netherlands Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/netherlands/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Tue, 29 Jul 2025 08:15:42 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.jwire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Jwirelogocleangoog.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 netherlands Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/netherlands/ 32 32 6446428 Israel accuses Netherlands of ‘surrendering to radical Islam’ after two ministers banned https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-accuses-netherlands-of-surrendering-to-radical-islam-after-two-ministers-banned/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-accuses-netherlands-of-surrendering-to-radical-islam-after-two-ministers-banned/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2025 08:14:37 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=171481 Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich accused the Dutch government of “surrendering to the lies of radical Islam” on Tuesday morning after the Netherlands declared him and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir persona non grata, barring them from entering the country. The ban is part of a series of Dutch measures aimed at pressuring Israel […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-accuses-netherlands-of-surrendering-to-radical-islam-after-two-ministers-banned/feed/ 1 171481 Majority of Dutch adults don’t know the Holocaust occurred in the Netherlands, study finds https://www.jwire.com.au/majority-of-dutch-adults-dont-know-the-holocaust-occurred-in-the-netherlands-study-finds/ https://www.jwire.com.au/majority-of-dutch-adults-dont-know-the-holocaust-occurred-in-the-netherlands-study-finds/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2023 06:52:43 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=144326 The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) on Wednesday released a new study which exposed a disturbing lack of awareness of key historical facts about the Holocaust and the Netherlands’ own connection to Holocaust history. The “Netherlands Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey” is the latest in a series of studies published by […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/majority-of-dutch-adults-dont-know-the-holocaust-occurred-in-the-netherlands-study-finds/feed/ 1 144326 Israel welcomes Netherlands ending of funding to PFLP-linked organisation https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-welcomes-netherlands-ending-of-funding-to-pflp-linked-organisation/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-welcomes-netherlands-ending-of-funding-to-pflp-linked-organisation/#respond Fri, 07 Jan 2022 07:09:32 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=132879 The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced  on Wednesday that it was ceasing all funding of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UWAC), which has links to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror organisation. The UAWC is one of six PFLP-linked civilian organizations that Israel proscribed in October after they were […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-welcomes-netherlands-ending-of-funding-to-pflp-linked-organisation/feed/ 0 132879 Pro-Hamas conference in Netherlands could encourage antisemitism, critics warn https://www.jwire.com.au/pro-hamas-conference-in-netherlands-could-encourage-anti-semitism-critics-warn/ https://www.jwire.com.au/pro-hamas-conference-in-netherlands-could-encourage-anti-semitism-critics-warn/#respond Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:41:00 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=71334 The mayor of the second-largest city in the Netherlands is refusing to block a conference by a pro-Hamas group, despite warnings by Dutch Jewish leaders and political figures the event could encourage antisemitism and embolden terrorists.

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