The desecration of a Jewish cemetery earlier this week in the southern Netherlands appears to be an act of organized violence rather than random vandalism by young thugs, Holland’s prime minister said. Speaking at a Holocaust conference in Amsterdam, Wim Kok called for a “systematic investigation” into the weekend attack in the town of Dorst.
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