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There has been a clear increase in anti-Semitism in Dutch secondary schools since October 7, history teachers said in a survey by the Nederlands Dagblad. They mentioned drawings of swastikas on school desks, remarks about the Hitler salute, and even Holocaust denial.

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The Center for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI) reported an alarming increase in anti-Semitism in the Netherlands since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. According to CIDI, the number of incidents since the violence started in Israel on October 7 is now 818 percent higher than the monthly average of the past three years.

Rumors of a plot to harass passengers flying from Israel to Schiphol Airport, which were posted on social media, have authorities in the Netherlands on alert. There have been several reports of a Facebook post sharing the arrival times of flights coming to Schiphol Airport from Tel Aviv. The Amsterdam airport is aware of these reports and “takes them very seriously,” and so does the Koninklijke Marechaussee, the branch of the Dutch military which monitors the country's airports.

Anti-Semitism has been on the rise in the Netherlands since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7. Both Eddo Verdoner, the National Coordinator for Combating Anti-Semitism, and CIDI, the center for documentation and information on Israel, have received more reports of incidents, RTL Nieuws reports.

Jewish schools in Amsterdam will not open on Friday. The school organization Stichting Joodse Kindergemeenschap Cheider confirmed this after reporting from Het Parool and AT5. The three Amsterdam-based Jewish schools, Rosh Pina, Maimonides, and Cheider, “assume” that they will “open as normal” again on Monday, the Central Jewish Consultation (CJO) reported.

The Palestinian diplomatic mission in the Netherlands has criticized the fact that several world leaders have recognized Israel's right to self-defense. In a statement, Rawan Sulaiman of the Palestinian Mission in the Netherlands said that statements of support that speak of Israel's right to self-defense are a green light "for the occupying power to destroy the Gaza Strip and continue its systematic policy of killing Palestinians and destroying Palestinian property and land.&quot...

These envoys have shown exemplary leadership, moral courage nad outstanding contribution to the global fight against antisemitism.

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