Over 13,000 people, including leading musicians, signed a petition calling on the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam to allow the Jerusalem Quartet to perform, which it did on Saturday. The concert and small pro-Palestinian protest outside the venue passed without incident
Heightened tensions due to the war between Israel and Hamas have raised the risk of protests and of 'spontaneous actions' disturbing the ceremony, the mayor of Amsterdam said
The Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen and his partner Bianca Stigter explain in an interview with Haaretz how they made a powerful documentary about the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam without using a single second of archive footage. 'Having the knowledge is crucial, but it's what you do with it that counts, says McQueen