Sunday, July 26, 2020

In 2017 Dutch Weapons probably fell into Libyan Militia Hands



In 2017, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a container with weapons, ammunition and communication equipment to Tripoli. It was meant for the special military police unit which guards Dutch diplomats. Upon arrival it turned out that the container was empty. Its contents probably fell into the hands of a Libyan militia. It is unclear whether parliament was informed about this major incident at the time.

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Greece refuses entry to 28 Dutch Tourists


Twenty eight Dutch tourists arriving in Greece did not fill in their health declarations in time.  In this form the arriving passengers were required to declare where they had been in the past weeks and whether they had been exposed to someone who had Corona. These 28 travelers were denied entry and sent home on the first available flight.


Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Two Palestinian Terrorist Suspects have been paid by Dutch Development Money


Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok (VVD) and the Minister for International Trade and Development Collaboration Sigrid Kaag  (D66) have informed parliament that the two terrorist who are suspected of the murder of the 17 year old Rina Sherb in august 2019 have partly been paid by Dutch development money. In 2017 both persons received a pass of the Dutch diplomatic representation in Ramallah. With that document they could indentify themselves as "collaborators" of a partner organization of the Dutch representation. The Palestinian terrorists worked until 2019 for the Dutch financed Finance Palestinian NGO Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC). The ministry has paid 20 million Euro subvention to the organization.

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

UK's Telegraph: Dutch - Europe’s top troublemakers


UK daily, The Telegraph claims that the Dutch have replaced Britain as Europe’s top troublemaker. It writes that "Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has taken on the traditional, time honored role of Mr. No.  The paper added: “voters in the Netherlands are struggling to understand why they need to take on more debt to finance Italy and Spain.” The Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte said: “You might be a hero in your homeland for a few days, but after a few weeks you will be held responsible before all European citizens for blocking an adequate and effective European response.” 


Monday, July 20, 2020

French President accuses Dutch of acting like Brexit Britain

At the EU Corona virus summit, French president Emanuel Macron accused Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte of taking Brexit Britain's obstructive role at EU summits. This happened when the discussions on the  massive Corona virus rescue funds reached a fourth day.  Rutte and his allies have demanded more oversight of payments from the rescue fund and most of the cash to be loans rather than non-repayable grants. Macron said that Mr. Rutte behaved like the former British Prime Minister David Cameron who lost the Brexit referendum and his job.  Mr. Rutte said: We are not here to be invited to each other's birthdays for the rest of our lives."
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/20/emmanuel-macron-accuses-dutch-acting-like-brexit-britain-eu/

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.