Netherlands

Netherlands rules out recognizing Palestinian state for now

"The Netherlands is not planning to recognize a Palestinian state at this time," Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp told an emergency parliamentary debate on Gaza.

 Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp speaks to the media, on the day of a NATO foreign ministers' meeting at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2025.
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IDF, Microsoft collaborated on cloud megastorage project for Palestinian surveillance - report

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Dutch nurse investigated on social media posts threatening to kill 'Zionist' patients via injection

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders speaks to the media following his decision to leave the governing coalition, in The Hague, Netherlands, June 3, 2025.

'Victims don't hold hostages. Savages do': Geert Wilders calls for release of Gaza hostages


Dutch Parliament ends recess early for emergency Gaza debate

A majority of lawmakers voted in favor of a motion submitted by the Socialist Party, which called for the urgent session.

An illustration showing the flags of the Netherlands (L) and Israel (R).

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Netherlands bans entry for Ben-Gvir, Smotrich on settlement expansion, Gaza comments

The Israeli ambassador was summoned and requested to tell the Israeli government to change its current course in Gaza.

(L-R) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

Herzog clashes with Dutch PM over threat to suspend Israel from EU programs

Tensions erupted between Herzog and Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, following a statement from the Netherlands suggesting punitive European measures against Israel.

 President Isaac Herzog.

Netherlands lists Israel as threatening state actor alongside Iran, Russia, Turkey

The National Coordinator for Terrorism and Security (NCTV) report, released on July 17, lists Israel as one of the countries that aims to "control public opinion and political decision making."

An illustration showing the flags of the Netherlands (L) and Israel (R).

Dutch politician Geert Wilders mocks France's decision to recognize Palestinian state

"Good luck, Emmanuel Macron and France! Happy suicide!" he addressed to the French leader.

 Dutch far-right politician and leader of the PVV party, Geert Wilders speaks to the press following the exit poll and early results in the Dutch parliamentary elections, in The Hague, Netherlands November 22, 2023

Europe is again failing the Jews: Campus antisemitism reaches Maastricht and beyond - opinion

Maastricht is not the outlier. It is the European Columbia, an institution that traded enlightenment for tribalism, critical thinking for fashionable activism, and universal human rights for purges.

SYRIAN ZIONIST Mohammed Sadek shows support for Rawan Osman on the day of her speech at Maastricht University on March 12, in Maastricht, Netherlands.

'Fugitives evading justice': Hind Rajab urges arrest for IDF soldiers who fled to Netherlands

On Monday, two IDF soldiers were arrested and interrogated by Belgian authorities following a successful petition by HRF on Sunday.

 Flags being flown at the Tomorrowland festival in Belgium.

Dutch MP Ellian is 'courageous voice against Iranian regime, rising antisemitism,' Haskel says

Sharren Haskel hosted Ulysse Ellian in Jerusalem, discussing security for Jewish community, EU designation of IRGC, European Islamist threat, and rising antisemtism since Oct. 7.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel (L) meeting Dutch MP Ulysse Ellian (R), July 2025.

'It felt like October 7': How antisemitism became normalized in Belgium

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Belgian Jews speak to the 'Post' about the rising levels of antisemitism in the country, and their fight against what feels like 'systemic persecution'.

A protester holds a placard that reads 'Don’t touch my Jew,' during a march against antisemitism, part of national protests called for by the Belgian League Against Antisemitism, in Brussels in December 2023.

Handwritten 15th-century psalter by Brigittine nuns set for auction

The psalm collection was handwritten and decorated by the nuns of the Brigittine convent Mariënwater in the Netherlands.

 Handwritten 15th-century psalter by Brigittine nuns set for auction.