Netherlands

Katharina von Schnurbein speaks at a European Jewish Congress event in Vienna, in this undated photo. (Courtesy)

Interview

How the EU antisemitism warrior became a defender of kosher slaughter, circumcision

The bloc’s point person for fighting Jew-hatred, Katharina von Schnurbein, is an influential advocate for Jewish customs many consider controversial in Europe

June 26, 2023, 9:23 am

How the EU antisemitism warrior became a defender of kosher slaughter, circumcision

The bloc’s point person for fighting Jew-hatred, Katharina von Schnurbein, is an influential advocate for Jewish customs many consider controversial in Europe

By Canaan Lidor

This undated image, provided by the Lenbachhaus Museum in Munich, Germany, shows the 1907 painting 'The Colorful Life' by Russian artist Kandinsky. (Lenbachhaus Museum via AP)

June 14, 2023, 9:40 am

German commission backs restoring painting owned by Bavarian bank to Jewish heirs

Kandinsky’s ‘The Colorful Life’ was loaned by Lewenstein family to Stedelijk Museum, but put up for auction shortly after Nazi occupation of Netherlands

By Kirsten Grieshaber

Illustrative: Supporters of Dutch soccer team AZ Alkmaar, some holding flares, run to meet the players' bus before the round of 16, second leg, Conference League soccer match between AZ and Lazio at the AZ stadium in Alkmaar, Netherlands, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

May 7, 2023, 2:48 am

Over 150 Dutch soccer fans arrested over antisemitic songs on way to game

Local media says detainees are supporters of AZ Alkmaar who were at metro station on way to match against Jewish-associated club Ajax Amsterdam

By AFP

Tourists stand near a disputed Wassily Kandinsky painting at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, July 10, 2019. (Canaan Lidor)

March 29, 2023, 3:29 pm

Art in spotlight as 9 countries’ Holocaust envoys hold 1st gathering on restitution

US delegate Ellen Germain say conference meant to ensure governments are building on each other’s experience

By Canaan Lidor

File: Roses are symbolically placed on the railroad tracks at former concentration camp Westerbork, the Netherlands, remembering more than a hundred thousand Jews transported from Westerbork to Nazi death camps during WWII, on May 9, 2015. (Peter Dejong/AP)

March 3, 2023, 3:11 pm

Dutch church leaders take back Holocaust-related reference to Palestinians

Jewish groups and Israel condemned the perceived analogy, which appeared in an account of the top clergymen’s visit to the Yad Vashem museum

By Canaan Lidor

Israeli modeling agent Shai Avital (C) poses for a picture with Israeli models during an event on a rooftop in Tel Aviv, on September 17, 2017. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

December 26, 2022, 11:01 am

Modeling agent accused of sexual abuse to be extradited to Israel next week

Shai Avital, who faces dozens of sexual harassment complaints in Israel, was arrested in Amsterdam in August

By ToI Staff

Argentina's goalkeeper #23 Emiliano Martinez saves a shot by Netherlands' defender Virgil van Dijk in the penalty shoot-out during the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between The Netherlands and Argentina at Lusail Stadium, north of Doha on December 9, 2022. (FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

December 10, 2022, 1:33 am

Argentina beats Holland on penalties in late-night World Cup drama, heads to semis

Thrilling game tied after extra time; Messi’s team wins 4-3 on penalties; now to go up against Croatia on Tuesday after 2018 runner-up edges Brazil

By Agencies

November 22, 2022, 6:49 pm

Israeli modeling agent accused of sex abuse cleared for extradition by Dutch court

Shai Avital has two weeks to appeal decision, faces 26 sexual harassment complaints in Israel; lawyers say he always planned on returning home and ‘proving his innocence’

By ToI Staff

Judge Hendrik Steenhuis, second from left, speaks during the verdict session of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 trial at the high security court at Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)

November 17, 2022, 6:12 pm

Dutch court convicts 3, acquits 1 over deadly MH17 plane downing

Russians Igor Girkin and Sergei Dubinsky, Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko convicted in absentia, sentenced to life imprisonment over 2014 incident in which 298 were killed

By Danny Kemp

A view of Municipality Park, formerly named Mayor Tjalma Park, in Hogeveen, the Netherlands. (Courtesy of the Municipality of Hogeveen via JTA)

August 15, 2022, 7:57 pm

Dutch city renames park that had honored mayor who betrayed Jews to Nazis

Hogeveen changes Mayor Tjalma Park to drop reference to municipal leader who was the first in Nazi-occupied Netherlands to hand over a list of local Jews, following German invasion

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A Palestinian woman walks into the al-Haq human rights group organization's offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

July 12, 2022, 9:49 pm

European countries say Israel hasn’t backed up terror label for 6 Palestinian groups

9 foreign ministries including France, UK, Germany say they received ‘no substantial information’ about NGOs that would justify a policy change on funding

By ToI Staff

A crater formed after a car bomb targeting the motorcade of Lebanon's most prominent politician, former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, is seen in Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 14, 2005. (AP Photo)

June 16, 2022, 5:07 pm

UN-backed court sentences 2 Hezbollah men to life for 2005 killing of ex-Lebanese PM

Operatives convicted in absentia of assassinating Rafik Hariri are unlikely to serve time as terror group refuses to hand them over; third man sentenced earlier also still at large

By Julie CAPELLE

Dutch Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven and Prince Pieter-Christiaan lay a flower during the National Military Remembrance Day at the Grebbeberg Military Field of Honor in Rhenen, on May 4, 2022. (Sem van der Wal/various sources/AFP)

May 5, 2022, 2:55 am

In first, ‘Hatikva’ played at Dutch ceremony to honor nation’s fallen

Playing of Israeli anthem unconnected to two nations observing Memorial Day at same time, but rather conceived as way to honor Jews buried at Loenen military cemetery

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A mural caricature of soccer player Steven Berghuis depicts him as a hooked-nosed Jew in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July 2021. (CIDI)

April 28, 2022, 7:22 pm

Netherlands sees 10-year high in antisemitic incidents

2021 tally shows 35% increase over previous year; in one incident in Amsterdam, Jewish siblings told ‘Jews don’t belong here’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Illustrative: Dutch police officers near the scene of a stabbing attack near the central daily station in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on August 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Furtula)

April 19, 2022, 5:29 pm

Israeli murdered during armed robbery in his Netherlands apartment

Police arrest two suspects in killing of 61-year-old Yuval Felix, and believe they may be linked to string of robberies at a local shopping center outside of Amsterdam

By ToI Staff