Cards, dominoes, whatever gaming analogy you choose - it’s collapsing. After the US decision that the UN’s Durban Review Conference was beyond redemption, The Netherlands and Australia have now followed suit.
Archive for the 'Netherlands' Category
Leading figures in the Dutch Labor Party - the second-largest party in The Netherlands - want to impose sanctions against Israel if, as Ha’aretz puts it, “the new government in Jerusalem thwarts the peace process with the Palestinians.”
Last March, the right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders released a film about Islam entitled Fitna, an Arabic term which refers to civil strife. Unable to find a broadcaster because of the film’s blanket condemnation of Islam, Wilders ended up posting it on the internet. As Elif Kayi reported at the time, there were angry demonstrations around the world, including in Afghanistan, where Dutch troops were stationed with the NATO force. But the apocalypse did not come.
