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Amsterdam concert hall cancels Chanukah show because singer is IDF’s chief cantor

Concertgebouw director Simon Reinink said that allowing Shai Abramson to perform would be ‘against our mission’

By Jamie Shapiro

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IDF Chief Cantor Shai Abramson (Image: YouTube/JBS)
Jubilant: Rob Jetten, the leader of D66 (Democrats 66), is in pole position to become the next Dutch prime minister after Wednesday's elections. (Image: Getty)
Bart Schut

By Bart Schut

Dutch voters snub parties that tried to make Gaza the central issue

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The painting believed to be Portrait of a Lady, before it went missing, on the wall inside an expensive Argentinian villa (Image: Robles Casas & Campos)
Nazi

Jewish-owned painting stolen by Nazis goes missing as police raid Argentine home of Hitler aide’s daughter

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read
Dutch outgoing Prime Minister Dick Schoof addresses the press after making a statement in the House of Representatives regarding the resignation of his cabinet's NSC ministers, in The Hague August 22, 2025. Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned on August 22, 2025, after a deadlocked cabinet debate on possible sanctions against Israel, ANP news agency reported. "I see that I am insufficiently able to take meaningful additional measures to increase pressure on Israel," Veldkamp told ANP after the cabinet meeting that failed to agree on whether to order sanctions. (Photo by Phil Nijhuis / various sources / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by PHIL NIJHUIS/Phil Nijhuis/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
The Netherlands

Dutch Foreign Minister quits over Israel sanctions

By JC Reporter

2 min read
Center Parcs De Kempervennen, where the incident happened (Image: Center Parcs)
The Netherlands

Israelis hospitalised in brutal Center Parcs attack after pro-Palestine activists called for ‘mobilisation’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read
A nurse in the Netherlands is under investigation after posts on her social media account suggested she would like to kill 'Zionist' patients (Image: stock via Getty)
Healthcare

Dutch nurse investigated over posts saying she would kill ‘Zionist’ patients

By JC Reporter

1 min read
Netanyahu with Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof
The Netherlands

Netherlands accuses Israel of trying to influence Dutch public opinion

By JC Reporter

2 min read

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Netherlands sanctions far-right Israeli ministers over ‘calls for ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza

By Jacob Jaffa

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July 29, 2025 09:41
The Netherlands has banned far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich (L) and Itamar Ben-Gvir (R) from entering the country over their alleged 'incitement' of settler violence in the West Bank and 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza (Image: Flash90)

Dutch Imam fired after singing Hatikvah on Israel visit

By JC Reporter

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July 10, 2025 09:25
Dutch mam Youssef Msibih (front row, fourth from right) has been sacked by his mosque after meeting Israeli President Isaac Herzog and singing an Arabic-language version of Hatikvah (Image: Amos Ben-Gershom)

The Labour-GreenLeft alliance in the Netherlands calls for ban on Dutch supplies for Iron Dome

By Jane Prinsley

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June 20, 2025 09:48
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - JUNE 4: GroenLinks-PvdA faction leader Frans Timmermans attends a debate at the Dutch House of Representatives on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)
Bart Schut

By Bart Schut

Dutch government collapse spells danger for Israel ties

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June 12, 2025 14:48
The exodus of Geert Wilders far-right party from the Dutch government could spell trouble for the nations relationship with Israel (Image: Getty)

In Amsterdam, a Jewish paper chronicles a reality full of fear

By Canaan Lidor

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May 13, 2025 15:45
Esther Voet (top row centre) with Israelis who took refuge in her apartment in Amsterdam after a Maccabi Tel Aviv match in November 2024 (Image: Bart Schut)

Dutch Jewish population larger than thought – thanks to Israeli migration

By Simon Rocker

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January 13, 2025 16:21
German Federal Council President Manuela Schwesig (Centre L) addresses a speech during the opening ceremony for the National Holocaust Museum, at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, on March 10, 2024. Eighty years after World War II, the Netherlands is poised to open its first Holocaust museum, as before the war and the Nazi occupation, the Netherlands was home to a vibrant Jewish community of around 140,000 people, mainly concentrated in Amsterdam and by the time the Holocaust was over, an estimated 75 percent -- 102,000 people -- had been murdered. (Photo by Patrick van Emst / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by PATRICK VAN EMST/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Amsterdam court criticised for lenient sentences for attackers of Israeli soccer fans

By JC Reporter

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December 24, 2024 15:08
Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters wave yellow flags next to Israeli flags during the club's UEFA Europa League match with Ajax Amsterdam in November (Photo: Getty Images)

Swedish government to stop funding UNRWA

By JC Reporter

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December 20, 2024 09:53
A Palestinian woman walks past a damaged wall bearing the UNRWA logo at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah (Getty Images)

Dutch community rallies to rescue Israeli fans after violent attacks in Amsterdam

By Jane Prinsley

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November 8, 2024 15:42
A fan (R) of the Israeli football club Maccabi Tel-Aviv arrives at the Ben Gurion International Airport on November 8, 2024, on the first flight carrying Israelis evacuated from Amsterdam after violent clashes following a football match (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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