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Record number of antisemitic incidents recorded in Holland
Dutch Jews on Thursday said they had documented 421 antisemitic incidents last year, a record tally that surpassed by 11% the previous all-time high, reported in 2023.
The data reflect “an antisemitism crisis, which requires crisis management measures,” wrote the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, or CIDI, the Jewish community watchdog that published the report.
The Dutch government’s National Coordinator for Combating Antisemitism, Eddo Verdoner, called the reality reflected in the data “shameful,” but added that antisemitism is becoming more openly tolerated because perpetrators are no longer ashamed.
“I hear heartbreaking stories from children, students and adults who are harassed and mocked because of their Jewish identity. They hide a Star of David necklace, don’t dare to wear a kippah, or conceal their Jewish background out of fear,” Verdoner wrote in reaction to the CIDI report. Several violent incidents included in the annual report happened on Nov. 7-8, 2024.
https://www.jns.org/record-number-of-antisemitic-incidents-recorded-in-holland/The data reflect “an antisemitism crisis, which requires crisis management measures,” wrote the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, or CIDI, the Jewish community watchdog that published the report.
The Dutch government’s National Coordinator for Combating Antisemitism, Eddo Verdoner, called the reality reflected in the data “shameful,” but added that antisemitism is becoming more openly tolerated because perpetrators are no longer ashamed.
“I hear heartbreaking stories from children, students and adults who are harassed and mocked because of their Jewish identity. They hide a Star of David necklace, don’t dare to wear a kippah, or conceal their Jewish background out of fear,” Verdoner wrote in reaction to the CIDI report. Several violent incidents included in the annual report happened on Nov. 7-8, 2024.