Mass Protest in The Hague Calls Out Israeli War Crimes
"Those war crimes include Israel’s indiscriminate targeting of civilian infrastructure, targeting of journalists, use of white phosphorus in civilian areas, and the use of collective punishment against Palestinians, including cutting off food, water, and electricity from the besieged territory.
“Right now it’s very likely that Dutch weapons and Dutch aircraft components are being used to bombard Gaza. Dutch missile components, missiles that are striking hospitals … We are complicit in this,” said one organizer named Benjamin, who identified as a Dutch Jew.
“The Netherlands makes the occupation possible … this must stop now,” he said, to cheers from the crowd.
The Dutch government also buys Israeli weapons and military hardware. For example, a number of high-profile defense deals were made between the Netherlands and Israeli defense giant Elbit. Those include several just this year, like a deal for $305 million for a missiles system, a $55 million deal for counter-drone defense systems, and another deal worth $15 million for night vision goggles for the Netherlands Armed Forces. Elbit has also received contracts from the U.S government to assist in U.S-Mexico border wall construction. Back in 2019, Unicorn Riot covered a protest in Minnesota calling for the state to end its investment in Elbit.
“The response by the leadership of the European Union has been scandalous,” noted Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek Finance Minister, in an interview with Al Jazeera English on October 10.
“For days, they simply parroted whatever Washington D.C. and Tel Aviv were bringing out as statements … the EU simply doesn’t have the moral spine to condemn the state of Israel for blockading Gaza,” he continued."
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