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Thousands of protesters march demanding their government do more to halt Israel's campaign against the Hamas terror group in Gaza, during a demonstration in Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 5, 2025. (Peter Dejong/AP)
March 17, 2026, 10:54 pm
As schools and synagogues burn in the Netherlands, its leaders send mixed messages
In the wake of firebombing attacks in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, public figures are condemning antisemitism while simultaneously seeming to use the war in Gaza to justify it
By Bart Schut
Netherland's Foreign Minister David van Weel speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on December 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
March 17, 2026, 7:29 pm
Netherlands probing if Rotterdam synagogue attack has Iran link, minister says
Diaspora Ministry said Sunday that new terror group, which claimed responsibility for spate of attacks across Netherlands and Belgium, is believed to have ties to Iranian networks
By Reuters
Chaim Rotter, arrested on suspicion of numerous sex offenses, at a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv on July 2, 2025 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 7, 2025, 5:44 pm
Confidant to Haredi patrol chief suspected of sexual assault to be kept in custody
Chaim Rotter, head of Shomrim organization in Bnei Brak, is suspected of assaulting women and minors over decades
By Charlie Summers
Anti-Israel protesters conceal themselves from a photographer's lens on the campus of the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on June 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/ Times of Israel)
July 1, 2024, 8:32 am
Only those with palms painted pro-Palestinian red can enter parts of Erasmus University
In cosmopolitan Rotterdam, Jews say they feel unsafe on campus, where they endure explicit calls for their people’s ethnic cleansing alongside intimidation and antisemitic violence
By Canaan Lidor
Eden Alene performing at the semifinal round of the 2021 Eurovision in Rotterdam, Netherlands (Courtesy screengrab)
May 19, 2021, 12:44 am
Israel’s Eden Alene makes it into Eurovision finals
Despite social media calls to boycott Israel, Alene’s ‘Set Me Free’ — complete with super-high ‘whistle note’ — wins place in Saturday’s song contest
By Jessica Steinberg
Madonna on stage at the Eurovision Song Contest at Tel Aviv Fairgrounds, May 17, 2019. At bottom left is a dancer bearing the Palestinian flag on his shirt. (Michael Campanella/ Getty Images/via JTA)
July 9, 2019, 10:32 pm
Dutch city: Madonna can sing at Eurovision 2020, despite Palestinian flag stunt
Rotterdam council shoots down motion seeking to ban the pop icon for displaying a ‘symbol for the rejection of Israel’; unclear where singing contest will be held
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Feyenoord's fans light up flares during a Champions League Group F soccer match between Feyenoord and Napoli at the Kuip stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on December 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
February 5, 2019, 7:23 pm
Dutch soccer fans chant ‘Jews burn best’ on Holocaust Remembrance Day
5 Feyenoord fans arrested over anti-Semitic chant against rival Ajax, which is seen as a historically Jewish team
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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)
May 31, 2018, 11:37 am
Dutch police shoot Syrian man waving ax, shouting ‘Allahu akbar’
Suspect is wounded after attacking officers, stabbing police dog to death
By AP
Hundreds demonstrate in a protest outside the Rotterdam Centraal Train Station on July 22, 2017, against the latest Israeli restrictions on Palestinians entry to Al-Aqsa mosque (Abdullah Asiran/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images via JTA)
September 1, 2017, 2:01 am
Protesters chanted about killing Jews at Netherlands rally
Rotterdam Jewish community files police complaint alleging racist incitement to violence during July 22 event
By JTA
Illustrative: Police cars are seen near the concert venue Maassilo after a rock show was cancelled due to a terror threat, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on August 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/ANP/Arie Kievit)
August 25, 2017, 3:05 pm
Was Dutch concert canceled because of a single chat message?
Police continue to question detained man over suspected terror plot, but doubts grow about authenticity of threat
By Jan Hennop
In this image taken from video a van is examined behind a cordoned-off area in Rotterdam on August 23, 2017. (RTL via AP)
August 24, 2017, 1:17 pm
Dutch police detain suspect in concert terror threat
Police spokesman says 22-year-old man was arrested a day after US band Allah-Las had to cancel gig in Rotterdam at last minute
By Mike Corder
A van with a Spanish numberplate near the concert venue Maassilo is seen during police investigations after a rock concert was cancelled due to a terror threat, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on August 23, 2017. (AFP/ ANP / Arie Kievit)
August 24, 2017, 2:23 am
Rotterdam van not linked to Spanish terror cell, official says
Police question driver of vehicle stopped in Dutch city with gas canisters after concert canceled over unspecified terror warning from Spain
By AP
Illustrative photo of Dutch police in the port city of Rotterdam, March 12, 2017. (AFP Photo/Emmanuel Dunand)
August 23, 2017, 11:56 pm
Rotterdam concert canceled over terror threat involving Spanish van
Police arrest driver near venue in Dutch port city; vehicle found loaded with gas bottles
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The Mayor of Rotterdam Ahmed Aboutaleb. (GFDL/Wikimedia)
April 18, 2017, 4:33 pm
Dutch city allows pro-Hamas event, bans counter protest
Israel’s embassy ‘greatly concerned’ by Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb’s decision
By JTA
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) meets with Jason Greenblatt, the US president's assistant and special representative for international negotiations, at Abbas's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 14, 2017. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
March 14, 2017, 1:54 pm
J Street calls on Trump administration to openly back two states
Abbas: Historic peace deal possible under Trump; poll: Most Palestinians skeptical of Trump peace efforts
By ToI Staff
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