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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."
These envoys have shown exemplary leadership, moral courage nad outstanding contribution to the global fight against antisemitism.
At organization’s Global Forum in Tel Aviv, Israeli leaders discuss country’s future and relationship with U.S. and world Jewry