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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Utrecht

Huib Kriekaard and Ina Straatsma-Elzes work at the Israel Product Center in the headquarters of the Christians for Israel group in the Dutch town of Nijkerk, June 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
August 20, 2024, 4:47 am
In Holland’s Bible belt, a Christian family’s pro-Israel empire shifts into overdrive
Since the October 7 Hamas massacre, the 45-year-old Christians for Israel’s product sales, public engagement – and risk exposure – have vastly increased
By Canaan Lidor
Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam defaced with graffiti reading "Gaza," July 9, 2024. (Netherlands' Center for Information and Documentation Israel)
July 10, 2024, 2:31 pm
Anne Frank monument in Amsterdam vandalized with red ‘Gaza’ graffiti
Mayor calls incident ‘unbelievable disgrace,’ as city removes slogan daubed on statue; police arrest suspect in vandalism of Christian-Zionist community center near Utrecht
By Canaan Lidor and ToI Staff
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
Special Police forces, police and medical experts work near a tram at the 24 Oktoberplace in Utrecht, where a shooting took place on March 18, 2019. (Ricardo Smit/ANP/AFP)
March 18, 2019, 4:31 pm
Death toll rises to 3 in Utrecht shooting; terrorism seen as most likely motive
Law enforcement hunts for suspect in tram attack, named by authorities as Turkey-born Gokman Tanis, 37
By AFP and ToI Staff
Police forces at 24 Oktoberplace in Utrecht, on March 18, 2019 after a deadly shooting at the site. (Robin van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP)
March 18, 2019, 1:28 pm
At least 1 killed, several hurt in suspected Dutch terror shooting
Counterterror units searching for gunman who reportedly fled after opening fire on tram in suburban area of Utrecht
By AFP
The Holocaust monument for 1,239 Jewish victims from Utrecht. (CC BY-SA Kattiel, Wikimedia Commons)
May 9, 2018, 11:27 pm
Blood and mud poured on Netherlands Holocaust monument
Memorial to more than 1,200 Jews deported to their deaths from Utrecht defaced day after Memorial Day
By JTA
Sipora, a Jewish refugee from Iran, looking out the window of her daughter’s Netherlands home, Feb. 15, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
February 24, 2018, 11:26 am
Jewish grandmother sentenced to death in Iran; Holland won’t grant her asylum
Persian language teacher ‘Sipora’ was convicted in absentia for running underground organization that found housing for women with abusive husbands who could not get a divorce
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Screen capture from video showing the suspect in a gold heist in Utrecht, The Netherlands. (YouTube)
January 4, 2018, 8:20 pm
Citing facial hair and hat, Dutch police say theft suspect ‘may well be Jewish’
Thief convinced victim to hand over a kilogram in gold for inspection, then made his escape after saying he was heading to the toilet
By JTA
Dutch far-right politician and leader of the Freedom Party Geert Wilders (C) addresses journalists as he officially launches his parliamentary election campaign in Spijkenisse on February 18, 2017. (AFP/John Thys)
March 11, 2017, 1:06 am
Europe on Edge: Immigration fears boost Dutch far right
Of the Netherlands’ 17 million people, just over one in five now has a foreign background
By John Leicester
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