Femke Halsema
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Femke Halsema is a Dutch politician and filmmaker serving as Mayor of Amsterdam since 2018. She is the first woman to hold the position on a non-interim basis. She was previously a member of the House
Halsema in 2018
Halsema in 2010
Halsema during a preview of her theatre-lecture Een Vrij Land in 2018
Femke Halsema campaigning in 2006
On 6, 7 and 8 November 2024, before and after a UEFA Europa League football match in Amsterdam between Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. and Dutch club AFC Ajax, tensions over the Gaza war escalated
Femke Halsema
…Halsema apologised for the city's involvement in the Atlantic slave trade. In November 2024, Halsema expressed regret over her prior labeling of the November 2024 Amsterdam riots as a "pogrom". Halsema said that the term pogrom is being used as propaganda by Dutch politicians to discriminate against Moroccans and Muslims. Israeli…
Amsterdam's Dam Square, where some of the clashes occurred