Amsterdam Police Bulldoze Campus Palestine Protest
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Police arrested about 125 activists who broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration camp at the University of Amsterdam early Tuesday, as protests that roiled U.S. campuses spread to Europe. Police in the Dutch capital said in a statement on social media platform X that the police action was “necessary to restore […]
Anti-Israel encampment sprouts up at University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands
Anti-Israel riots also spread to the Netherlands. Early Tuesday morning, police arrested more than 120 people at an encampment set up at the University of Amsterdam. The mass arrests come as American and Israeli pro-life demonstrations have roiled American campuses and spread to Europe. Police in the Dutch capital said in a statement on X […]
‘You cannot look away’: opening of Amsterdam Holocaust museum an overdue reckoning with history | Netherlands
Three quarters of the Dutch people are Jewish Population – 102,000 people – People killed by the Nazis during World War II, the highest percentage in Western Europe. However, unlike some other countries, the Netherlands did not have a national museum dedicated to these horrors. Eighty years after World War II, things will change on […]
Suspected Gang War Bombings in Amsterdam After Shooting of Rapper
A series of apparently gang-war-style bombings occurred in Amsterdam this week, following the shooting death of a local rapper whose involvement in organized crime has long been rumored. There were at least three house explosions in the Dutch capital Amsterdam on Tuesday night, and the word “war” was graffitied on the walls of two of […]
Amsterdam trial starts for suspects in fatal shooting of Dutch journalist
The suspects accused of involvement in the 2021 shooting death of prominent Dutch investigative journalist Peter R. de Vries in Amsterdam refused to answer questions as the trial began. Delano G. is accused of fatally shooting De Vries in broad daylight on July 6, 2021. De Vries, a popular reporter and television presenter, died nine […]