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City officials and police “took seriously” the risks around Israeli soccer fans’ arrival, but failed to account for relevant ...
"We have an antisemitism crisis in this country. This ancient hatred festers on both sides of the political spectrum." ...
Four men were sentenced on Wednesday for their participation in the November Amsterdam pogrom, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Netherlands Judiciary and Public Prosecution Service ...
At events in Amsterdam last month, about 25 Israelis were injured, of whom five were sent to hospitals. According to Dutch sources, out of more than 60 detainees, only five were charged.
On Nov. 18, Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema retracted her initial use of the word “pogrom” to describe the attacks.
Femke Halsema, the mayor of Amsterdam, may have touched off a diplomatic incident last week when she said on a Dutch television show that she regretted having used the word “pogrom” the day ...
The Amsterdam pogrom occurred days before the anniversary of the 1938 Nazi persecution called Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. German Jews fled to the Netherlands as a refuge.
A letter, released by the Amsterdam City Council and recounting the events, noted that “from 01:30 onward [on Thursday night], reports of street violence rapidly declined”.
The mayor of Amsterdam has taken back comments describing violence that took place following a football match between Israeli and Dutch teams earlier this month as a "pogrom", and has said Israel ...
Femke Halsema used the term to describe the violence which followed a football match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and the local Ajax football club.
The Mayor of Amsterdam has said she regrets using the word 'pogrom' to describe the attacks on Israeli football fans in the Dutch capital following the match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and AFC Ajax.
The mayor of Amsterdam says that she regrets her use of the word “pogrom” to describe the widespread, coordinated attacks against Israeli tourists in the Dutch capital following a soccer game ...