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Dutch MP forced to change ‘Palestinian flag’ outfit during heated budget debate

Dutch MP Esther Ouwehand was told to change her Palestinian flag outfit during a tense budget debate. She returned wearing a watermelon-themed blouse, a symbol of Palestinian "resistance."

Dutch parliamentarian Esther Ouwehand wearing a Palestinian flag blouse, September 18, 2025.
Protesters wave Dutch national flag as they take part in the "Stand up for the Netherlands" demonstration against the Netherlands' government current asylum seekers policy, in The Hague, September 20, 2025

Dutch police use tear gas against anti-immigration protesters

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich interacts with a man, on the day of a press conference regarding settlements expansion for the long-frozen E1 settlement, that would split east Jerusalem from the West Bank, near the Israeli settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim, August 14, 2025.

Netherlands plans to ban imports from West Bank settlements, Dutch FM says

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

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


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.

'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).

Dutch MP Ellian is 'courageous voice against Iranian regime, rising antisemitism,' Haskel says

Sharren Haskel hosted Ulysse Ellian in Jerusalem, discussing security for Jewish community, EU designation of IRGC, European Islamist threat, and rising antisemtism since Oct. 7.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel (L) meeting Dutch MP Ulysse Ellian (R), July 2025.

Danish national arrested on suspicion of spying on Jewish targets for Iran, German prosecutors say

Prosecutors said the man spied on three properties in June 2025 in preparation for further intelligence activities, including possibly terrorist attacks on Jewish targets.

Police secure the area in front of the embassy of Israel in Berlin, Germany, May 22, 2025

Pro-Israel, far-Right leader Geert Wilders quits Dutch gov't coalition

Wilders' surprise move ends an already fragile coalition, which has struggled to reach any consensus since its installation last July.

 Dutch far-right politician and leader of the PVV party, Geert Wilders speaks to the press following the exit poll and early results in the Dutch parliamentary elections, in The Hague, Netherlands November 22, 2023

Archaeologists discover wreck of Dutch ship lost for 168 years off Australian coast

The ship was transporting gold seekers and Chinese immigrants to Victoria during the Victorian Gold Rush.

 Archaeologists discover wreck of Dutch ship lost for 168 years off Australian coast.

'Antisemitism crisis': Number of antisemitic incidents in Netherlands reaches record high

A total of 421 antisemitic incidents were registered in 2024, an 11% increase compared to 2023. 

A MACCABI Tel Aviv soccer fan is comforted upon returning to Ben-Gurion Airport on an El Al rescue flight from Amsterdam after Israelis were attacked following a match with Ajax in November.

Car catches fire in central Amsterdam following explosion, police says

Police say the driver was suspected of having caused the fire and had possibly done so on purpose, but they are keeping "all scenarios open."

AMSTERDAM, WITH SOME 750,000 citizens, is rich with culture, history, amazing architecture and modern entertainment.

Dutch police arrest three suspects in theft of Romanian artifacts from Drents Museum

Police are still searching for a fourth suspect; the stolen artifacts remain missing.

 The ​​Cotofenesti helmet, 450 BCE, National History Museum of Romania.

'Wilders, like Jews, must be exterminated': Geert Wilders receives death threats

Wilders posted on his X a list of threats such as “A bullet. Wilders, like Jews, is vermin that must be exterminated” “Zionist dogs like you will be shot” and “we will cut your head soon.”

 Dutch politician Geert Wilders visits the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 9, 2024