2008-2012: 30% Increase in Suicides in the Netherlands

The Central Bureau of Statistics published that in the past five years, the number of suicides in the Netherlands increased by 30%. In 2008, 1,353 people committed suicide. In 2012, the figure was 1,753. More than 2/3 of those who killed themselves were male. The main age category is between 40 and 50. The increase in suicides took place mainly among native Dutch people and Western immigrants. The latter is caused by the high figure of Belgian males in the Netherlands and German males and females. Turkish and Moroccan immigrants and their descendents commit the least amount of suicides. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/10/23/aantal-zelfdodingen-sinds-2008-sterk-toegenomen/

Parlementarian: Netherlands Finances Palestinian Terrorists

Dutch parliamentarian Joel Voordewind (Christian Union) says that the Netherlands continues to finance Palestinian terrorists. Both the Palestinian Authority and the former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Uri Rosenthal admit that this is the case. The Netherlands donates every year 65 million Euro to the Palestinian Authority. Voordewind says that 4 million Euro of this is paid to terrorists who are in Israeli jails because they have murdered or wounded Israeli civilians or soldiers. www.google.co.il/?gws_rd=cr&ei=fB9xUqCoBuqJ4gStgIGoDg#q=telegraaf,+voordewind,+terroristen&tbm=nws

Criminal Lawyers: Prosecution is Negligent

According to RTL TV station, 88% of criminal lawyers in the Netherlands have had problems in the last year with prosecution offices. The majority of them describe the problem as serious. Documents are delivered too late, files are incomplete, mail is lost and the office cannot be reached by phone. According to Lawyer Gerard Spong, “It’s a mess. There is no reply to letters and the chance of mistakes increases.” www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Nederland/article/detail/3533833/2013/10/26/Slordig-OM-riskeert-blunders.dhtml

Racism at Pro-Black Pete Demonstration

On Saturday, a demonstration took place in The Hague in support of the continuation of Black Pete at the annual Sinterklaas children’s folklore festival on December 5th. A woman near the demonstration was holding a Papua flag, in an unrelated private demonstration against the United Nations. She protested because the U.N. does nothing about the annexation of West Papua where it murdered 400,000 people. A few of the Black Pete supporters saw her and surrounded her. A blonde woman in black face shouted at her, “You are against Black Pete. Shut up and go to your own country!” The woman said that she wasn’t against Black Pete, but against the U.N., yet no one listened to her. The woman tried to run away from the Black Pete demonstrators, but they stopped her. A passing policeman told her to follow him, for her own safety. Some of the demonstrators then shouted with joy. “They arrested her!” said one woman. “Rightly so!” said her husband. www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/3534053/2013/10/27/Fotograaf-schrikt-van-grimmig-Zwarte-Piet-protest.dhtml

Dutch Volunteers Commit War Crimes in Syria

The Dutch Telegraaf daily has information from reliable intelligence sources that Dutch volunteers in Syria are involved in war crimes including decapitations and executions of prisoners without trial. Some of them are even proud of what they are doing. According to these sources, they are involved in these crimes on a major scale. Almost 100 Dutch volunteers are in Syria, mainly around Idlib,Aleppo and Homs. Contrary to what is often thought,their numbers are gradually increasing. www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/22005245/__Gruwelijkheden_polderjihadi_s__.html

Parade with Green Peters Cancelled due to Death Threats

A parade planned in the town of Hoogezand-Sappemeer, which has Green and Orange Peters in addition to Black Peters, has been cancelled due to threats of violence as well as threats of death. The organizers, who arrange a Sinterklaas parade every year for children from poor families, were warned by phone that they were “traitors and collaborators with the Nazis.” As a result, a national poll found that 92% of the Dutch population does not see any problem with Black Peter. www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/3532121/2013/10/24/Doodsbedreigingen-om-plan-Groene-Piet-bij-optocht.dhtml

UN Investigator Before Investigation Begins: Black Peter is Racist

Professor Verene Shepherd, Human Rights Investigator at the United Nations and head of the U.N. Working Group which investigates Dutch folk lore figure Black Peter, says that the Netherlands has to stop the Sinterklaas festival because Black Peter is racist and a return to slavery. She added that as a member of the investigation committee, she is obliged to do the investigation, but “as a black person, I am already opposed to it.” Dutch Prime Minister Rutte has said that “by definition, Black Peter is black.” (Ed. comment: This would not be the first time that a U.N. investigator has an opinion on an issue before investigating the facts.) www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/3531287/2013/10/22/Hoofd-VN-onderzoek-Zwarte-Piet-racistisch-terugkeer-slavernij.dhtml