Monitor anti-Semitic incidents in the Netherlands 2017
Anti-Semitism is a persistent evil that has resulted in the recent history catastrophic consequences. And although overt anti-Semitism in the Netherlands since the end of World War II is generally regarded as unacceptable, keep anti-Semitism regularly resurface. This requires permanent vigilance and therefore CIDI been publishing 34 Monitor the year anti-Semitic incidents in the Netherlands.
In 2017 CIDI held its first anti-Semitic statements on the Internet and recorded separately in the political domain. The role of the internet and social media in information and awareness-raising is huge. That unfortunately leads to be widespread Holocaust denial and all kinds of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, which can translate into increased verbal and physical attacks on Jews. CIDI works closely with the Hotline set up by the government Internet Discrimination (MiND) and regularly report themselves against people or websites that are guilty of anti-Semitism.