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Netherlands: The threat of ambient antisemitism

Many Dutch Jews feel they are being tolerated rather than accepted, remembered rather than protected

Protesters running after Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam
 KLM Dutch airline planes

Dutch airline KLM retracts decision to resume Israel flights

 KLM AIRCRAFT are seen on the tarmac at Schipol airport near Amsterdam April 15, 2015.

Dutch airline KLM running low on de-icing fluid for planes in Amsterdam

PEOPLE WALK in the snow-covered Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower, as winter weather with snow and cold temperatures hits a large part of the country, in Paris, France, January 5, 2026.

Freezing weather across Europe causes flight cancellations, rail network disuption


Did a former UNRWA teacher help organize the Amsterdam pogrom?

Reports found one of the main protest organizers to be PGNL, a prominent member of the extensive Hamas-affiliated network in the Netherlands, led by a self-described former teacher at UNWRA.

 Ayman Nejmeh's Facebook profile - before and after removing his involvement in UNRWA.

Can European sports events truly protect Israeli, Jewish fans? Are they trying to? - comment

Sure, Israel is under attack, has been at war, and it’s far from perfect. But it is the land that will take in and protect Jews, and that is something that didn’t exist in 1939.

 PEOPLE CELEBRATE as Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans arrive at the Ben-Gurion Airport on Friday after overnight attacks in the Dutch capital after the match between Maccabi and Ajax Amsterdam

'This is Auschwitz': Hundreds defy Amsterdam protest ban in solidarity with antisemitic attackers

On Sunday afternoon, the city of Amsterdam posted on X that protesters who defied the ban would be arrested.

 Anti-Israel protesters arrived in troves "in solidarity" with Thursday's pogrom in Amsterdam.

EL AL funds rescue flights for Israelis from violent Amsterdam attack

“EL AL undertook to aid the Israeli public and the state and will continue to do so when needed,” the company said Saturday.

 An El Al Boeing Dreamliner is prepared for its next flight at Ben Gurion Airport last month.

Thousands of students commemorate 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht at Oporto Holocaust Museum

The President of the Porto Jewish Community, Gabriel Senderowicz, stated that "Kristallnacht is not part of history but happening today. The way to fight antisemitism is to educate the youth."  

 Holocaust Museum Director Michael Rothwell and British Ambassador to Portugal Lisa Bandari speaking to Portuguese schoolchildren in the museum.

Druze Maccabi TLV fan misleads Amsterdam attackers by speaking Arabic

When the violent attacks erupted on the city’s streets, Asad spoke fluent Arabic to mislead attackers and protect Israeli fans.

 Melhem Asad

‘Free Palestine’ stickers backed with razor blades found outside Amsterdam Holocaust museum 

A number of the stickers were found outside the city’s Holocaust Museum but police are unsure how many may be spread across the city. 

 A sticker placed by an anti-Israel protester in front of a residential building across from Columbia’s Amsterdam gate, May 2024.. (Shira Dicker/The Media Line)

French MP defends attacks on Israelis, claims they 'supported genocide'

Mesmeur wrote "these people here were not lynched because they were Jewish, but instead because they were racist and supported a genocide."

 Marie Mesmeur, as taken from her X

Dutch PM to Sa'ar: Amsterdam attacks were 'turning point' in antisemitism approach

Prime Minister Schoof expressed his commitment to bringing the perpetrators of Thursday night's attacks to justice.

 Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the former's residence in the Netherlands, November 10 2024

2,000 citizens were flown back to Israel on emergency flights, El Al said

Six flights were operated on Friday, and another two were on Saturday - with a total of eight flights evacuating Israeli citizens.

 An El Al flight takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024.