Elad Itzkovitch

Israeli in the Netherlands 🇮🇱🇳🇱 | Fractional CMO for B2B startups. Marketing, AI and politics. Not here to agree with everyone.

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@SabzeZomorodi @Blickch @lukasreimann I can't tolerate the world's silence ocer Iran anymore. This is horiffic. I beg to Netanyahu amd Trump to free these people.

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@DutchIrani Palestine was never been and will never be a country. Free Iran!

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@DutchIrani Exactly!

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@HeimishHumor Indeed. It's time. HUGE SUPPORT FROM ISRAEL.

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Stones can KILL.

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My experience (of six months here) shows me that the Government sort of "gave up" on the parents. The schools do everything in their power to indoctrinate the kids to become Dutch. Which is great. But they forget that in the end of the day, education and habits come from home. When kids see their parents don't work, most likely they become like them.
But I must say that I also don't understand the audacity of the people that choose not to work. The Netherlands welcomed you in open arms. Don't you feel the need to contribute back to the society?!

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What is this nonsense about playing down Dutch culture? That culture is the very reason the Netherlands is such a wonderful country in the first place.

When we arrived, the first thing I did was show my children the Dutch flag, introduce them to the national anthem and remind them that we're guests here. And guests respect the rules and culture of the place that welcomes them.

It honestly drives me crazy that people are even debating whether it's okay to fly the Dutch flag, celebrate King's Day in the streets or teach the country's history without watering it down.

I moved here because I appreciate this country. Why would I want it to become less Dutch to make room for me?

Enough already. You'd think people in the Middle East were embarrassed by their own cultures. They certainly aren't. Why should the Dutch be?

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As someone who moved here with my family six months ago, I honestly think the Netherlands does far more for newcomers than it gets credit for. I'm grateful for that.

But gratitude also means understanding that the country has limits. Especially during economic uncertainty, I believe the government's first responsibility is to its own citizens.

I came here knowing I would need to work, contribute and earn my place in society. I don't expect Dutch taxpayers to keep making that journey easier for me at their own expense. If I can understand that as a foreigner, I don't see why it's so difficult for anyone else.

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I'm an immigrant here myself. My family arrived six months ago, and the amount of support available to newcomers still amazes me.

But the Dutch government cannot build a relationship with your neighbors for you. It cannot make you curious about the country, learn its language for you or give you the willingness to contribute.

I chose to move here. That means it's my responsibility to work hard to become part of this society. I don't expect the people who already live here to do all the adapting while I carry on exactly as before.

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@OponsbestNL @MinisterWenP I highly agree with you. And I write this as a foreigner. My kids go to Taal School and I see the other parents just wandering the streets doing nothing all day long. I asked one of them why he doesn't find a job. He simply told me that ït's unnecessary". That made me angry.

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My family and I have lived in the Netherlands for just six months, and I'm genuinely amazed by how much support this country offers newcomers. In my experience, the Netherlands already goes above and beyond.

But with all due respect, moving to another country means taking responsibility for becoming part of it. Learning the language, understanding the society, working and contributing. That's our job.

I appreciate the support. I just don't believe successful integration depends on how much more money or flexibility the government gives us. It depends on how much effort we're willing to put in ourselves.

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@MinPres As a Jew living here, I want to believe these words. But I want to see the same conviction when defending Jews who are alive today, including when doing so upsets protesters or costs political support. That's when we need you most.

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Dear European who are reading this post -
I have a genuine question -
Would you feel comfortable if your neighbor put up a Hamas banner?
Would you feel safe knowing you live next door to a Hamas activist?
Would you feel comfortable sending your children to a school where other parents wore pins supporting Hamas?

And if so - what the hell is wrong with you?!

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@_owenobrien_ @NicoGarstman I'm genuinely asking every European reading this: Would you feel comfortable if your neighbor put up a Hamas banner? If you knew you lived next door to a Hamas activist? Would you feel comfortable sending your children to a school where other parents wore pins supporting Hamas?

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@CombatASemitism As a Jew living in the Netherlands, I find this disgusting. Anne Frank was murdered because she was Jewish. I can't understand how anyone looks at her and sees a convenient prop for their campaign against the Jewish state.

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We’re so busy responding to those who hate us in Europe that we forget the people who love us and fight for us every day.

The more I learn about the Netherlands, the more of them I discover. One is @MonaKeijzer , whom I hadn’t heard of until last week.

A former deputy prime minister and housing minister, she’s now an independent Dutch MP. But “pro-Israel” barely describes what I see in her.

To me, she’s defending normality. Refusing to surrender the West to Islam and progressive politics, or accept that Jews should quietly take whatever comes their way.

She backed a motion recognizing Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem as belonging to the Jewish people and Israel, and rejecting sanctions against Israel.

As an Israeli Jew living here, that means something to me.

Mona deserves a big hug from Israel and Jews everywhere. Follow her work. People who stand beside us deserve to know we stand beside them.

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אנחנו כל כך עסוקים בלהתייחס לאלה ששונאים אותנו באירופה, שאנחנו שוכחים את האנשים שאוהבים אותנו ונלחמים בשבילנו יום־יום.

ככל שאני לומד יותר על הולנד, אני מגלה עוד אנשים כאלה. אחת מהם היא מונה קייזר, שעד השבוע שעבר בכלל לא הכרתי.

סגנית ראש ממשלה ושרת דיור לשעבר, וכיום חברת פרלמנט עצמאית. אבל ״פרו־ישראלית״ בקושי מתאר את מה שאני רואה בה. בעיניי, היא מגינה על הנורמליות. מסרבת למסור את המערב לידי האסלאם והפוליטיקה הפרוגרסיבית, או לקבל את הרעיון שיהודים צריכים לספוג בשקט כל מה שמופנה כלפיהם.

היא תמכה בהצעה בפרלמנט שמכירה ביהודה, שומרון ומזרח ירושלים כשייכים לעם היהודי ולישראל, ומתנגדת לסנקציות נגד ישראל.

כישראלי וכיהודי שחי כאן, זה משמעותי עבורי.

למונה מגיע חיבוק גדול מישראל ומיהודים בכל העולם. תעקבו אחרי הפעילות שלה. מי שעומדים לצידנו צריכים לדעת שאנחנו עומדים לצידם.

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@SamvanRooy1 So many likes and yet so few followers:(

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@SamvanRooy1 The only time Gaza was great was when it was controlled by the Jews. And Inshallah it will happen again.

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@nehara11 @SamvanRooy1 Feel free to follow!