Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema stated during a city council discussion ahead of Nakba Day that "it's time for the international community, Europe and the Netherlands to stand with Palestinians and Gaza residents who are being brutally killed." She emphasized that "when respected institutions reach such conclusions, we must rise above political differences and unequivocally condemn human rights violations." Halsema referenced statements by Martin Eickhoff, director of the Dutch Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, who described Israel's actions as genocide based on scientific analysis.

