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Dutch are facing biggest security threat in decades, intelligence agency says

The Dutch intelligence agency AIVD stressed that the threats to the Netherlands primarily emanate from Russia and China.

A photo shows the headquarters of Netherland's General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) in Zoetermeer, on April 24, 2025.
Police officers stand outside a Jewish school following an explosion that caused minor damages, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 14, 2026.

Dutch gov't ups Jewish security amid massive rise in antisemitic attacks

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather on the Zuiderstrand beach, during a protest against the violence in Gaza, on the sidelines of a NATO Summit, in The Hague, Netherlands, June 24, 2025.

Palestinians appear as largest asylum seeker group in Netherlands early 2026 data

Apple Museum in Utrecht, the Netherlands

Europe’s largest Apple museum opens in the Netherlands


Dutch rabbis warn: Blow shofar sparingly, outside amid coronavirus crisis

Rabbis “should consider inviting congregations to go out to the synagogue’s yard and blow the shofar there, outside the actual building."

RABBI MOSHE SILVER blows a Yemenite shofar at the Jerusalem Promenade

Kissing now off the menu as lockdown ends for Dutch sex workers

Sex workers already adhere to strict health safety regulations in the Netherlands, but the industry has compiled a list of recommendations, including sexual positions to avoid.

Several popular sex clubs in Amsterdam's "Red Light" district closes their doors in response to a rapidly expanding coronavirus outbreak, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 15, 2020.

Dutch rail co. offers $5.6m. for Holocaust-era transport of Jewish victims

Jewish organizations said in a joint statement Friday that NS should also offer compensation directly to the families of the Jews it transported to their deaths.

A flower lies in the train tracks at Gleis 17 memorial in Berlin, where thousands of Holocaust victims were deported to concentration camps

Syrian man vandalizes Amsterdam kosher restaurant for second time

The attack was the fifth case of vandalism or intimidation in 2 ½ years.

The package discovered outside the HaCarmel kosher restaurant in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Jan. 15, 2020

Dutch soccer coach called a Jewish player ‘cancer Jew,’ teammates say

“He asked me whether I’m an Ajax fan or a Jew,” the boy said, referencing the Amsterdam team that has many fans who use Jewish symbols as mascots.

The soccer pitch of the GeuzenMiddenmeer team in Amsterdam

Muslim leader accused of writing Hitler was Jewish in pro-Hamas email

Hamas is a legitimate and growing protest movement” against “usurpers” that used the Holocaust, “perpetrated by the Jew Hitler,” an influential leader of Dutch Muslims allegedly wrote.

Cyclist passing by the Mevlana Mosque in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on May 2, 2008

Three wounded in stabbing in The Hague

Early reports suggest that it is not a terrorist attack.

Knife attack (descriptive)

Going Dutch at Jacob’s Ladder

“We were living in the US, and I was pursuing the singer/songwriter path, and Craig was in a Celtic punk band out of Chicago,” explains Holland.

Going Dutch at Jacob ladder

Air Europa: Pilot at Schiphol airport accidentally caused alarm

"We are sorry, there was no cause for alarm," the Spanish airline said.

Suspect situation aboard a plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport

Holland joins Swiss in freezing funding to UNRWA after misconduct report

"Until we receive sufficient answers, $14.5 million that Holland transfers to the agency every year will be frozen."

Pierre Krahenbuhl Commissioner-General of the UNRWA attends a news conference in Geneva