A massive Israeli flag was unfurled and flown at the event. The crowd also sang Chanukah songs, including 'Maoz Tzur,' as well as 'Am Yisrael Chai' and 'Jerusalem of Gold.'
As the evening progressed, the demonstrations escalated. Protesters chanted hostile slogans, waved Palestinian flags, set off smoke devices, and attempted to breach police barriers.
Israeli artist Dudi Shoval flew to Amsterdam, where he covered up antisemitic graffiti with a painting of two outstretched hands forming a heart with a Star of David at its center and pro-Israel slogans.
Yohay Sponder's team was 'incredibly disappointed' by Boom Chicago’s decision to cancel the comedian’s two shows due to backlash from anti-Israel activists.
'Seriously Amsterdam? 6 months maximum prison, while excusing their pogromist actions? Shame on you,' Arsen Ostrovsky, a leading human rights attorney and CEO of The International Legal Forum, said.
Pro-Hamas rioters torched a tram and ransacked the city’s Nieuw-West district, as Dutch authorities struggled to contain a wave of anti-Semitic violence.
Media displays indifference to - and, in some cases, tacit justification for - antisemitic violence that happened on the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
The Israeli National Security Council told Israelis to remain in their hotel rooms, avoid wearing anything with Jewish or Israeli symbols and to return home early.
Pro-Palestinian activists have unfortunately managed to convince Amsterdam's mayor to cave in and drop plans to link Amsterdam and Tel Aviv as twin cities.
Barak Gorani, a 16-year-old Dutch Israeli attending a Jewish high school in Amsterdam, noticed a false depiction of Israeli history in an official school textbook.
Netherlands-based Baptist pastor Stan Kamps and members of his church took to the streets of Amsterdam with Israeli flags in order to express support for Israel and Dutch Jews.
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