissuading locals in the Netherlands and Poland from putting on religious events centered around anti-Jewish sentiment
By Canaan Lidor
The University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (Courtesy of the University of Amsterdam via JTA)
February 23, 2022, 1:54 pm
Dutch universities to ignore query on Jewish group ties, but may divulge on Israel
Chief rabbi ‘relieved’ by decision but concerned it took universities two weeks and vociferous protests by Dutch Jews and their allies to respond to pro-Palestinian group’s demand
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (Courtesy of the University of Amsterdam)
February 16, 2022, 5:11 pm
Dutch universities halt compliance with request for info on Jewish, Israel ties
14 publicly funded institutions say query, filed by pro-Palestinian group under freedom of information law, led to ‘distress and a feeling of insecurity’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt welcomes a journalist into his home in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, on April 6, 2008. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
February 12, 2022, 9:25 am
Dutch universities order staff to reveal their ties to Jewish and Israeli groups
Institutions do so at request of pro-Palestinian group under freedom of information law; chief rabbi: ‘Universities’ compliance with transparently antisemitic request concerning’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Dutch right-wing leader Thierry Baudet speaks to reporters at the Dutch Senate in the Hague, on February 5, 2020. (Sem Van Der Wal/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
December 7, 2021, 11:34 pm
Dutch politician sued over comments comparing COVID restrictions to Holocaust
Four Holocaust survivors and Jewish groups file civil lawsuit against Thierry Baudet, leader of the far-right Forum for Democracy party
By AFP
Taco Dankers (Screen capture: YouTube)
November 3, 2021, 11:34 pm
Top official at Dutch TV station quits over alleged antisemitism
Taco Dankers of Ongehoord Nederland says ‘I distance myself in the strongest terms from antisemitism’ after report alleged he heads think tank that spreads conspiracies about Jews
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a child in a tulip field in Holland. (iStock/ FamVeld)
October 12, 2021, 11:06 pm
Why are non-Jewish Dutch parents giving their children Jewish names?
Monikers like Aron and Thirza are common in the Netherlands and almost nonexistent in neighboring Belgium. They may correlate with locals’ positive associations with Judaism
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Men wear Nazi uniforms during a COVID-19 protest in the Netherlands city of Urk, Sept. 10, 2021. ('Hart van Nederland' via JTA)
September 15, 2021, 10:45 am
Men dressed as Nazis apologize for mock arrest at Dutch COVID protest
Demonstrators pretend to detain a man wearing a yellow star, at site where many Jews were rounded up during Holocaust
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Steven Berghuis of the Netherlands during the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Group C match between North Macedonia National Team and Netherlands National Team at Johan Cruijff Arena in in Amsterdam, Netherlands on June 21, 2021. (Marcel ter Bals/BSR Agency/Getty Images via JTA)
July 29, 2021, 12:45 pm
Antisemitic mural drawn of Dutch soccer star after he signs with ‘Jewish’ team
Steven Berghuis transfers to his team’s rival, Ajax, known for Jewish fanbase; player depicted with enlarged nose, kippah and concentration camp garb
By Asaf Shalev
An Israeli flag sticks out of the window of HaCarmel kosher restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 8, 2020, after a man smashed the window. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
June 30, 2021, 10:52 pm
Prosecutors allege terrorist intent in vandalism of Amsterdam kosher restaurant
Dutch officials say actions of suspect, accused of smashing window and sticking an Israeli flag in it, were based on pro-Palestinian sentiment
By AP
Pieter van Oordt, left, with his brother Roger at the Israel Products Center in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, February 19, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz via JTA)
April 16, 2021, 10:26 am
Dutch shop fined for omitting ‘settlement’ from West Bank wine label
Israel Products Center forced to pay $2,514 after labeling it ‘product from an Israeli village in Judea and Samaria’ instead of wording from 2015 EU regulation
By Cnaan Liphshiz
An Israeli flag sticks out of the window of HaCarmel kosher restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 8, 2020, after a man smashed the window. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
April 15, 2021, 1:03 am
Anti-Semitic incidents in Netherlands fell by 25% in 2020, but remain high
135 attacks and other events among the highest totals in past decade; watchdog attributes drop since 2019 to lockdowns, wariness of police
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Hans Achterhuis in Amsterdam, Aug. 27, 2017. (Wikimedia Commmons via JTA)
April 10, 2021, 1:08 am
Leading Dutch philosopher: Diaspora a ‘blessing’ because it kept Jews from power
Netherlands national laureate Hans Achterhuis says, on Israel’s Holocaust memorial day, that when Jews have power they can carry out ‘religiously motivated violence’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Itay Garmy says reforming the European Union is 'the only way to save the Europe we inherited from the previous generation. (Courtesy of Garmy/via JTA. Photo of The Hague's Binnenhof with the Hofvijver CC BY-SA 4.0/ CEphoto, Uwe Aranas)
March 21, 2021, 3:33 am
27-year-old Israeli-Dutch Jew leads new progressive party into Dutch parliament
Campaigning with boomboxes outside food markets and on video game platform Twitch, Itay Garmy woos young voters with a vision of a strong, unified EU and a new form of politics
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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