Sarah Hildering van Lith, a non-Jewish Amsterdam-born music executive at Universal Music Group, says she fled the Netherlands for Israel after a wave of antisemitic threats, intimidation, and attacks following October 7.
Hildering herself is also a terror attack survivor. On October 7, 2004, exactly 19 years before the Hamas massacre, Palestinian terrorists bombed the Taba Hilton in Sinai where she was staying as a teenager. She survived but permanently lost 60% hearing in one ear.
Things escalated dramatically in March 2024. While unlocking her front door in Amsterdam, she says a Moroccan Muslim man approached her screaming: βCancer Jew wh*re, Iβm going to rape you.β Within seconds, two other Muslim men reportedly joined him after hearing the word βJew.β Hildering believes she was targeted because she wore a Star of David necklace.
She later described seeing Amsterdam radically change after October 7, saying her neighborhood became covered in Palestinian and Hamas flags.
During an interfaith dialogue initiative backed by Amsterdamβs mayor, she says one Muslim cultural leader openly defended βjihadβ as synonymous with the caliphate while others nodded in agreement.
In another incident in May 2025, Hildering says a man driving beside her on an Amsterdam highway made a throat-slitting gesture, displayed Hamas imagery on his car, then allegedly tried to force her into a near-fatal crash while shouting βAllahu Akbar.β
After moving to a Jewish neighborhood hoping to feel safer, her new home was burglarized in what she believes was a targeted attack. Around β¬30,000ββ¬40,000 worth of valuables, heirlooms, jewelry, and Israel-related items were stolen. Neighbors reportedly captured footage of a van surveilling her home for days beforehand.
βI thought I would grow old and die in Amsterdam. I never imagined myself fleeing my birth city for safety reasons.β
BACK-TO-BACK OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL CHAMPIONS π§Ήπ§Ή
Georgia Bulldogs complete the 2026 track & field season sweep and add another trophy to their collection.
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Good luck to our four Cougars competing at the USATF U20 Championships!
β¦οΈ Thurs- 400mH: Will King IV, 3:26 pm, Long jump: Bradley Lowman, 3:30 pm, Triple jump: Shieana Hall, 6 pm
β¦οΈ Fri: 1500m: Zachary Miller, 5:55 pm, 400mH: Will King IV, 6:44 pm
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American women are making history at the men's #WorldCup.
A trio of U.S. women were tapped as the officiating crew for the match between South Africa and Czechia in Atlanta. It's only the second time there's been an all-woman officiating crew at a men's World Cup, and the first time the officials are all American.
Tori Penso, the first American woman to be a lead referee at the men's World Cup, is the head official. Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt are the assistant referees. https://t.co/3WRzbBOtA1
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Let us believe, and we shall see the glory of God. Let us believe, I say, and once again our conquering days shall come, when one shall chase a thousand, and two shall put ten thousand to flight.
MY GOODNESS! 26" OF RAIN is estimated to have fallen near Cottonport, Louisiana, in the past 24 hours.
This is at least a 1-in-200-year flood event. Flash flood emergency continues for at least 2 hours.