About Michael Jacobs
Michael Jacobs was a Dutch activist and photographer.
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.
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.
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”.
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Who was Michael Jacobs?
Dutch activist (1952-2025)
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Michael Jacobs was an activist and photographer.
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