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‘Authorities not doing anything': The aftermath of the Amsterdam pogrom

“The Quad” with guest Yahly Bar-Lev

The violent attacks against Israeli Jews in Amsterdam shocked the world, but what is the fallout?

In this conversation with “The Quad,” Yahly Bar-Lev, the executive director of StandWithUs Netherlands, discusses the aftermath of the Amsterdam pogrom and what—if anything—Dutch authorities are doing to prevent it from happening again.

Bar-Lev lives in Amsterdam and helped Israelis flee after the violence.

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