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The Netherlands

Amsterdam mayor to apologise for city’s role in Holocaust and mistreatment of survivors

Over 60,000 Jews were deported from Amsterdam and murdered. After the war, survivors often faced further hardship, including demands to pay back taxes for the years they had spent imprisoned in Nazi camps.

Israeli flag burned amid hate chants in Amsterdam

A man dressed like a Hamas terrorist burned an Israeli flag as onlookers cheered.

Dutch court has sentenced four men to prison for pogrom against Israeli fans in Amsterdam

The four defendants were part of a group of as many as several hundred rioters who attacked Israeli supporters of the Maccabi Tel Aviv football club.

Hilversum councillor resigns after antisemitism accusation

The reason for the departure of the GroenLinks official is an email he sent, in which, according to Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, he allegedly made antisemitic remarks.

Dutch police are investigating a serious threat made against a Jewish school in Amsterdam

The threat, which arrived via email, was sent to the school in the Amsterdam neighbourhood of Buitenveldert, stating that he would shoot children from the school because of the situation in Gaza.

Five men sentenced for violence against Israeli supporters in Amsterdam

Five men were sentenced by an Amsterdam court for acts of violence and complicity in violence against Israeli football supporters in November 2024.
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