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CAM CEO Sacha Roytman issued the following statement on Sunday in response to the antisemitic demonstration outside the inauguration of the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which included ignited fireworks and thrown eggs:
“The violent protest we saw today is another painful manifestation of the disturbing level of antisemitic hatred proliferating across the globe today. The fact it occurred at the opening of the Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam reminds us again of the urgent need to fight without compromise all who perpetrate, support, or justify acts of terrorism, murder, and violence against Jews.”
Protesters denounced the presence of Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the opening of the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, and demanded a ceasefire in Gaza https://t.co/L3NceMd2GM pic.twitter.com/zQ2V0KbdKe
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 10, 2024
The focus of the demonstrators’ ire was Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who participated in Sunday’s museum event.
At a time when antisemitism is rising and spreading all over the world we inaugurated the new National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, in memory of the ancient Jewish community of the Netherlands, which was decimated by the Nazis and their collaborators.
In a moving event at the… pic.twitter.com/mG0m0SAfiE
— יצחק הרצוג Isaac Herzog (@Isaac_Herzog) March 10, 2024
