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

The mayor's spokesperson told Nieuwsuur that the decision to ban away fans is fixed and that football will be played in Alkmaar on Thursday, without an away crowd.

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.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather at Museumplein ahead of a 6 km march through the city as part of a protest demanding a tougher stance from the Dutch government against Israel's war in Gaza, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 5, 2025.

Tensions spike as Israel targets Dutch diplomats following Netherlands ban on settlement goods

Travelers wait in a departure hall at the Netherlands's Schiphol airport, a day after a strike by KLM luggage handlers caused many flights to be canceled, near Amsterdam, April 24, 2022

Dutch customs assures 'Post' that checks are routine despite Foreign Ministry warning - exclusive

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, October 23, 2023, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, met with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Protesters gather outside Dutch Embassy to Israel wanting answers on Netanyahu-Rutte Oct. 7 call


'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.

'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."

 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.

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

The suspect is currently in custody and being questioned.

Dutch police officers detain a man after riots in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 11, 2024.

Netherlands has opportunity to show Europe how to deal with violent antisemitism - editorial

Now, it is time for the Dutch to collectively show that they will not accept “Jew hunting” or allow the growing rise of Islamism in the country to affect the Jewish community.

 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.