The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority has
said that they would fine a store selling wine from the West-Bank city of
Hebron that is labeled as "Made in Israel". The inspectors visited the
Israel Products Center, an importer and retail outfit, operated by the
pro-Israel group Christians for Israel. The head of the Dutch Chief Rabbinate,
rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, accused the Authority of pursuing a double
standard. He said: "Why inspect Israeli products but none from China which
occupies Tibet, or goods from Morocco which occupies Western Sahara, or Turkey
which occupies Northern Cyprus, or Russia which occupies the Crimea."Sunday, July 19, 2020
Inspection may fine Store selling Wine from Hebron, labeled as "Made in Israel"
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority has
said that they would fine a store selling wine from the West-Bank city of
Hebron that is labeled as "Made in Israel". The inspectors visited the
Israel Products Center, an importer and retail outfit, operated by the
pro-Israel group Christians for Israel. The head of the Dutch Chief Rabbinate,
rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, accused the Authority of pursuing a double
standard. He said: "Why inspect Israeli products but none from China which
occupies Tibet, or goods from Morocco which occupies Western Sahara, or Turkey
which occupies Northern Cyprus, or Russia which occupies the Crimea."
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Ministers Complain to Police About Hate Messages
The Dutch Ministers of Agriculture Carola Schouten and the
Interior Kajsa Olongren, have complained to the Police about the flood of hate
messages against them in the closed Facebook group of the Farmers Defense
Force, an organization of farmers. Before that, already the
parliamentarian Tjeerd de Groot (D66) complained to the police about the
same.
Monday, July 13, 2020
Suspects of unprecedented Murders on Order
A process is starting against the motor club Caloh
Wagoh. A large number of the club members is suspected of underworld murders
and failed attempt to murder. The prosecution says that the main person
who ordered murders from Caloh Wagoh was the leading criminal Ridouan Taghi. There
are 21 suspects in this process of which 18 are arrested. The prosecutor said
that murders on order have never been seen before in the Netherlands.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Dutch multinationals pay less than 11% profit tax
Deputy Minister of Finance Hans Vijlbrief has sent a letter to parliament about tax payments in
total of 155 Dutch multinationals. These companies in 2016 had total
sales of 225 billion Euros. They made 24.8 billion Euro profit. On that
they paid 10.6% tax or 2.6 billion Euros. Yet various corrections mean
that in fact 21.7% have been paid.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Coronavirus expected to cause increase in mental health problems
The national Social Cultural and Planning Bureau
(SCP) says that the government needs to invest in mental health care as it
expects an increase in mental health problems. The SCP says that people are at
risk of mental health problems due to loneliness, losing their jobs or
Coronavirus related trauma.
Monday, July 6, 2020
Angry Farmers block access to Eindhoven Airport
Farmers have been protesting for many months against
Government measures. Most recently they are angry about
agriculture minister Carola Schouten’s intention to ban them from adding
proteins to their animal feeds from coming September. The minister wants to
reduce nitrogen emissions to create more possibilities for housing and
road construction.
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