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IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / Europe

Rubio: ‘Unsettling’ That Foreign Courts Can Block US Weapons Shipment to Allies Amid War

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Florida senator wrote to the U.S. defense secretary after a Dutch appeals court’s decision threatened to halt delivery of U.S.-made F-35 parts to Israel.

Terrorism / Palestinian Authority / Europe

PA summons Dutch Envoy After Financial Aid Cut to Terror-Linked NGO

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Netherlands found what it called a “worrisome” number of board members linked to the PFLP, in addition to the fact that two employees were arrested in connection to a bombing that killed an Israeli in 2019.

Terrorism / Europe / Anti-Israel NGOs / PFLP

Israel Welcomes Netherlands Defunding of (1 of 6) PFLP-Linked Org

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The UAWC is one of six PFLP-linked civilian organizations that Israel proscribed in October after they were shown to act as conduits for funneling funds to the terrorist organization.

Terrorism / Israel / Europe

Holland Admits it Paid 2 Terrorists Responsible for Murder of Israeli Teen

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Until their arrest by Israel at the end of 2019, the two terrorists worked for the Dutch-funded NGO Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC).

NY / Politics / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Holocaust

Nazi Looted Dutch Old Master Painting Returned to Max Stern Foundation

By JNi.Media

Dusseldorf art gallery owner Max Stern was expelled from the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts in 1935, because of his religion, and was forced to sell his collection.

Politics / Police and Crime / History / The Courts / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Dutch Researcher Doubts Anne Frank Was Turned In

By JNi.Media

More was going on in the building than just Jews being hidden there, and the authorities may have raided 263 Prinsengracht for other reasons.

Politics / Police and Crime / History / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment / Germany / Holocaust

Anonymous Tip Helps Jewish Dealer's Estate Recover Two Dutch Masters from German Auction

By JNi.Media

In both cases, the sellers agreed to return the works in 'amicable discussions,' according to the Max Stern Foundation.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Settlements

Dutch Pension Fund Rejects BDS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Boycott Israel movement, so far, is more bark than bite.

Terrorism / Israel / Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Dutch Justice Ministry Employee: ISIS a Zionist Conspiracy

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Every day is Halloween in the world of anti-Zionists, who take up the role of Satan.

Jewish / News Briefs / Europe

Dutch Community Rediscovers Forgotten Mikvahs

By JTA

A Dutch Jewish organization rediscovered two ancient ritual baths that had been forgotten after the Holocaust.

Israel / News Briefs / Germany

Dutch PM - Unlike Germany, the Netherlands Will Not Separate Products from the Jewish State

By Jewish Press News Desk

During a press conference with President Shimon Peres on Thursday, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte unequivocally stated that products made over the 1967 Green Line, will continue to be labeled "Made in Israel" in the Netherlands, according to a report in JPost.com. The Dutch position is unlike that of the Germans, who definitely plan to […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security

Lt. Colonel Shalom Eisner to be Retired

By Jewish Press News Desk

Lt.-Colonel Shalom Eisner, who was suspended from duty after striking a foreign anarchist, has reached a plea bargain with the IDF.

Jewish / News Briefs

Holland’s Jews Welcome New King With Special Prayer and Blessing

By Jewish Press News Desk

Holland’s Jews joined millions in the Dutch country on Wednesday and celebrated the coronation of Willem-Alexander as Holland’s new king with a special prayer and an ancient traditional blessing. On the eve of the coronation, a special traditional ceremony was held in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. This ancient synagogue, which is lit only by […]

Op-Eds

Why the EU Refuses to Classify Hezbollah as a Terror Org.

By Peter Martino

The Lebanon-based Islamic organization Hezbollah is one of the most dangerous groups in the world. Recently, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah incited violence against American and European interests over the movie The Innocence of Muslims. And yet, the European Union refuses to follow America's example and classify Hezbollah as a terrorist organization – a move that would enable the E.U. to freeze the group's assets in Europe.

Glimpses Into American Jewish History

Rev. Samuel Myer Isaacs: Champion of Orthodoxy (Part I)

By Dr. Yitzchok Levine

Unless otherwise noted, all quotations are from “The Forerunners – Dutch Jewry in the North America Diaspora” by Robert P. Swierenga, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1994. The nineteenth century witnessed a decline in religious observance by most of American Jewry. Changes were instituted in Orthodox synagogues that led many of them to affiliate with […]

Global / News Briefs

Report: Western Governments Fund Anti-Israel Church Activism

By Jacob Edelist

A report by NGO Monitor reveals that several western governments providing funds for Church-based efforts to delegitimize Israel.

News Briefs

Polish AG Looking into Ritual Slaughter’s Constitutionality

By JTA

Poland's attorney general has asked the country's Constitutional Court to investigate the constitutionality of ritual slaughter. Andrzej Seremet said that he believes the minister of agriculture, who allowed an exemption to Polish law to accommodate ritual slaughter, violated the constitution. Under Polish law, animals must be stunned before slaughter; the only exception is ritual slaughter. […]

Op-Eds

Santorum, Dutch Euthanasia And Goldstone

By Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

Let us employ a bit of fantasy and assume that Muslim states were intent on assailing the Netherlands. They would claim in the United Nations Human Rights Council that the hundreds of cases every year of euthanasia in the Netherlands, in which the patient is not asked his or her permission, constitutes a severe breach of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These states could easily muster a majority to have the UNHRC appoint a commission of inquiry into this matter.

Analysis

Dutch Government Opposes Anti-Israeli EU Report

By Peter Martino

The Dutch government is on a collision course with the EU over Israel, and some critics warn that the position of the Dutch will isolate their country in Europe. It is, however, also possible that the Dutch are pioneers, whose example will soon be followed by others.

Op-Eds

Time For The Dutch To Finally ‘Fess Up

By Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

A new poll finds that two-thirds of the Dutch people are opposed to their prime minister apologizing to the Jewish community for the misconduct of the wartime government in exile in London.

Israel / Global

Dutch Legislator Seeks Govt. Apology to Jews for Holocaust "Passivity"

By Malkah Fleisher

“Thanks to Israeli parents who send their children to the army and lay awake at night,” Wilders said in a speech in New York, “parents in Europe and America can sleep well and dream, unaware of the dangers looming.”

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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