The three Jewish schools in Amsterdam will reopen on Monday. This is the outcome of a consultation between the schools, the municipality and the Central Jewish Consultation (CJO). During that consultation, the municipality promised that security at the schools will be increased from Monday.
The three schools in Buitenveldert, Roj Pina, Maimonides and Cheider, remained closed on Friday. The schools did this as a precaution, after former Hamas general Khaled Meshaal called on Muslims worldwide to ‘support the Palestinian cause’. The schools demanded that security guards be stationed at the schools at all times, but initially did not receive this.
Look at the situation day by day
Cheider also remained closed on Sunday, a day when classes are normally held at the school. Rosh Pina and Maimonides have always been closed on Sundays. Chairman of Cheider Herman Loonstein, arrived on Friday AT5 know that no decision had yet been made about Monday. The municipality confirms that in Sunday’s consultation it agreed to increase security at the three schools.
The fact that schools will reopen on Monday does not automatically mean that they will remain that way in the near future. “The schools have expressly indicated that the situation is being assessed on a daily basis and that they will close again if there is reason to do so,” says Chanan Hertzberger, chairman of the CJO.
Full statement by Chanan Hertzberger, chairman of CJO
The Amsterdam-based Jewish schools Rosh Pina, Maimonides and Cheider will reopen tomorrow. The schools mentioned were forced to close their doors last Friday in response to the call from terrorist organization Hamas to attack and kill Jews all over the world.
Following the commitment from the municipality of Amsterdam that security will be increased, the schools have decided to reopen tomorrow, after intensive consultation with the Central Jewish Consultation (CJO), safety organization Bij Leven en Welzijn, the municipality of Amsterdam and the relevant security services. The schools have expressly indicated that the situation is being assessed on a daily basis and that they will close again if there is reason to do so.
Although the CJO is pleased that the municipality of Amsterdam has decided to intensify the security of the schools, we, as a representative of the main Jewish organizations in the Netherlands, would like to enter into discussions with the relevant government agency together with representatives of the Jewish schools as soon as possible. to discuss measures that will make free and undisturbed Jewish education in the Netherlands permanently possible.