Antisemitisemitische incidents in Netherlands 2010

CIDI recorded in 2010 124 antisemitic incidents, a substantial decline (25,7%) with respect to the 2009, when the Israeli Operation Cast Lead caused a spike. However, it is still significantly higher than in the quieter year 2008, with 'only' 108 incidents.
The lack of a long crisis in Israel 2010 has played a role in this decline. Noteworthy, however, is that the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the Netherlands decreased less than in other Western European countries. Only in Britain was the number of incidents as higher in the Netherlands than in 2008.
‘Real Life’ –incidenten stegen in 2009 dramatically to 61. In 2010 they fell back to almost the level of 2008. This abrupt peak indicates that Dutch Jews can be suddenly overcome by aggression in their daily lives in conflicts in the Middle East. Against these bursts and thereby increasing the sense of insecurity serve better detection means (undercover agenten, CCTV) and a tit-for-tat policy to be deployed.
Incidents in the area, at school or work increased over the last four years but constant: van 13 in 2007 to 23 in 2010, an increase of 77 percent. This disturbing trend falls in 2010 for the first time and is not due to developments in the Middle East. Remains possible in the private sphere still hang of something (to) many anti-Semitism which usually let loose on the Internet.

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