More Than Half of Moroccan Young Males Have Police File

More than half of Moroccan young males between the ages of 12 and 22 have police files. One third of these are registered five or more times in the police’s HKS system. For young male immigrants from Surinam the figure is 43% and for young Turks it is 41%. The average for Dutch males of the same age group is 23%. In addition 5% of all Dutch girls of that age group have a police file. For girls from Surinam it is 17 % and for Moroccan girls it is slightly under that figure. This research was based on those born in 1984 and was published in the Tijdschrift voor Criminologie (Journal of Criminology).
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/7040652/__Helft_Marokkaan-se_jeugd_pleegde_misdrijf__.html

Minister’s Reaction to Anti-Semitism Complaints Weak and Insufficient

Minister of Justice and the Interior, Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Christian Democrat), sent a letter to Parliament prior to the debate on anti-Semitism that took place last Thursday. The letter was vague and made no significant promises. One of the concrete suggestions was for collaboration to fight anti-Semitism amongst Muslim and Jewish organizations. The Minister suggested the Jewish Moroccan Network for this. [Comment: If any of his employees had looked on the Network’s website http://www.jmna.nl/, he would have found less than 5 items, the latest of which dates from the beginning of 2006. Checking on Google indicates very sporadic initiatives since then, usually one or less per year].
Letter is not yet on the official Ministry website

Jewish Umbrella Body: Government Failed on Security of Jews

In an unprecedented move the Central Joods Overleg (CJO), the umbrella organization of Dutch Jewry, sent a letter to the members of parliament on anti-Semitism in the Netherlands, shortly before the subject was to be debated there. The letter mentioned that Jews have to hide their identity not only in Amsterdam but also elsewhere. Children were confronted with aggression at schools and sometimes forced to leave because of it. It added that in certain schools the Holocaust could not be mentioned. The CJO also drew attention to the fact that hardly any Jewish activities could be organized without the community having to organize security, and that it may not be able to support these costs in future. The CJO added that the government had failed to remove the feeling of insecurity suffered by the Jews in the Netherlands.
www.nik.nl/default.asp?oUrl=content_detail.asp?fld_pk_algListId=1589

Anti-Semitism Expert: Dutch Anti-Semitism Long Lasting Problem

Elise Friedman, an expert in anti-Semitism at the Israel Information and Documentation Center (CIDI), has said that anti-Semitism in the Netherlands is a continuous destructive process and should not be presented as an epidemic. She points out that there was an increase in the number of attacks against visible Jews ten years ago. The lack of public outcry against this anti-Semitism indicated that society had already begun the process of its acceptance. In 2001 CIDI already noted that congregants of two synagogues were insulted and even threatened with knives by 15-40 year old Moroccans. Friedman adds that the Netherlands have made themselves look ridiculous internationally because they cannot protect their citizens of whatever origin.
http://extra.volkskrant.nl/opinie/artikel/show/id/6070/Den_Haag_is_oorverdovend_stil_over_antisemitisme

Monitoring Organization Brings Complaint Against Twitterer

The Center for Information and Documentation about Israel (CIDI) has lodged a complaint with the public prosecutor against an anti-Semitic twitterer. He had sent tweets with texts such as “tuberculosis Jews are active again in Israel, if the Fuehrer had finished his work, this wouldn’t have happened and ‘sieg heil’.” This is probably the first time a complaint has been brought against a twitterer in the Netherlands. The police have identified the twitterer and told him to remove these texts. In a later tweet he said “I stand by my opinion even if I am not allowed to distribute it”.
http://nos.nl/artikel/163680-cidi-doet-aangifte-tegen-twitteraar.html

Parliamentarians Vote for Debate on Anti-Semitism

The faction leader of the Christian SGP party, Kees van der Staaij, has proposed in Parliament that a debate be held on the severe anti-Semitic incidents in the Netherlands. His proposal was broadly supported by other parliamentarians. Van der Staaij reacted after he had heard that Jews in the western part of Amsterdam have to visit a “hidden synagogue”. The building is not recognizable from the outside as a Jewish place of worship. Another issue he wants debated is Hitler salutes made by hooligans to Rabbis.
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/7016154/__Kamer_debatteert_over_antisemitisme__.html?sn=binnenland,buitenland

Hidden Camera Catches Moroccans Insulting Rabbi

In a broadcast released last Sunday by the Jewish Broadcasting Organization (Joodse Omroep) it was shown how Rabbi Lody van de Kamp and two Jewish school pupils were insulted by various Moroccan youngsters in Amsterdam. A hidden camera followed them on their walk through neighborhoods such as Bos en Lommer, Osdorp, de Dapperbuurt and de Indische buurt. On one occasion a Moroccan youngster gave them the Hitler salute. An earlier broadcast by the Jewish Broadcasting Organization had shown that the situation is also serious in towns such as Rotterdam and Sneek.
www.parool.nl/parool/nl/5/POLITIEK/article/detail/300523/2010/06/19/Asscher-voelt-voor-inzet-lok-Joden.dhtml