NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES

The Netherlands

Antisemitic incidents hit record high in the Netherlands

There was a 19 per cent increase in antisemitic incidents in the Netherlands in 2018, according to the Dutch community watchdog CIDI.

Dutch Greens endorse boycott of Israel

The Dutch Green Left Party became the Netherlands’ first mainstream political movement to endorse a boycott of Israel.

Dutch Labour Party adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The Dutch centre-left Labour Party (PvdA) has adopted the IHRA working definition of antisemitism.

Dutch football fans arrested for saying “Jews burn best”

Dutch police arrested five supporters of the Feyenoord team for allegedly singing an increasingly popular chant about burning Jews at a match.

Dutch pensions group removes Israeli banks from blacklist

PGGM, a major Dutch pensions group has reversed its 2014 blacklisting of Israeli banks.

Dutch rail says it will compensate for transporting Jews to Nazi death camps

The Dutch national railways company will for the first time pay individual compensation to relatives of Jews deported to German death camps during World War II, the country’s rail provider announced.

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