Ex-Ministers and Diplomats Urge Tougher Action Against Israel - DutchNews.nl
The signatories say current Dutch measures are symbolic and call for action that matches the scale of the violations.
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They stress that measures must be commensurate with the gravity and extent of Israeli violations in the occupied Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The urgent letter to the cabinet was signed by a group of 235 former diplomats, administrators, and civil servants and calls for more measures against Israel. Among those who signed the letter are former administrators Job Cohen, Jozias van Aartsen, and Ahmed Aboutaleb. According to Angelique Eijpe, former diplomat and co-signatory, it is time for the cabinet to stop with ‘symbolic measures’ and start with ‘concrete actions’.
THE HAGUE (ANP) - More than two hundred former government ministers, former ambassadors, and civil servants are calling for stricter measures against Israel in a letter to the cabinet. Among the signatories are Job Cohen, Ahmed Aboutaleb, Jozias van Aartsen, Wim Deetman, and Joris Voorhoeve. In the letter, they point out...
235 fmr. Dutch politicians, diplomats, civil servants urge Cabinet to act against Israel
A group of former Dutch Cabinet members, mayors, diplomats, and civil servants wrote to the Cabinet, urging it to take more measures against “Israel’s violations of Palestinian human rights and international law.” The 235 signatories include former Ministers and State Secretaries Job Cohen, Jozias van Aartsen, Jan Pronk, and former Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb, NRC reported.
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