Dutch anti-Semitism reaches record high

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By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
09/19/2010 03:07
Dutch anti-Semitism reaches record high
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According to Dutch police statistics, the 48% increase represented 209 reported anti-Semitic incidents in 2009.

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BERLIN – The mushrooming number of anti-Semitic incidents in the Netherlands in 2009 – a 48 percent increase over 2008 – may be “just the tip of the iceberg,” Ronny Naftaniel, the head of The Hague-based Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, said on Thursday.

Many anti-Semitic incidents are not reported, Naftaniel said in a statement.

According to Dutch police statistics, the 48% increase represented 209 reported anti-Semitic incidents in 2009.

That accounted for 9.4% of discrimination- based incidents in the Netherlands, although Jews constitute only 0.3% of the country’s 16.6 million people.

In 2008, the police registered 141 anti-Semitic incidents. Anti-gay attacks rose 13% in 2009 when compared to the previous year, and amounted to 35% of all discrimination-based incidents.

There were 428 anti-homosexual incidents in 2009; in 2008, 308 incidents were registered.

The Center for Information and Documentation on Israel said in its statement that “In January 2009 alone, CIDI – an independent watchdog organization – documented 98 attacks against Jews. This figure included nine physical assaults. The remaining incidents were threats and hate speech.

“During the whole of 2009, CIDI documented 167 anti-Semitic incidents – constituting an increase of 55% compared to CIDI’s 2008 report. Out of these, 35 were serious incidents, involving violent attacks or threats of violence, damaging synagogues and monuments and anti-Semitic graffiti of Jewish- owned buildings.”

The rise in attacks prompted human rights groups to urge the Dutch government to take action.

“CIDI and the gay rights organization COC called on the upcoming government of the Netherlands – whose makeup is being determined in coalition talks following a recent election – to address the growing anti-gay and anti- Jewish trends apparent in the report,” CIDI noted in its statement.

Dutch observers say that the Netherlands’ 1 million Muslims (about 5% of the population), largely from Morocco, coupled with anti-Israel leftists have contributed to a hostile climate for Jews in the Netherlands.

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5 Replies to “Dutch anti-Semitism reaches record high”

  1. WE are all in danger . After the Jews, the Gays, and anyone else who would dare to dress or think differently, who is next? When acts of discrimination and violence become commonplace the general population to their detriment tend to accept it, and shrug it off with a cowardly attitude, just glad it wasn’t them.

  2. More signs that we are heading towards a major war, one that will make WWII look small, and one that will see the Geneva Convention thrown away by all nations. Welcome to the world the left has created in their attempt to build a one world socialist government.

  3. The apparent toleration and support of anti-Semitism among many in the Dutch society is another example of historical amnesia. Have they forgotten the occupation of the Netherlands by the Nazis during WWII and the deportation and extermination of its Jewish population? Why are so many standing by when, in the 21st century, such hatred is being disseminated once again on their home soil. Why such silence on the part of the authorities, secular and theological. Where is the moral condemnation? If such actions continue then the Netherlands should no longer be considered to be a democratic nation but one that tolerates prejudice and the terrorization of innocents. Shame!

  4. To Dennis – thank you for your comment. The bottom line is that the Dutch know that their media, judges and govt will not support them and they will be called the racist in today’s upside down world.

    During the flotilla ( botas of terrorists and moonbat lefties), Michael Imam Harris compared the flotilla people to HolocaustSurvivors and the Israelis to the British. This is the level of insanity that exists today. Few people follow these things ( at least in Canada) and are scared to raise their heads.

    Pastor Jones will most likely have to pay a stiff penalty for making the Gainesville police force monitor his Church and will be labelled a “crazy” for the rest of his life.