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Abdelkader Benali gives an interview in Amsterdam, May 14, 2011. (CC BY-SA Matěj Baťha/Wikimedia Commons) AMSTERDAM (JTA) – Amid protests by prominent Dutch Holocaust survivors, an author who called Gaza “a ghetto” and said he feels uncomfortable around Jews has stepped down as keynote speaker of the national ceremony commemorating victims of the genocide. In a statement published Thursday on the website of the National 4 and 5 May Committee, Dutch-Moroccan author Abdelkader Benali wrote that on the national commemoration day, “we come together to commemorate and the discussion ar...

Author who railed against Jews quits as speaker for Dutch Holocaust commemoration following storm of criticism Abdelkader Benali gives an interview in Amsterdam, May 14, 2011. (Wikimedia Commons) Advertisement AMSTERDAM (JTA) – Amid protest by prominent Dutch Holocaust survivors, an author who called Gaza “a ghetto” and said he feels uncomfortable around Jews has stepped down as keynote speaker of the national ceremony commemorating victims of the genocide. In a statement published Thursday on the website of the National 4 and 5 May Committee, Dutch-Moroccan author Abdelkad...

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Dutch coronavirus lockdown likely to be extended by two weeks Facebook Dutch coronavirus lockdown likely to be extended by two weeks Facebook What's up According to new reports from The Hague, the coronavirus lockdown currently in place in the Netherlands is likely to be extended by at least two weeks.  The coronavirus situation in the Netherlands In the weekly report published on January 5, the National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM) stated that, while the number of coronavirus infections had decreased, the percentage of positive tests remained high and the hard lockdow...

Historical novel on Holland's largest Holocaust rescue operation slammed for 'awful' errors   Luuk Kramer/Courtesy of the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam The Amsterdam building that used to house the Reform seminary and children's detainment facility where Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk helped saved hundreds of Jewish children. AMSTERDAM (JTA) - It was meant as an ode to one of the most courageous yet little-known rescue efforts of Jews during the Holocaust. But a week after its publication, a Dutch-language historical novel is at the heart of a controversy over whether the author twisted the h...