\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAn explosion struck overnight at a Jewish school in Amsterdam in what the city\u2019s mayor called a \u201ctargeted attack against the Jewish community.\u201dRelated video above: Violent attack at Michigan synagogue rattles community’s sense of safetyThe blast hit the outer wall of the school, located in Buitenveldert, considered the city\u2019s modern Jewish quarter and home to synagogues, religious schools and Jewish restaurants.Police have obtained images of the person who allegedly detonated the bomb, the city of Amsterdam told CNN in a statement.\u201cThis is a cowardly act of aggression towards the Jewish community,\u201d Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said.Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten said, \u201cThere must be no place for antisemitism\u201d in the Netherlands. \u201cI understand the anger and fear and will quickly engage in talks with the Jewish community. They must always feel safe in our country,\u201d he posted on X.Security in Amsterdam had been heightened following antisemitic incidents in Rotterdam and Li\u00e8ge in neighboring Belgium earlier the same week, the statement said.The incident appears to be part of a recent wave of antisemitic violence in Europe amid the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.On Friday, an explosion at the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands\u2019 second-largest city, sparked a fire at the entrance of a synagogue.Four teenage boys have been arrested following the overnight arson attack, Rotterdam police said in a statement.Police said the blaze was caused by an explosive device that detonated at the synagogue. The fire broke out for a short time before burning out by itself, police said, adding that no one was injured.The four suspects, aged 17, 18 and 19, were arrested in the vicinity of another synagogue after a vehicle that was driving erratically drew the attention of authorities.In Belgium, a synagogue in the city of Li\u00e8ge was rocked by an explosion Monday in what the city\u2019s mayor described as an antisemitic attack, according to local media reports.In Michigan, a synagogue was targeted in a car-ramming attack Thursday. Though the motive in that incident is still unknown, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said that there is a clear \u201cnexus\u201d between the Iran War and the attack, adding it\u2019s no coincidence the suspect targeted a synagogue named Temple Israel.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
An explosion struck overnight at a Jewish school in Amsterdam in what the city\u2019s mayor called a \u201ctargeted attack against the Jewish community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Related video above: Violent attack at Michigan synagogue rattles community’s sense of safety<\/p>\n
The blast hit the outer wall of the school, located in Buitenveldert, considered the city\u2019s modern Jewish quarter and home to synagogues, religious schools and Jewish restaurants.<\/p>\n
Police have obtained images of the person who allegedly detonated the bomb, the city of Amsterdam told CNN in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a cowardly act of aggression towards the Jewish community,\u201d Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said.<\/p>\n
Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten said, \u201cThere must be no place for antisemitism\u201d in the Netherlands. \u201cI understand the anger and fear and will quickly engage in talks with the Jewish community. They must always feel safe in our country,\u201d he posted on X.<\/p>\n
Security in Amsterdam had been heightened following antisemitic incidents in Rotterdam and Li\u00e8ge in neighboring Belgium earlier the same week, the statement said.<\/p>\n
The incident appears to be part of a recent wave of antisemitic violence in Europe amid the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.<\/p>\n
On Friday, an explosion at the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands\u2019 second-largest city, sparked a fire at the entrance of a synagogue.<\/p>\n
Four teenage boys have been arrested following the overnight arson attack, Rotterdam police said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Police said the blaze was caused by an explosive device that detonated at the synagogue. The fire broke out for a short time before burning out by itself, police said, adding that no one was injured.<\/p>\n
The four suspects, aged 17, 18 and 19, were arrested in the vicinity of another synagogue after a vehicle that was driving erratically drew the attention of authorities.<\/p>\n
In Belgium, a synagogue in the city of Li\u00e8ge was rocked by an explosion Monday in what the city\u2019s mayor described as an antisemitic attack, according to local media reports.<\/p>\n
In Michigan, a synagogue was targeted in a car-ramming attack Thursday. Though the motive in that incident is still unknown, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said that there is a clear \u201cnexus\u201d between the Iran War and the attack, adding it\u2019s no coincidence the suspect targeted a synagogue named Temple Israel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An explosion struck overnight at a Jewish school in Amsterdam in what the city\u2019s mayor called a \u201ctargeted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[199,22780,9930,5168,5247,211,22776,7551,19383,17573,15117,11107,18940,3126,22777,21049,20325,200,22778,9739,657,22781,21047,22779],"class_list":{"0":"post-40148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-amsterdam","8":"tag-amsterdam","9":"tag-antisemitic","10":"tag-antisemitism","11":"tag-arson","12":"tag-attack","13":"tag-belgium","14":"tag-buitenveldert","15":"tag-community","16":"tag-content","17":"tag-dutch","18":"tag-explosion","19":"tag-femke-halsema","20":"tag-iran-war","21":"tag-israel","22":"tag-jewish","23":"tag-liege","24":"tag-michigan","25":"tag-netherlands","26":"tag-rob-jetten","27":"tag-rotterdam","28":"tag-school","29":"tag-sknd","30":"tag-synagogue","31":"tag-temple-israel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116228574624307102","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40148","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=40148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}