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Editor's Notes: Embracing Israel's new allies on the European right, despite troubling past

In recent years, the political landscape of Europe has shifted significantly towards right-wing parties, and the recent European Parliament elections solidified this trend.

14/06/2024
 Israeli-born Dutch lawmaker Gideon (Gidi) Markuszower (center) claps for Geert Wilders, June 13

Israeli-born candidate for minister in Netherlands has candidacy withdrawn

Gidi Markuszower has not shied away from supporting Israel, in particular in the aftermath of October 7.

Dutch prosecutors studying complaint against Booking.com's Israeli settlement listings

Dutch non-profit organization SOMO said it had filed the complaint with the Dutch public prosecutor in November, together with three other human rights groups, but had not gone public with it before.

By REUTERS
23/05/2024

Israel's Herzog to open Holocaust museum in Amsterdam amid protest

Israeli President faces protest at Holocaust Museum opening amidst Gaza conflict. Dutch Jewish group expresses concerns over his attendance.

By REUTERS
10/03/2024

Anti-Israel former Dutch PM and his wife opt for euthanasia

Van Agt, who defended Hamas, was condemned over the years by Dutch watchdog groups as an antisemite.

11/02/2024

MK in Holland urges MPs: Hold UNRWA accountable, permanently cut funding

"I wanted to show them, this is not a few rotten apples, this is a body that is rotten to the core," MK Haskel told The Jerusalem Post. 

Skull with 'execution-style wounds' sheds light on colonial Indonesia - study

Interpreting the pattern of trauma within the context of the colonial period in Papua, this female individual may have been murdered, possibly as a slave taken during tribal warfare.

Far-right Dutch politician Wilders slammed for ‘Jordan is Palestine’ claim

Wilders' radical although unoriginal proposal is that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be resolved by relocating Palestinians to Jordan, denying their right to an independent sovereign state.

25/11/2023

Geert Wilders: the anti-Islam, anti-EU populist who could be next Dutch PM

After 25 years in Dutch politics without holding office, Wilders was set to lead coalition government talks and has a good chance of becoming prime minister.

By REUTERS
23/11/2023

Jewish WW2 resistance fighter's remains finally identified after 80 years

Bernard Luza was 39 years old when he was killed by a firing squad and buried in an unmarked grave alongside four others.

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