Enige dagen geleden had Arutz Sheva, Israel National News, een stukje over “No-go Areas for Jews in Europe.” De lead daarvan luidde: “Israel has room for all Jews and welcomes them, but that does not have any bearing on what is going on in Europe. Rabbi Lau predicted that European Jewish history is nearing its end.” En daarin stond tussen andere aanklachten over discriminatie van joden, de tekst: “In the Netherlands, the country of Baruch Spinoza, police officers began wearing yarmulkes to catch Dutch Jew haters in the act of physical or verbal assault. Jewish students are told to "put a cap over your kippah".
In Amsterdam, the shelter of Spanish Jews who fled from Inquisition, the twenty-five Lester M. Wolff van Ravenswade described the difficulties faced by Jews living in an open letter to the newspaper NRC Handelsblad: "I cannot go to public events dressed as a Jew, let alone go out on Saturday night. Which party do I have to vote for in order to live safely with the kippah on my head?".”
Dit grijpt terug op een ingezonden brief in de NRC van twee jaar geleden over: “Niet gaan stappen met keppeltje op.” [Ik citeer ’t berichtje erover hierna].