Transcript [00:00] The Netherlands has a message for [00:01] Israelis. You can lend in Europe, but be [00:04] ready to explain where your olive oil [00:07] was made. In a country where Jews need [00:10] security at their schools and [00:12] synagogues, the government has found [00:15] time to police souvenirs from the Jewish [00:17] state. Shalom from Israel. I'm Kan [00:20] Nafali with the latest update from the [00:23] Middle East. [00:30] >> [music] [00:36] [music] [00:41] >> This is outrageous. The Netherlands has [00:44] [music] now turned anti-Israel politics [00:47] into border policy. Not just speeches, a [00:52] real government decree, a customs [00:54] [music] rule that reaches into the [00:56] suitcase of an ordinary person coming [00:59] from Israel. From September 22, the [01:03] Dutch government began enforcing [music] [01:05] a ban on goods from Jewish communities [01:08] in Judea and Samaria, [music] East [01:09] Jerusalem, and the Golden Heights, areas [01:12] it describes as unlawful settlements. [01:16] And this is the part that people [01:18] actually need to understand because the [01:19] decree does not stop [music] at [01:21] containers in a port. It applies to [01:24] personal luggage, gifts, souvenirs, [01:26] [music] and private use items. A person [01:29] can land in Amsterdam with a bottle of [01:31] Israeli wine, [music] dates, olive oil, [01:33] cosmetics, or a small gift for a family. [01:36] And a Dutch customs officer can demand [01:39] to know where [music] it was made. This [01:42] is ridiculous. Dutch customs can ask for [01:45] proof of origin [01:48] because it's suspected to come from [01:50] those Jewish areas. And by [music] the [01:52] way, them calling it unlawful areas. I [01:56] wish for them to just open a random [01:59] history book, real history book like the [02:01] Bible and learn about who who was in [02:06] that land um before the age of [02:08] television, right? To whom the land [02:10] belongs to. Uh, and they'll quickly find [02:14] out that it is Jews who inhabited the [02:17] area, came from the area, Judea, Jews. [02:21] All they needed to do is just not skip [02:23] history classes. But now they can [02:28] require an item to be surrendered and [02:31] the customs in the Netherlands can seize [02:33] it. This is not normal trade policy. [02:37] This is a boycott made personal. It is [02:40] the Dutch government telling ordinary [02:42] people your connection to Israel is now [02:44] suspicious suspicious enough to inspect [02:47] you and your luggage. And if that is not [02:51] bad enough, reports from uh the Skipo [02:55] airport, I hope I'm pronouncing it [02:57] right, they say that passengers arriving [03:00] from uh Tel Aviv on an on L flights were [03:04] pulled aside. It actually happened. They [03:06] were pulled aside and their luggage was [03:08] searched. One account said that all the [03:11] lal luggage was screened. Dutch [03:14] authorities have not confirmed that full [03:16] account, but let them answer the [03:19] questions. Were Israeli passengers [03:21] singled out? Were people selected [03:24] because there was actual evidence about [03:27] a product or anything? Or were they [03:30] selected because they arrived from [03:31] Israel? Because an Al boarding pass is [03:34] not evidence. An Israeli passport is not [03:36] probable cause and a Jewish traveler is [03:40] not a customs problem. Dutch customs [03:43] says it's inspections are supposed to be [03:47] based on objective information and risk [03:50] assessments, not nationality, ethnicity, [03:53] religion or appearance. [03:55] But then Dutch authorities should prove [03:58] they followed their own standard. [04:00] Because once a government creates a law [04:03] that tells officials to investigate the [04:06] political region of a souvenir from [04:07] Israel, it creates exactly the kind of [04:10] atmosphere where Israeli travelers [04:13] become an easy target. And the [04:15] Netherlands should know better. It has [04:18] already seen what happens when is [04:20] anti-Israel hatred turns into [04:22] anti-Jewish violence in Amsterdam after [04:25] the Ajax Makabi Tel Aviv match in [04:28] November 2024. Israeli football fans [04:30] were hunted through the city. [04:32] >> Free Palestine. AND WE GO. [04:34] >> FREE PALESTINE. NOW, FREE PALESTINE. [04:36] >> FREE PALESTINE. FREE PALESTINE. [04:39] >> Take my money. Take my money. [04:41] >> Dutch inspectors later found that people [04:43] who were Jewish or simply perceived as [04:46] Jewish were targeted with threats, [04:48] intimidation, and beatings. Read that [04:50] again. People were targeted because they [04:53] were Jewish or looked Jewish. The Dutch [04:56] saw authorities said that violence [04:58] unfolded through rapid attacks by small [05:01] groups moving through Amsterdam. The [05:03] police could not stop every attack in [05:05] time. This is what Jews and Israeli [05:08] faced in one of Europe's most famous [05:11] cities. And it's not just one thing. [05:13] Dutch police registered over 88 [05:16] anti-semitism cases in 2024. In 2025, [05:19] they registered another 867. [05:23] A Jewish community monitor recorded over [05:25] 400 anti-semitic incidents in 2024. The [05:28] highest number it had recorded in four [05:31] decades. This is not progress. This is [05:35] resignation. [05:36] That is Jews learning that silence [05:39] unfortunately may