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Esther Voet is the editor in chief of the Dutch Jewish magazine Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad. (Courtesy of NIW/via JTA)
March 19, 2019, 10:49 pm
Jewish journalist’s Purim prank about fleeing anti-Semitism shocks Holland
Amid rising anti-Jewish incidents, respected Jewish weekly editor Esther Voet says she’s moving to Israel where ‘getting called a dirty Jew simply means I have to take a bath’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Flowers have been set up in tribute to victims at the site of a shooting in a tram, at 24 October square in Utrecht, on March 19, 2019, one day after three people were shot dead and several were injured in the attack. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)
March 19, 2019, 2:36 pm
Letter in Dutch suspect’s getaway car suggests terror motive: prosecutors
Reports had previously suggested tram shooting was a family feud; Utrecht police arrest two in addition to suspected gunman
By AFP
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves to supporters during a rally, February 26, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)
March 19, 2019, 12:34 am
Turkey probing deadly Dutch shooting attack, Erdogan says
Turkish-born suspect Gokmen Tanis may have killed three and wounded five on an Utrecht tram earlier Monday due to ‘family dispute,’ local media claims
By AFP
Suspected gunman Gokmen Tanis, 37, on March 18, 2019. Police believe he carried out a deadly shooting on a city tram that day. (Police Utrecht on Twitter, via AP)
March 18, 2019, 8:13 pm
Suspected gunman in deadly Dutch tram shooting is arrested
‘We assume a terror motive,’ says Utrecht’s mayor as 37-year-old Turkish-born Gokmen Tanis suspected of killing three and wounding five
By AP
Dutch MP Joram van Klaveren, February 24, 2017. The former far-right politician fought against Islam in the Netherlands before revealing he converted to the religion in February 2019. (BAS CZERWINSKI / ANP / AFP)
February 6, 2019, 10:12 am
Dutch former anti-Islam MP says he’s become a Muslim
Joram van Klaveren, ex-ally of far-right politician Geert Wilders, once fought to ban burqas and minarets in the Netherlands
By Jan Hennop
Dutch politician Rens Reijnierse (Omroep Zeeland screen capture)
October 27, 2018, 2:44 am
Dutch politician praises pro-Palestinian kite show featuring Nazi symbols
Rens Reijnierse of the city of Vlissingen deletes tweet, apologizes after sustaining criticism
By JTA
Illustrative: Police are seen in the Dutch city of Rotterdam after a concert by Californian ban Allah-Las was canceled over a terror threat on August 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/ANP/Arie Kievit)
September 27, 2018, 10:58 pm
Netherlands says major terrorist attack at public event foiled, 7 arrested
Prosecutor says jihadists were ‘at a very advanced stage of preparation’ for attack with explosive belts, assault rifle
By AFP
Geert Wilders of the Freedom Party (PVV) speaks during a televised debate between the eight top party leaders in The Hague on March 14, 2017, a day before the parliamentary elections. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Phil Nijhuis)
August 29, 2018, 10:37 am
Dutch police arrest man said plotting to kill Geert Wilders over Muhammad images
Suspect detained at Hague main railway station after firebrand politician announces Muslim prophet cartoon competition
By AFP
Still from a video posted by Amsterdam’s Blue Mosque showing what it says is the conversion to Islam of 87-year-old Sal van Coeverden on May 4, 2019 (Facebook)
May 11, 2018, 6:26 pm
Dutch mosque claims to convert Holocaust survivor to Islam; Jews are skeptical
A Facebook video appears to show conversion of 87-year-old ‘Jewish aristocrat’ Sal van Coeverden on May 4. Strangely, journalists have been unable to locate the man
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders of the PVV party (L), and Belgium's Vlaams Belang Flemish right-wing party leader Filip De Winter lead a protest march against the policy of Dutch Prime Minister and his cabinet in Rotterdam, on January 20, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ANP / Robin UTRECHT / Netherlands OUT)
January 21, 2018, 6:09 pm
Dutch far-right protests against ‘discrimination’ in favor of immigrants
In run-up to local elections in March, populist politician Geert Wilders declares, ‘We live here, not in Morocco, Turkey, or Saudi Arabia’
By AFP
A poster in the Dutch city of Rotterdam encouraging free choice of romantic partners, May 25, 2017. (Courtesy of Femme for Freedom)
July 21, 2017, 2:27 am
In Rotterdam, posters of Jewish man and Muslim woman kissing spark a scandal
Netherlands campaign encouraging free choice of romantic partners triggers fierce backlash, vandalism, threats
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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)
March 17, 2017, 1:10 am
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
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)
March 16, 2017, 3:39 am
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
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)
March 16, 2017, 2:27 am
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
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte shakes hands with children after casting his vote for the Dutch general election in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
March 16, 2017, 2:02 am
Dutch PM Rutte beats anti-Islam leader Wilders
Exit poll shows ruling VVD party with 31 seats in 150-member parliament, to 19 for far-right rival, in closely watched vote with huge 82% turnout
By Mike Corder and Raf Casert
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