Tag Archives: Amsterdam

“An unprecedented number of Dutch Jews are contemplating leaving their homes for the Jewish homeland”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Last straw: Amsterdam ‘Jew hunt’ triggers push for Dutch Jewish migration to Israel Bart Schut November 28, 2024 Maaike Smole, a 48-year-old college policy worker from the central Dutch city of Amersfoort, no longer has any hope … Continue reading

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Murray: “Thursday’s mob in Amsterdam, which viciously attacked Israeli soccer fans, is a reminder of how little has changed in two decades and what must be done”

FREE PRESS Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the ‘Strange Death’ of Europe Douglas Murray November 10, 2024 …I remember the atmosphere back then [2004], and the way Dutch politicians and other elites seemed to blame the likes of Fortuyn [murdered], van … Continue reading

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In the end, an Arab Israeli helped us. He said, ‘No one will mess with you. You’re with me.’ He ordered two taxis for us, and we escaped.”

THE TELEGRAPH Revealed: How Pro-Palestinian mob organised via WhatsApp to ‘Hunt Jews’ across Amsterdam Gordon Rayner November 8, 2024 …Now it has emerged that the attacks on the Jewish football fans were planned in advance and co-ordinated using WhatsApp and … Continue reading

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“Tonight, in central Amsterdam, young Jews were attacked by Palestinians, facing attempted lynching. The police were absent or arrived too late. This is happening in the heart of Europe, and it’s only the beginning”

JNS ‘Pogrom’ in Amsterdam: Netanyahu sends planes to rescue Jews, US members of Congress demand action November 8, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated at about 4:30 a.m. local time that he was dispatching two rescue planes to Amsterdam … Continue reading

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Occupied City: Amsterdam under the Nazis

LA TIMES Review: Steve McQueen’s ‘Occupied City’ is a masterful panorama of WWII-era Amsterdam Justin Chang January 4, 2024 One of the many stories we hear in “Occupied City,” Steve McQueen’s quietly staggering new documentary, charts the fate of an … Continue reading

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“The Anne Frank Gift Shop” is joltingly, infectiously funny thanks to a dry humor-filled script by Rapkin, a seasoned journalist and writer who wrote “Pitch Perfect”

KVELLER Dark Comedy ‘The Anne Frank Gift Shop’ Is a Must Watch Lior Zaltzman January 5, 2024 The first time Mickey Rapkin went into the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam was a religious experience. “You can’t believe you’re there,” he … Continue reading

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali talks about reforming Islam

ARUTZ SHEVA ‘Europe, learn from Israel!’: Exclusive interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali by Giulio Meotti February 2, 2016 When Theo van Gogh was murdered by an Islamist on a street in Amsterdam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali could not even attend the … Continue reading

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Meet the Fokkens: Amsterdam’s septuagenarian Jewish prostitutes

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Cnaan Liphshiz October 9, 2014 At 71, the retired twins have reconnected to Jewish traditions, and are now attending synagogue on holidays AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Like many Jewish grandmothers, Martine and Louise Fokkens enjoy talking about … Continue reading

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