Analysis
Monday, November 11th 2024
Leon de Winter WSJ, Nov. 8, 2024 “Since Oct. 7, 2023, these Moroccan youths have participated in weekly anti-Zionist demonstrators through the streets of Amsterdam.” A lot has changed in Amsterdam since 1945, but some things remain the same. During World War II, Amsterdam police, at the behest of German officers, hunted Jews. […]
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David de Bruijn The Free Press, Nov. 8, 2024 “Many are shocked, wondering how this could happen in the Netherlands. To me, their bafflement is what’s shocking.” As the Amsterdam Jewish community joined with local officials to commemorate the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht at the city’s Portuguese-Jewish synagogue—established by Jews who escaped the Inquisition—a pogrom […]
John Podhoretz Commentary, Nov. 8, 2024 “On three continents this week alone—Europe, North America, and Asia, where the Houthis and Hezbollah are again firing rockets and drones at Israel under the direction of Iran—they are coming after Jews every day.” Early Friday morning in Amsterdam, in the shadow of the house in which Anne Frank […]
Andrew C. McCarthy National Review, Nov. 8, 2024 “… such enclaves are crucibles of jihadism.” There is a lesson to be drawn from Thursday night’s sharia-supremacist pogrom against Jews — not Zionists, Jews — in the Islamic Emirate of Amsterdam, formerly known as the capital of the Netherlands, the beating heart of transnational-progressive, multicultural, post-sovereign Europe. It’s a […]
Friday, November 8th 2024
Jonathan Sacerdoti The Spectator World, Nov. 8, 2024 “The question isn’t whether what happened in Amsterdam could happen in London. It is when.” Last night in Amsterdam, a scene unfolded that should send shockwaves across Europe: hundreds of Jews were hunted and beaten by mobs following a soccer match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and […]
Stephen Kalin, Anat Peled, Benoit Faucon and Sune Engel Rasmussen WSJ, Nov. 8, 2024 “I thought I was going to die. Everyone was running like crazy.” Israel said it was sending planes to the Netherlands to evacuate citizens after street violence following a soccer game in Amsterdam, where Israeli fans were chased down and […]
Zvika Klein Jerusalem Post, Nov. 8, 2024 “The accumulation of activities leads to one goal—harming the State of Israel on the international level.” In the heart of Amsterdam’s Dam Square on May 15, 2022, an ominous scene unfolded. It was Nakba Day (marking the displacement of Palestinians during Israel’s 1948 War of Independence), and the […]
Canaan Lidor Times of Israel, Apr. 12, 2024 “Before October 7, European Jewry’s general attitude “was always like this: We live here, we like it here, we’re home here — and we have a life insurance policy, and that’s Israel,” Muzicant said. But October 7 is leaving many “at a loss of a compass, not […]
Thursday, November 7th 2024 / Thursday, November 7th 2024
Mostafa Salem, Nadeen Ebrahim and Mick Krever CNN, Nov. 6, 2024 “Throughout his campaign, Trump has not specified how he would approach the Israel-Hamas war if reelected, or how his policies would differ from predecessor Joe Biden’s.” If his first term in the White House is any indication, President-elect Donald Trump is likely to keep the Middle East high […]
Thursday, November 7th 2024
Itamar Eichner Ynet News, Nov. 6, 2024 “… no one is thinking life with Trump will be a bed of roses for Netanyahu.” “There’s room for optimism.” one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s advisors said on Wednesday after a sleepless night spent monitoring the U.S. election results. Shortly afterward, even before major U.S. networks declared Donald Trump […]
Amwaj, Nov. 6, 2024 “Let us see what the racist, misogynist, anti-black, anti-Muslim Trump will do to advance democracy and improve human rights in Iran.” The story: Donald Trump’s political comeback has sparked a deluge of mostly negative reactions in Iran. Many in Tehran—including hardliners—have expressed resentment at his return to the White House. However, some view […]
Lazar Berman Times of Israel, Nov. 7, 2024 “Just like the rest of the world, they want to be very careful and circumspect when it comes to Trump.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw his best-case scenario become a reality Tuesday night: Donald Trump won a resounding victory and will be back in the White […]
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