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Andrzej Pawluszek

Jun 19, 2026, 7:14 PM

The Illusion of Dutch Tolerance

The Netherlands loves to see itself as tolerant, open, and liberal. Amsterdam, in particular, is routinely romanticized as a global sanctuary of freedom and acceptance. But for the Jews who actually live here, that polished image is becoming impossible...

Itai Eithan Shamir

Jun 13, 2026, 12:50 AM

Eurovision Song Contest 2026: United By Music, After All

Fans celebrating in the arena at the Eurovision Song Contest Final.

A few weeks have passed since the confetti was swept from the arena floor in Vienna, which hosted the 70th Eurovision Song Contest, the world's biggest live televised music event, drawing more viewers annually than the Super Bowl. Each year,...

Itai Eithan Shamir

Jun 10, 2026, 9:47 PM

Eurovision 2026: United By Music, After All

Fans celebrating in the arena at the Eurovision Song Contest Final.

A few weeks have passed since the confetti was swept from the arena floor in Vienna, which hosted the 70th Eurovision Song Contest — the world’s biggest live televised music event, drawing more viewers annually than the Super Bowl....

Jun 9, 2026, 2:35 PM

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup Group–E/F/G Previews

The much-reviled Group of Death will be revealed somewhere below. Group E Dear Reader(s), it is a testament to the shock of October 7th and the evident anti-Semitic bloodlust in Europe–as well as much of the rest of the world–that Germany...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 27, 2026, 11:18 AM

Europe Needs Israel to Join the European Union

Europe is careening toward strategic irrelevance as Iranian proxies tighten their noose around its southern flank and radical Islam spreads through its streets and no-go zones. Israel is the hard-power partner the European Union can no longer afford to...

May 25, 2026, 9:44 AM

An Open Letter to the Members of the Knesset

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk

An Open Letter to the Members of the Knesset and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Distinguished Members of the Knesset, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, I am writing this open letter to you at a critical juncture in history, speaking from the Netherlands on...

Gabrielle Bartelse

May 21, 2026, 11:18 AM

The loss of home

On civilisational fatigue, multicultural universalism, and the disappearance of cultural loyalty in the Netherlands The Netherlands no longer seems to understand itself as a historical community, but rather as an administrative space in which every identity is welcome — except...

Gabrielle Bartelse

May 9, 2026, 7:56 PM

Double standards or democratic tension?

Protest rights, institutions and the boundaries of tolerance in the Netherlands Introduction The Netherlands likes to present itself as an open democratic state governed by the rule of law, in which freedom of expression and the right to protest belong to...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 1, 2026, 4:46 AM

King Charles’ Qatar Cash: UK’s Islamism Reckoning

Between 2011 and 2015, then-Prince Charles of Wales accepted three cash payments totaling €3 million from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al Thani, the former prime minister of Qatar. One payment arrived in a suitcase packed with €1...

Dina-Perla Portnaar

Apr 3, 2026, 3:43 PM

My decision to decline

Memos from the Edge | A philosophical novel

There are periods in a creative life when the work no longer stands alone. When it becomes inseparable from the conditions that shape it. Thus, from the tensions it absorbs, and from the wider world that presses itself into...

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