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Israel recalls ambassador to Netherlands after public criticism of ministers Smotrich, Ben-Gvir

Vapni called Jewish settler extremists in the West Bank "thugs and terrorists," adding that they all belong in prison.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich seen in Jerusalem, January 28, 2024
Protesters wave Palestinian flags in front of the Rijksmuseum during the "Red Line" protest under the slogan "No money for genocide" in Amsterdam on November 8, 2026.

‘We Support Hamas’ sign seen in Amsterdam as 200,000 protest against Dutch Israel policy

 Ronald Visee holds a Netherlands flag flying at half-mast

The Netherlands confronts Israel while hiding from its own Jewish history - opinion

Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were barred from attending their team’s match against Aston Villa – an example of how pressure surrounding Israeli participation has moved into European sport.

Netherlands 'leading hotbed of antisemitism': Israel condemns Hapoel Beersheba ban


'Wilders, like Jews, must be exterminated': Geert Wilders receives death threats

Wilders posted on his X a list of threats such as “A bullet. Wilders, like Jews, is vermin that must be exterminated” “Zionist dogs like you will be shot” and “we will cut your head soon.”

 Dutch politician Geert Wilders visits the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 9, 2024

Dutch seismologist warns of potential earthquake in Middle East

“It does not happen often, but if you are in Iran, be on extra alert as well,” Hoogerbeets added.

 An aerial view shows collapsed and damaged buildings after an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey February 7, 2023.

7-year-old Dutch motorcycling champion Sid Veijer dies after training accident

Sid was critically injured on December 22 while training on a mini motorcycle at an indoor karting facility in Swalmen, Netherlands.

 Minibike racing. Illustration.

'War in Court': Dutch project reveals names of 425k. WWII Nazi collaborators

The archive, consisting of 32 million pages, includes about 425,000 mostly Dutch people who were investigated for collaboration with German occupiers during World War Two.

Arrest of Dutch Jews by the Nazis, February 1941

Amsterdam riots: Five sentenced for antisemitic attacks against Israelis

The court reportedly said that a prison sentence was appropriate "given the seriousness of the facts and the context they took place in."

 Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters demonstrate and light flares in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 7, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Dutch Parliament votes to phase out UNRWA funding over terror ties

The measure, led by MPs Stoffer (SGP party) and Eerdmans (JA21 party), cut funds to the widely criticized UN agency by almost 25% for the first year.

 Dutch orthodox-protestant Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partijmember Chris Stoffer speaks during the discussion of the private member's bill of GroenLinks and PvdA in the House of Representatives to also have the abortion pill dispensed by the general practitioner in The Hague, on February 9, 2022.

Dutch court rejects bid to stop arms exports to Israel

"The interim relief court finds that there is no reason to impose a total ban on the export of military and dual-use goods on the state," it said in a statement.

 Presiding judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua, Judge Tomoko Akane, and Judge Kimberly Prost prepare to deliver the verdict in the case of Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, June 26, 2024.

Dutch government creates new national strategy for combatting antisemitism

The strategy will take effect immediately and encompasses all facets of society, including sports, education, immigration, and security.

 Demonstrators hold Palestinian and Israeli flags as they gather in front of the National Holocaust Museum on the day of its opening, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 10, 2024.

The Netherlands are lost: Dutch seek to blame Israeli victims of Amsterdam pogrom - opinion

We grew up on the legend of the Dutch as “Righteous Among the Nations,” heroes who helped save Jews during World War II. However, the truth is starkly different.

 PEOPLE WAVE Palestinian flags and a man wears a ‘Free Palestine’ shirt as students and employees of the University of Amsterdam protest, earlier this year.

Dutch House of Reps votes to close mosques that preach destruction of Jews, Israel

The House also passed a motion to create a proposal to punish antisemitism more severely.

 Demonstrators hold Palestinian and Israeli flags as they gather in front of the National Holocaust Museum on the day of its opening, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 10, 2024.