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.
Sunday, July 26, 2020
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."
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.
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