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Under attack at home and abroad, the Jewish people stand as one - opinion

From Beit Shemesh to Michigan, Jews worldwide have faced tragedy are connected by a shared destiny.

|ByDORON ALMOG
CEO Yehuda Setton (left) and Chairman of The Jewish Agency Maj.-Gen. (res.) Doron Almog, pictured on March 3, 2026.
A military police force member of Royal Netherlands Marechaussee stands guard near a Jewish school in Amsterdam on March 16, 2026, following its reopening, two days after an attack on the Jewish institution.

Netherlands probing if Rotterdam synagogue attack has Iran link, minister says

Dutch prosecutors said on ​Monday that the ‌four men suspected of causing the Rotterdam synagogue explosion ​had done so ​with terrorist intent.

|ByREUTERS
Police arrest individuals who allegedly threw a red substance at an Israeli flag and red smoke bombs in the middle of a demonstration, on December 17, 2025 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Explosion near Amsterdam WTC linked to emerging group Ashab al-Yamin

"We are investigating this explosion," the spokesperson said. "The fire was immediately extinguished by security. We are reviewing footage and are calling on witnesses to contact the police."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A photograph taken on March 14, 2026 shows a police car parked outside a Jewish school, in Amsterdam, where an explosion was reported overnight.

Blast hits Jewish school in Amsterdam, mayor calls it targeted attack

The bombing is the second attack against a Jewish target in the Netherlands this week, after an explosive device detonated at a synagogue in the center of Rotterdam on Thursday.

|ByREUTERS, AARON GLICK

'Amsterdam riots were not pogrom,' mayor says, defending Muslim population

Femka Halsema accused the Israeli government and Dutch politicians of using the term 'pogrom' as propaganda to attack the Muslim community.

NOVEMBER 18, 2024ByYUVAL BARNEA
AMSTERDAM MAYOR Femke Halsema attends a new conference following the pogrom against Israeli soccer fans in the city last week. The mayor called it ‘an outburst of antisemitism the likes of which we hoped not to see again in Amsterdam.’

Calling the attacks in the Dutch capital antisemitic is burying our heads in the sand - opinion

From Amsterdam to Sderot, the ideology is the same. It is a deep-rooted hatred for any expression of democratic and liberal values.

NOVEMBER 18, 2024ByALON DAVIDI
THE WRITER speaks at a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in September. Hatred of Jews is a central component of radical Islam’s rhetoric, but it is merely part of a greater objective – destabilizing the free world order, he maintains.

'I don't wear a yarmulke anymore': Netherlands’s Jews endure outbreak of antisemitism

Stickers were found across Apeldoorn demanding the city be made "Jew Free."

NOVEMBER 17, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A woman wrapped in an Israel flag stands outside the place where mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema attends a press conference following the violence targeting fans of an Israeli soccer team, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8, 2024.

Mainstream media downplayed violent Amsterdam pogrom - opinion

The international media should have known better and been able to call a spade a spade and a pogrom a pogrom.

NOVEMBER 16, 2024ByGIL HOFFMAN
TOASTING MACCABI Tel Aviv fans upon their arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport, after their rescue from marauding pro-Palestinian gangs in Amsterdam, Nov. 8.

Standing proud as a Jew in Europe and finding allies amid antisemitism - opinion

Let us stand loud and proud, and may we learn from history to live in a better future where our hearts never have to skip a beat for wearing a piece of jewelry.

NOVEMBER 16, 2024ByALYSSA ANNIS
OPENLY WEARING a Star of David, the writer visits the Berlin Holocaust Memorial this week.

Dutch government survives dispute over Amsterdam violence

Junior Finance Minister Nora Achahbar's resignation triggered a crisis cabinet meeting at which four ministers from her centrist NSC party also threatened to quit.

NOVEMBER 16, 2024ByREUTERS
Dutch police patrol after riots in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 11, 2024.

Dutch police arrest 16-year-old for throwing explosive at Amsterdam tram during protests

The suspect is currently in custody and being questioned.

NOVEMBER 15, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Dutch police officers detain a man after riots in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 11, 2024.

Dutch government could fall over handling of Amsterdam violence, media report

Prime Minister Dick Schoof on Monday said the incidents showed that some of the youth in the Netherlands with a migration background did not share "Dutch core values."

NOVEMBER 15, 2024ByREUTERS
Pro-Palestinian protesters face Dutch police while taking part in a banned demonstration in Amsterdam, Netherlands November 10, 2024.

My Word: The international sport of kicking the Jew

It is no good kicking the Jew-hatred down the road and trying to ignore it. Europe is not yet lost, but it needs to combat foul play.

NOVEMBER 15, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS
Protesters running after Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam

The year is 1938: European Jews, leave now - opinion

From Amsterdam to Madrid, Uber drivers to dedicated WhatsApp groups for antisemitic incidents, Jews have no more business in Europe/

NOVEMBER 15, 2024ByMOSHE KLUGHAFT
A woman wrapped in an Israel flag stands outside the place where mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema attends a press conference following the violence targeting fans of an Israeli soccer team, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8, 2024.