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IDF expands Personal Security Branch to protect troops, officials from global threats - interview

One of the branch's initial tasks was a comprehensive risk analysis of global flight paths and routes that could pose a hazard to IDF personnel.

An intelligence analyst overseeing open-source and classified intelligence.
Pro-Israel rally in Amsterdam, September 2026.

Thousands of Christians rally for Israel in Amsterdam as anti-Zionist protesters clash with police

Blue Bird Airways planes

Blue Bird adds fourth weekly Tel Aviv-Amsterdam flight as summer demand rises

Participants and spectators cheer during the Canal Parade in Amsterdam on August 1, 2026; illustrative.

Bogus Amsterdam Pride flyers name Jewish IDF soldiers, urge reports of 'war criminals'


Five new arrests in attacks against Israeli soccer supporters, Dutch police say

Dutch police had reported that they arrested 63 rioters during the Thursday night pogrom.

 Policemen detain a person after youth clashed with Israeli football supporters, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8, 2024.

Letters to the Editor, November 11, 2024: Incessant antisemitism

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Urgent lessons from Kristallnacht’s history after Amsterdam’s pogrom - opinion

Today, maintaining a stable order is crucial to preserving liberty. The pogrom in Amsterdam should serve as a wake-up call and a mandate for action.

 MACCABI TEL AVIV soccer fans arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport on Friday, after they were flown from Amsterdam on an El Al emergency rescue flight. The pogrom in Amsterdam should serve as a wake-up call and a mandate for action, says the writer.

Did a former UNRWA teacher help organize the Amsterdam pogrom?

Reports found one of the main protest organizers to be PGNL, a prominent member of the extensive Hamas-affiliated network in the Netherlands, led by a self-described former teacher at UNWRA.

 Ayman Nejmeh's Facebook profile - before and after removing his involvement in UNRWA.

Can European sports events truly protect Israeli, Jewish fans? Are they trying to? - comment

Sure, Israel is under attack, has been at war, and it’s far from perfect. But it is the land that will take in and protect Jews, and that is something that didn’t exist in 1939.

 PEOPLE CELEBRATE as Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans arrive at the Ben-Gurion Airport on Friday after overnight attacks in the Dutch capital after the match between Maccabi and Ajax Amsterdam

'This is Auschwitz': Hundreds defy Amsterdam protest ban in solidarity with antisemitic attackers

On Sunday afternoon, the city of Amsterdam posted on X that protesters who defied the ban would be arrested.

 Anti-Israel protesters arrived in troves "in solidarity" with Thursday's pogrom in Amsterdam.

EL AL funds rescue flights for Israelis from violent Amsterdam attack

“EL AL undertook to aid the Israeli public and the state and will continue to do so when needed,” the company said Saturday.

 An El Al Boeing Dreamliner is prepared for its next flight at Ben Gurion Airport last month.

Thousands of students commemorate 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht at Oporto Holocaust Museum

The President of the Porto Jewish Community, Gabriel Senderowicz, stated that "Kristallnacht is not part of history but happening today. The way to fight antisemitism is to educate the youth."  

 Holocaust Museum Director Michael Rothwell and British Ambassador to Portugal Lisa Bandari speaking to Portuguese schoolchildren in the museum.

Druze Maccabi TLV fan misleads Amsterdam attackers by speaking Arabic

When the violent attacks erupted on the city’s streets, Asad spoke fluent Arabic to mislead attackers and protect Israeli fans.

 Melhem Asad

‘Free Palestine’ stickers backed with razor blades found outside Amsterdam Holocaust museum 

A number of the stickers were found outside the city’s Holocaust Museum but police are unsure how many may be spread across the city. 

 A sticker placed by an anti-Israel protester in front of a residential building across from Columbia’s Amsterdam gate, May 2024.. (Shira Dicker/The Media Line)