https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-troubling-lines-that-columbia-is-drawing
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[14:32] Anti-Semitism is being weaponised by politicians: A’dam mayor
Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema has spoken out about anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim sentiment in a wide-ranging interview with the Volkskrant, in...
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/12/anti-semitism-is-being-weaponised-by-politicians-adam-mayor/
#Amsterdam #FemkeHalsema #anti_Semitism #anti_Muslim #Volkskrant
Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema has spoken out about anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim sentiment in a wide-ranging interview with the Volkskrant, in which she reflected on a turbulent year in the capital’s history. Halsema said she is “worried about human rights and the rule of law, particularly when some politicians are not too concerned themselves about the ban on discrimination.” “Groups in our society that have been facing problems for decades are being hurt deeply again,” she said. “Pointing the finger at...
[11:10 AM] Christian, Jewish organizations protesting in Amsterdam against anti-Semitism tonight
About 20 Christian and Jewish organizations are holding a demonstration against Jew-hatred and anti-Semitism at the Amsterdam Stopera on Thursday evening.
https://nltimes.nl/2024/11/28/christian-jewish-organizations-protesting-amsterdam-anti-semitism-tonight
#About20 #Christian #Jewish #anti_Semitism #theAmsterdamStopera #Thursday #evening
About 20 Christian and Jewish organizations are holding a demonstration against Jew-hatred and anti-Semitism at the Amsterdam Stopera on Thursday evening. The Amsterdam office of the mayor, police, and prosecutor moved the demonstration called ‘We stand next to our Jews’ from Dam Square to the Stopera for security reasons. A Palestine-support counter-demonstration has been announced on social media for the same time and place.
[02:10 PM] About €4.5 million will go to new anti-Semitism plan
From next year, the Cabinet will provide 4.5 million euros for a new concept to combat anti-Semitism, which essentially consists of plans that have already been announced or are already u
https://nltimes.nl/2024/11/23/eu45-million-will-go-new-anti-semitism-plan
#nextyear #Cabinet #4.5millioneuros #anti_Semitism
From next year, the Cabinet will provide 4.5 million euros for a new concept to combat anti-Semitism, which essentially consists of plans that have already been announced or are already underway. What is new, however, is that an anti-Semitism task force is to be set up. Justice Minister David van Weel had already been working on this plan against hatred of Jews for some time. However, additional pressure arose two weeks ago when the violence against Israeli football fans caused a great deal of political uproar.
[13:59] Anti-Semitism passport plan is “discriminatory and polarising”
The Dutch right-wing government’s move to investigate if people convicted of anti-Semitism can be regarded as a terrorists and stripped...
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/11/anti-semitism-passport-plan-is-discriminatory-and-polarising/
#Dutch #anti_Semitism
The Dutch right-wing government’s move to investigate if people convicted of anti-Semitism can be regarded as a terrorists and stripped of their Dutch nationality will discriminate against dual passport holders and increase polarisation, critics have said. The far-right PVV, the pro-countryside BBB and the right-wing Liberal VVD all came out in favour of the idea during Wednesday’s debate on the football-related violence in Amsterdam, in which Israeli nationals were targeted. The fourth coalition party NSC has not yet given a...
The malicious release of personal data online, known as doxxing, will be outlawed and attract up to seven years in jail under new legislation being introduced to federal parliament on Thursday.