THE HAGUE (AA) – The chief prosecutor of the Dutch Supreme Court has requested approval of a Court of Appeals decision to stop exporting F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, according to an official statement. Citing international agreements to which the Netherlands is a party, Attorney General Paul Vlas argued that the export of military [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A wave of violence erupted in Amsterdam when supporters of Israeli soccer club Maccabi Tel Aviv allegedly stormed through the city, tearing down Palestinian flags on private property and chanting incendiary slogans, according to reports. The incidents, which took place before and after Maccabi’s match against Ajax, sparke...
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA) – Groups in the Netherlands gathered Sunday outside Starbucks branches in various cities to protest Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. One group gathered in front of the company’s outlet in Rotterdam city center. Hanging posters with slogans like “Starbucks prepares drinks for genocide” an...
ANKARA (AA) – The Netherlands on Tuesday accused Israel of annexing occupied Palestinian territories. “No sovereignty can be established over occupied territory and occupied territory may not be annexed,” a representative of the Dutch delegation, Professor Rene JM Lefeber told the International Court of Justice during the public he...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has urged Netherlands to recognize the Palestinian state and commended its efforts at the international level against Israeli settler violence, according to a statement by his office. Shtayyeh made the remarks at a meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins in Ramallah on ...
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA) – A brawl broke out in the Netherlands between police and a group intervening in a Quran attack planned by the leader of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West (PEGIDA) movement, Edwin Wagensveld. Police said a group demonstrated against PEGIDA’s authorized Quran burning for which t...
AMSTERDAM (AA) – A man who worked for Dutch intelligence in 2005 sabotaged an Iranian nuclear facility without the knowledge of the Dutch government, a media report has claimed. Dutch national Erik van Sabben was recruited in 2005 by the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), the daily Volkskrant revealed. Van Sabben, whose spouse i...
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA) – A representative of the March 30 Movement in the Netherlands says he has filed a criminal complaint against five Dutch citizens serving in the Israeli army, accusing them of complicity in crimes in Gaza. “We are filing complaints in local courts here against Dutch, Belgian, French and Austrian citizens...
The Hague, Netherlands – AFP A group of Dutch civil servants staged an unusual protest in front of the country’s Foreign Affairs Ministry on Thursday to call for a cease-fire in war-torn Gaza. Around 150 ministerial workers held up placards and unfurled a banner reading “Civil Servants Demand Cease-fire” over lunchtime,...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AA) – Protesters staged a sit-in on Tuesday in the Dutch city of The Hague to call for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. They gathered at a train station, vowing to keep holding protests until a cease-fire is reached. Accusing the Dutch government of being complicit in the crimes committed by […]
