A 42-year-old woman was today convicted by the police magistrate in Amsterdam to community service for threatening a board member of a synagogue in Amsterdam on November 2, 2023. This was less than a month after the attack by Hamas in Israel.
The threat was made by phone and was live-streamed on a social media platform. The text of the threat was “Hamas, all Jews to the gas.” and was according to the suspect meant as a joke in the context of a so-called prank call. The police quickly traced the phone number and the caller.
The prosecutor expressed his disgust in court over this “joke.” Not only completely tasteless, but also punishable and with a discriminatory, anti-Semitic background. He demanded a community service of 60 hours, half of which was conditional with a probation period of two years. The police magistrate agreed and convicted the woman.