The Netherlands

What drives the Eurovision boycott over the Jewish state is something old and dark

Apparently, the innocent Dutch viewers must be shielded from contamination by the wicked Israeli soul

By Leon de Winter

3 min read

Yuval Raphael during the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest Opening Ceremony on May 17, 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. (Image: Getty)

IDF Chief Cantor Shai Abramson (Image: YouTube/JBS)

Antisemitism

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

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

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)

By Bart Schut

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

4 min read

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

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Netherlands accuses Israel of trying to influence Dutch public opinion

A report listed the Jewish state alongside Russia, Turkey and Iran as countries that have sought to "to shape public opinion and political decision-making."

By JC Reporter

2 min read

July 29, 2025 09:53

Netanyahu with Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof

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

The move was condemned by right-wing opposition figures as ‘hatred against Israel’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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

Youssef Msibih was dismissed by the board of his mosque in Alkmaar after videos emerged of him meeting President Herzog and joining an Arabic chorus of the Israeli national anthem.

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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

Frans Timmermans, the leader of the leftwing alliance, has said he would support Israelis losing protection from Iranian missiles as a consequence of voting for Netanyahu

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

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)

By Bart Schut

Dutch government collapse spells danger for Israel ties

The exit of the far-right could actually hurt pro-Israel Jews in the face of an increasingly radical left

3 min read

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

The NIW has given its community a rare and influential voice amid a decline in personal safety and doubts about the future.

By Canaan Lidor

4 min read

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

The Netherlands community has been going through process of ‘Israelification’, says new report

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

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

The heaviest punishment was six months in jail, a quarter of the requested time and a fraction of the maximum

By JC Reporter

2 min read

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

Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli hailed the move as a "courageous and critical decision by the Swedish government."

By JC Reporter

1 min read

December 20, 2024 09:53

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The Netherlands

What drives the Eurovision boycott over the Jewish state is something old and dark

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

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

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

Dutch Foreign Minister quits over Israel sanctions

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

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

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