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Michael Jacobs (activist)

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Michael Jacobs is a pro-Israel activist living in the Netherlands. He gained attention in the Dutch Jewish community for demonstrating against anti-Israel movements.[1][2]

In September 2016, he was controversially arrested for disturbing public order, after which he spent six days in jail after refusing to stop picketing in Dam Square in Amsterdam.[1] Prosecutors later dropped charges against him after complaints from Amsterdam's Jewish community.[3]

According to the Jewish Daily Forward, he has been responsible for “ending [the] monopoly” enjoyed by anti-Israel activists on the "street-level Israel debate”.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cnaan Liphshiz (May 19, 2018). "Not so 'harmless' activist trolls anti-Israel protesters daily in Amsterdam". Times of Israel. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Brigitte Wielheesen (September 25, 2017). "Waar was het Joodse protest?" [Where was the Jewish protest?]. jonet.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "Michael Jacobs toch niet voor de rechter" [Michael Jacobs not in court]. Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad (in Dutch). February 22, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Cnaan Lipshiz (May 18, 2019). "A Jewish Gadfly Takes On BDS In Streets Of Amsterdam". Forward. Retrieved May 19, 2017.