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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (L) shakes hands with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in The Hague on September 6, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/ANP/Robin UTRECHT)
October 27, 2017, 9:48 pm
Dutch government ‘obsessed’ with Israel, Simon Wiesenthal Center says
Israel-Palestinian conflict the only one mentioned in coalition agreement of the new government of the Netherlands
By JTA
Matisyahu performing at the Rototom Festival in Benicassim, Spain, August 22, 2015. (YouTube/via JTA)
August 26, 2015, 3:55 pm
Matisyahu affair highlights Europe’s conflation of Jew and Israel
Jewish support for Israel is becoming an excuse for blatant racism, as old and new anti-Semitism converge
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Stephan Templ, who was convicted of defrauding the Austrian government out of $700,000 in connection with a Holocaust restitution application. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
November 1, 2014, 11:02 pm
Journalist’s conviction in fraud case, a Viennese vendetta?
In a country that only acknowledged its Holocaust-era culpability in 1993, experts say this rotten restitution trial may be meant to stave off more claims
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative photo of a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Stockholm, Sweden, on January 20, 2009. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 7, 2014, 4:01 am
Why are the Nordic countries so cold to Israel?
Just weeks before Sweden vowed to recognize Palestine, Denmark and Finland threatened Jerusalem with sanctions. It’s not just because of Muslim immigrants
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: A monument at a Jewish cemetery in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland is found desecrated with anti-Semitic graffiti, March 2012 (Jedrzej Wojnar/AP)
July 8, 2013, 2:09 pm
Jewish life in Europe ‘dying a slow death’?
It’s time to get out, urges Prof. Robert Wistrich, a leading authority on anti-Semitism. And he’s one of the scholars who dismisses a claim that 150 million EU citizens have demonic views of Israel
By Raphael Ahren
Adam Green with fellow British fans of the English soccer club Chelsea on their way to a match in Amsterdam, May 15, 2013. (photo credit: Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
May 23, 2013, 10:38 pm
Kicking racism out of soccer proves a tough goal
England claims to be a world leader and is giving Israeli activists some training, but it has yet to eliminate anti-Semitism among its own supporters
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A canal in Amsterdam (Rachael Cerrotti/Flash90)
August 27, 2012, 12:34 pm
Crusading against Muslim rituals and rites, Dutch populist alienates the Jews
With ritual slaughter and circumcision under attack, ties between some pro-Israel activists and far-right MP Geert Wilders are unraveling. And that’s not the only problem for Holland’s Jews as elections near
By Raphael Ahren
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