{"id":139799,"date":"2026-08-03T16:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/139799\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:45:11","slug":"jewish-israelis-mapped-named-on-flyers-distributed-ahead-of-pride-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/139799\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Israelis mapped, named on flyers distributed ahead of Pride Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of Pride <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-903205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amsterdam<\/a> (July 25-August 8), mysterious flyers were distributed featuring names and locations of Jewish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-904452\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IDF<\/a> soldiers visiting the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">The flyers, which bear the logo of WorldPride and of the City of Amsterdam, say: \u201cProtect your community, watch out for war criminals during WorldPride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Jewish and Israeli artists are shown on a map of the city, with their photo, name, and exact performance locations visible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">They feature a banner encouraging people to report IDF soldiers to the organization RITA, an independent reporting platform for discrimination and harassment.<\/p>\n<p>RITA, WorldPride, and Amsterdam City have all denied any association with the flyer. A spokesperson for Pride Amsterdam told The Jerusalem Post, \u201cThis is not ours; they abused our logo and that of the municipality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Participants on boats pass next to spectators on a canal as they take part in the Canal Parade of the Pride celebrations in Amsterdam on August 1, 2026; illustrative.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"492\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/732572\"\/>Participants on boats pass next to spectators on a canal as they take part in the Canal Parade of the Pride celebrations in Amsterdam on August 1, 2026; illustrative. (credit: Remko De Waal\/ANP\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">RITA published a statement saying that the logo, name, and reporting form were used on the flyers without permission, and that it was \u201cnot involved in the creation or distribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">It added that the unauthorized use of its name and visual appearance \u201ccreates confusion\u201d and \u201cdoes not reflect what RITA stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hind Rajab Foundation mentioned on doxxing flyer<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">At the bottom of the flyer, people are invited to \u201clearn more\u201d by checking out the website of Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), known for its lawfare attacks against Israelis abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hyenas of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-903162\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hind Rajab Foundation<\/a> don\u2019t know when to stop: At the Pride in Amsterdam, flyers are being distributed claiming that Israeli war criminals are roaming the city, including a proper reporting link,\u201d Center for Information and Documentation Israel (CIDI) said, adding that this is \u201clegalized Jew-hunting in the logo of the municipality of Amsterdam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">HRF has been running a separate but connected campaign against an IDF reservist in Utrecht.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">The soldier, who will not be named here, served as a judge at the European Universities Debating Championships (EUDC), hosted by Utrecht University, 27-31 July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">During his stay in the Netherlands, HRF accused the soldier of displaying \u201cblatant disregard for international law, mocking anti-genocide protesters, and referring to them as \u201cpathetic,\u201d at a time when Dutch authorities were already examining allegations against him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">It therefore filed an urgent criminal complaint with the Dutch National Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office against him.<\/p>\n<p>Utrecht 4 Palestine calls for civilians to call police if spotting IDF veteran<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">On the back of HRF\u2019s campaign, Utrecht 4 Palestine circulated flyers with the soldier\u2019s photo, encouraging people to call the police if they see him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Various pro-Palestine groups also posted on Instagram, calling for the debate event to be protested and circling the soldier\u2019s face in red.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">The post also read, \u201c93 participants from the Zionist entity are still in Utrecht\u201d and called for them to be investigated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">According to witnesses, during the protest against the debate, members shouted \u201cGo Hamas\u201d and \u201cLong Live the 7th of October.\u201d They also shouted, \u201cArrest [soldier\u2019s name] yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Jewish Israeli participant in the debate told De Telegraaf that the atmosphere was \u201cextremely unsafe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was urgently advised to leave Utrecht because activists now thought we were involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/defense-news\/article-904460\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gaza<\/a>,\u201d he said. \u201cWe heard that people on campus were looking for that reservist to beat him up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">\u201cIt was a very, very terrifying thought that an Israeli was wanted without a warrant or anything like that. Not only by activists from outside but also by students who wanted to play their own judge. The fear came from all sides.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of Pride Amsterdam (July 25-August 8), mysterious flyers were distributed featuring names and locations of Jewish IDF&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[101],"tags":[199,9930,22639,67168,65726,7994,45195,30426,200,58273],"class_list":["post-139799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-amsterdam","tag-antisemitism","tag-antizionism","tag-doxxing","tag-gay-pride","tag-hate-speech","tag-hind-rajab-foundation","tag-idf","tag-netherlands","tag-pride-parade"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117032591709411044","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}