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Debate erupts in Rotterdam over Israeli ambassador's planned speech at Holocaust memorial event

On July 30, Ambassador Vapni is set to speak at Loods 24, the site of a warehouse from which 6,790 Rotterdam Jews were deported to concentration and extermination camps in 1942.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Newly elected mayor of Rotterdam Carola Schouten attends her swearing-in ceremony at the City Hall of Rotterdam on October 10, 2024.
A police boat approaches the cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla de Abona after being affected by a hantavirus outbreak, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026.

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship due to arrive at Rotterdam port as final destination

Crew, passengers who already left the ship, and ⁠people in contact with them have been quarantined in several countries around the world.

|ByREUTERS
A military police force member of Royal Netherlands Marechaussee stands guard near a Jewish school in Amsterdam on March 16, 2026, following its reopening, two days after an attack on the Jewish institution.

Netherlands probing if Rotterdam synagogue attack has Iran link, minister says

Dutch prosecutors said on ​Monday that the ‌four men suspected of causing the Rotterdam synagogue explosion ​had done so ​with terrorist intent.

|ByREUTERS
Dutch anti-Israel activists vandalize Rotterdam city hall.

Dutch anti-Israel activists vandalize Rotterdam city hall

The front of the city hall was closed off, while the outer facade was cleaned of red paint.

|ByMICHAEL STARR

Student gunman kills two in Rotterdam university shooting

Suspected has been arrested near the hospital, motive remains unknown

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023ByREUTERS
People stand near the medical center, after Dutch police arrested a suspect after a shooting in Rotterdam, Netherlands, September 28, 2023.

'Madonna can sing at Eurovision 2020 despite her Palestinian flag stunt'

JULY 10, 2019ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
Madonna performs at 2019 Eurovision Song Contest