Netherlands

New homes for displaced families, yet Israel still restricts building materials in Gaza

Rami Almeghari
Gaza Strip
1 May 2012

More than 200 homes have been rebuilt with foreign aid after the original homes were destroyed by Israel in the southern Gaza Strip.

Group leaks EU report on Israeli settler violence suppressed by Dutch government

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 12:43

A European Union report on Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians, that was suppressed at the insistence of Dutch foreign minister Uri Rosenthal, has been published today by a nongovernmental group.

"Brand Israel" dance company's US tour dogged by protests

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 23:24

Batsheva Dance Company, identified by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs as “the best known global ambassador of Israeli culture,” has faced protests throughout its ongoing US tour.

Dutch lawmaker incites Israel to build more colonies, violate international law

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 14:08

A Dutch lawmaker is calling on Israel to continue building Jewish-only colonies in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including eastern Jerusalem, in violation of international law.

Global week of action against Israel's wall in the West Bank

Submitted by nora on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 19:32

Palestinians and international solidarity activists around the world call for a week of action against Israel’s illegal wall in the West Bank. Activists from 18 countries on 5 continents are participating.

"Sacred" 9/11 and the shock doctrine in Palestine

Submitted by david on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 12:13

How Israel jumped on George Bush’s bandwagon.

Dutch Islamophobe Geert Wilders reaffirms Norway killer's goals but rejects methods

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 14:50

Dutch politician, and leading European Islamophobe Geert Wilders says Anders Breivik, who perpetrated the massacre of dozens of people in Norway is actually inspired by Al Qaeda.

And, while rejecting the massacre of innocents in Norway, Wilders affirms his support for the “anti-Islamization” to which the killer was committed.

Netherlands embraces Israel tighter, squeezing out human rights

Adri Nieuwhof
22 June 2011

Why is The Netherlands deepening its economic and political ties with Israel just when Israel is escalating its attacks on Palestinian rights and flouting international law with impunity? Adri Nieuwhof comments on the Dutch government’s lurch away from a commitment to human rights.

Agrexco forum a milestone in Europe's BDS movement

Stephanie Westbrook
15 June 2011

Earlier this month in Montpellier, France, more than a hundred activists from nine countries gathered for the first ever European Forum Against Agrexco for two full days of workshops aimed at strengthening the boycott campaign against the Israeli agricultural export giant.

In whose name does Dutch FM Rosenthal speak?

Rifat Odeh Kassis
1 March 2011

Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal claims to oppose decisions taken by governments without balanced, negotiated political processes. But if this were really true, he would understand the need to bring Israeli officials and military officers responsible for such crimes to the International Criminal Court in The Hague instead of defending Israel’s actions in The Jerusalem Post.
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