Netherlands

Quarter of all Dutch discrimination offenses in 2025 were antisemitic, new report reveals

In 2025, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service recorded 46 antisemitic criminal discrimination cases, representing 26% of all registered discrimination offenses.

Police officers stand outside a Jewish school following an explosion that caused minor damages, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 14, 2026.
Protesters take part in a demonstration organized by the Palestinian community in the Netherlands against hunger and the numerous deaths in Gaza, on Dom Square in Utrecht on August 3, 2025

Amin Abu Rashid acquitted by Dutch court of financing Hamas, convicted of sanction evasion

Protesters take part in a demonstration organized by the Palestinian community in the Netherlands against hunger and the numerous deaths in Gaza, on Dom Square in Utrecht on August 3, 2025.

'My job is to bring Israel down,' alleged Hamas financier says as he goes to trial in Netherlands

Netherland's Prime Minister Rob Jetten delivers a speech during a press briefing following the weekly cabinet meeting in The Hague on May 22, 2026.

Netherlands proposes ban on import, sale of goods from Israeli West Bank settlements


Pro-Palestinian activists record Israeli nationals attacked and hospitalized - report

The Center for Information and Documentation Israel filed a legal complaint after the recordings became known.

 Dutch police patrol after riots in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 11, 2024.

Israeli defense firms barred from Dutch NEDS exhibition

In recent years, the exhibition has also been attended by Israeli company Elbit Systems, which has presented naval attack and defense systems.

A general view of protesters in front of the arms fair on November 21, 2024 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Protesters gathered outside the NIDV Exhibition Defence & Security (NEDS) event.

Three arrested for throwing paint, smashing Israeli Hague embassy door

Suspects of the vandalism were arrested by local police.

Smashed door at the Israeli embassy at The Hague.

Geert Wilders tells Netanyahu 'millions of people in Europe support him' during phone call

The support from "millions" of Europeans comes despite "criticism from weak politicians and biased media," right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday.

Geert Wilders in The Hague, Netherlands, June 3, 2025; illustrative.

Netherlands rules out recognizing Palestinian state for now

"The Netherlands is not planning to recognize a Palestinian state at this time," Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp told an emergency parliamentary debate on Gaza.

 Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp speaks to the media, on the day of a NATO foreign ministers' meeting at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2025.

IDF, Microsoft collaborated on cloud megastorage project for Palestinian surveillance - report

The cloud-based storage system was designed to exist on Microsoft's servers behind enhanced layers of security, and Microsoft engineers developed the security following Unit 8200's instructions.

 UNIT 8200 soldiers in action – working with data.

Dutch nurse investigated on social media posts threatening to kill 'Zionist' patients via injection

Naomi Mestrum, director of the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI), told De Telegraaf that if Chait-Said is behind the accounts, she will be “severely punished.”

Btissame Chait-Said and the posts she made on X/Twitter.

'Victims don't hold hostages. Savages do': Geert Wilders calls for release of Gaza hostages

The Dutch politician, who has been outspokenly supportive of Israel, left the Netherlands' governing coalition in June. 

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders speaks to the media following his decision to leave the governing coalition, in The Hague, Netherlands, June 3, 2025.

Dutch Parliament ends recess early for emergency Gaza debate

A majority of lawmakers voted in favor of a motion submitted by the Socialist Party, which called for the urgent session.

An illustration showing the flags of the Netherlands (L) and Israel (R).

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