Protests at Dutch Holocaust Museum opening as Israeli president attends

The Netherlands opened its National Holocaust Museum on March 10 with a ceremony attended by Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Israeli President Isaac Herzog. The museum commemorates the stories of the approximately 102,000 Jews deported from the Netherlands and murdered in Nazi camps during the Holocaust. Three-quarters of Dutch Jews were among the six million Jews killed by the Nazis. Israeli President Herzog's attendance at the event prompted protests due to ongoing military conflict between Israel and Palestine. In his speech, he emphasized the importance of remembering the past to prevent hatred and anti-Semitism in the present, stating "unfortunately never again is now, right now."