# Jetten at Kristallnacht commemoration: violence against Jews "never far away"

> Prime Minister Rob Jetten used the national Kristallnacht commemoration in Amsterdam to warn of antisemitism in the Netherlands and to announce that society must become more resilient.

Society · published 2026-11-10 09:19 · https://nlnow.nl/a/jetten-at-kristallnacht-commemoration-violence-against-jews-never-far-away/

The evening marked 88 years since Kristallnacht.

He called the Hamas attack on Israel the ultimate proof of this. He said anti-Jewish feelings are also flaring up in the Netherlands because of social division. Jetten said there is no excuse for threats and violence against Jewish Dutch people.

The cabinet has made extra money available for the security of Jewish buildings. Jetten said more is needed than police posts, and that society must become resilient against antisemitism. He said he hung a Jewish prayer tube (mezuzah) by his front door to show he wants to be prime minister of a country where Jewish life is visible.

Chanan Hertzberger, chair of the Centraal Joods Overleg (CJO), which organises the commemoration, thanked Jetten for not acceding to the demands of the organisers of the Rode Lijn demonstration held the day before. Those organisers had called for an arms embargo on Israel and recognition of genocide against the Palestinians. Hertzberger called the accusation of genocide a lie and criticised the demonstration as anti-Israeli.

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