feel safer than being [05:42] visible, wearing keepa, star of David, [05:44] all that stuff. And then came the [05:46] attacks on Jewish institutions in the in [05:49] the Netherlands. The Dutch National [05:52] Coordinator for Counterterrorism and [05:54] Security reported attacks this year on a [05:58] Rotterdam synagogue, a Jewish school in [06:00] Amsterdam, and an Israel center in Nikk. [06:05] It said the regional war involving [06:08] Israel, the United States, and Iran had [06:09] increased the threat to Israeli, Jewish, [06:11] and American targets in the Netherlands. [06:14] Jewish schools need protection. Okay. [06:17] Synagogues are attacked. Israeli and [06:19] Jewish targets face elevated threat and [06:23] the Dutch government's response is to [06:25] make a bottle of wine or olive oil from [06:28] Judea and Samaria a customs problem. [06:31] This is moral inversion. At the [06:33] University of Amsterdam, Jewish students [06:35] and staff, did you know that reported [06:37] bullying, intimidation, and pressure to [06:40] hide their identity? At the same time, [06:42] the university paused new institutional [06:44] uh collaboration with Israeli partners. [06:47] Jewish students are told to keep their [06:49] heads down. Israeli academics are [06:52] treated as a problem to be frozen out. [06:55] Israeli travelers are reportedly pulled [06:57] aside at the airport. And Jewish [06:58] communities are expected to accept it [07:00] all politely while government promises [07:03] to fight anti-semitism. No, the problem [07:06] is not just radical people in the dark [07:10] corner of the internet. The problem you [07:12] can see now in the Netherlands is when [07:14] radical anti-Israel ideas move from the [07:17] street into respectable institutions [07:19] into campus policy into diplomatic [07:22] policy into customs policy into the [07:25] daily life of a Jew or an Israeli who [07:28] simply wants to travel, study, work, [07:29] pray or visit family without being [07:32] treated as a potential political threat. [07:35] Dutch security agencies have warned [07:38] about extremist networks in the past, [07:41] Iranian link threats and violent [07:43] ideologies targeting Jewish and Israeli [07:45] interests. They have also documented [07:48] anti-semitic conspiracy theories [07:50] spreading in extremist circles in the [07:51] Netherlands. The Netherlands does not [07:54] need more excuses for anti-Israel [07:56] hostility. It needs a red line. The [07:59] Netherlands is becoming one of the most [08:02] hostile governments toward Israel in the [08:05] European Union. Not because Dutch people [08:08] are anti-Israel. I actually know a lot [08:09] of very vocal and pro-Israel Christian [08:13] who live Christian people who live in [08:15] the Netherlands, but it's because the [08:17] Dutch political system is choosing to [08:20] make Israel the exception. Israel, the [08:24] country whose elected ministers are [08:26] declared unwelcome. Israel is the [08:28] country whose communities are put on a [08:30] banned postcode uh list. Israel is the [08:34] country whose goods are treated as [08:36] forbidden. Israel is the country whose [08:38] academics are frozen out while Jewish [08:41] students are telling the government they [08:43] no longer feel safe on campus. That is [08:46] not peace policy. That is not human [08:49] rights. That is pressure on the one and [08:53] only Jewish state in the world while [08:55] real forces terrorizing the Middle East, [08:57] Hamas, Kazbala, and the Iranian regime [08:59] keep escaping the same level of outrage. [09:02] And I'm glad that Israel's foreign [09:05] minister responded. He revoked Dutch [09:08] representatives from the Gaza [09:09] Coordination Center and revoked all the [09:12] credentials of all the Dutch diplomats [09:14] operating in the uh representative [09:16] office in Ramla. If a European [09:19] government wants to treat Israel like a [09:22] pariah, it should not expect Israel to [09:24] smile and nod and pretend that nothing [09:26] has changed. Those days are are long [09:29] over and long behind us. And friends of [09:32] Israel around the world should [09:33] understand what is happening. This is [09:35] how anti-Israel radicalism works in the [09:38] West. It does not always arrive wearing [09:41] a mask. Sometimes it arrived in a suit [09:42] carrying a customs form and calling it [09:46] international law or whatever. But when [09:48] a government spends its energy examining [09:51] Israeli souvenirs while Jewish [09:53] institutions are under threat, the [09:56] message is obvious. the Netherlands.
The Netherlands has turned its anti Israel politics into border policy. Under a new Dutch customs decree, travelers arriving from Israel can be questioned about the origin of wine, dates, olive oil, cosmetics and even small gifts in their personal luggage. If customs suspects an item was made in Judea and Samaria, East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights, it can be seized.
Is this human rights policy, or a boycott made personal?
0:00 The Netherlands' Message to Israelis
0:41 The New Dutch Customs Ban Explained
1:52 A History Lesson for the Dutch Government
2:49 El Al Passengers Searched at Schiphol
4:14 The Amsterdam Attacks on Israeli Fans
5:12 Antisemitism and Attacks on Jewish Institutions
7:59 Europe's Most Hostile Government to Israel?
9:02 Israel Strikes Back
