During his
visit to the Netherlands last week Rabbi Cooper, the Associate Dean of the Simon
Wiesenthal Center, accompanied by former Dutch Parliamentarian Wim Kortenoeven,
met Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Ascher. He mentioned to Ascher and other
politicians that a German study carried out on behalf of the Social Democratic
Friedrich Ebert Foundation found that more than 38% of the Dutch people believe
that Israel is conducting a war of extermination against the Palestinians. He
said that this and other types of extreme demonization of Israel and Jews should
be a matter of concern for Dutch authorities and society, and asked
the Dutch government to combat this. Rabbi Cooper also discussed the plight of
Mehmet Sahin, the Dutch Turkish volunteer worker who opposed the Dutch Turkish
youngsters who praised the Holocaust, Hitler and the killing of Jewish babies on
television. After being verbally attacked and receiving death threats, Sahin was
forced into hiding.
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