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The Netherlands

Dutch civic integration exam updated to include Holocaust and antisemitism questions

The updated exam includes content testing whether migrants know what the Holocaust entailed and that antisemitism is prohibited in the Netherlands.

CIDI recorded 421 antisemitic incidents in the Netherlands in 2024

This figure is the highest since CIDI began recording such incidents forty years ago, underscoring a rapidly worsening trend.

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.

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