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Dutch city’s ban on Israeli football fans is ‘stain on the Netherlands’

Supporters of away side Hapoel Be’er Sheva FC will not be permitted to cheer on their team when they play AZ Alkmaar

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

(Illustrative) Students display banners as they occupy the socio-cultural sciences faculty building of Maastricht University in support of Palestine on May 22, 2024 (Getty Images)

The Netherlands

Dutch university suspends Palestinian student who claimed involvement in October 7

By Akiva van Koningsveld

1 min read

The Netherlands

Israel revokes diplomatic status of Dutch diplomats in West Bank after settlements trade ban

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

West Bank

Dutch ban on Israeli settlement goods comes into force with six-year jail term for violations

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Dutch singer Claude Kiambe, representing the Netherlands with the song 'C'est La Vie', parades during the flag ceremony prior to the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel, Switzerland, on May 17, 2025 (Getty Images)

Eurovision

Netherlands to return to Eurovision in reversal of Israel boycott

By JC Reporter

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Eurovision Song Contest

Dutch public broadcaster pulls out of Eurovision Song Contest over ‘participation of countries at war’

By JC Reporter

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Kanye West

Amsterdam Holocaust Museum ‘bans’ Kanye West over Nazi rants

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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The Netherlands is no place for Jews, says Dutch Eurovision winner after retirement home cancels her concert

Even if you are a ‘good Jew’ in their eyes, sooner or later they will turn on you, Lenny Khur tells the JC

By Bart Schut

2 min read

May 20, 2026 10:41

Dutch retirement home cancels concert from Jewish Eurovision winner after pro-Palestine protests

Lenny Kuhr was due to perform at the Rosa Spier House as one of her final dates before retiring and moving to Israel

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

May 14, 2026 11:39

Kanye West Netherlands gigs facing backlash following UK Wireless ban

The rapper is due to play two concerts there in June

By JC Reporter

1 min read

April 10, 2026 16:36

Kanye West, who goes by Ye, performing at Coachella in the US in 2019 (Photo: Getty)

Dutch police foil synagogue attack as explosive found

The planned attack in Heemstede in Western Netherlands would have been the third this month in the country

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

March 23, 2026 13:58

Police officers in Amsterdam (Getty Images)

Extremist group claiming to be behind Amsterdam school blast says it carried out second explosion

Two explosions in the Dutch capital follow an arson attack on a Rotterdam synagogue

By Katie Grant

2 min read

March 17, 2026 14:10

Security around Jewish buildings in Amsterdam has been ramped up after an explosion occurred outside a Jewish school (Photo: Getty)

Amsterdam Jewish school explosion highlights Netherlands’ ‘antisemitism epidemic’

The city’s mayor called the blast a ‘deliberate attack against the Jewish community’

By Ben Conway

2 min read

March 15, 2026 13:21

Security around Jewish institutions in Amsterdam has been stepped up after an explosion occurred outside a school in the early hours of Saturday morning (Photo: Getty)

By Leon de Winter

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

3 min read

December 9, 2025 14:29

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

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

1 min read

November 3, 2025 11:32

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

By Bart Schut

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

Jews and friends of Israel can breathe a sigh of relief as extremists lose out in general election

4 min read

October 31, 2025 17:26

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)

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The Netherlands

Dutch city’s ban on Israeli football fans is ‘stain on the Netherlands’

Dutch university suspends Palestinian student who claimed involvement in October 7

Israel revokes diplomatic status of Dutch diplomats in West Bank after settlements trade ban

Dutch ban on Israeli settlement goods comes into force with six-year jail term for violations

Netherlands to return to Eurovision in reversal of Israel boycott

Dutch public broadcaster pulls out of Eurovision Song Contest over ‘participation of countries at war’

Amsterdam Holocaust Museum ‘bans’ Kanye West over Nazi rants

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