I grew up in The Netherlands. During my youth it was easily the most pro-Israeli country in Europe. So pro-Israeli that visiting Palestinians would say it was easier to reason with Israelis than the Dutch about the Middle East.
Although the Dutch are like others a fundamentally decent people, even a decade ago a demonstration one-tenth this size would have been inconceivable in The Netherlands. It would also have been largely populated by Arab and Muslim immigrants.
Yet on Sunday, as confirmed by the police, a quarter of a million Dutch citizens, of all backgrounds, of all stripes and colours, turned out to draw a “Red Line” against the Gaza Genocide.
I never anticipated I would witness such scenes during my lifetime, and am genuinely humbled.
Israel has irreversibly lost the Dutch public, and future Dutch governments will find it increasingly difficult to hold the line on behalf of the genocidal apartheid regime.
We are living in a different world, and it will become a better one.
You can be right wing or left wing, we don’t care about your political views. We oppose criminal activity done in the benefit of oligarchs, political parties, and regressiveness, we oppose human rights violations, civil rights violations, and constitutional violations.
Not enough people are talking about this. My village and a few others were officially annexed this Saturday, now a part of “Israel,” Palestinians living there no longer have a Palestinian ID number and need a permit to live and travel on their land, and it can be revoked anytime.
@I_fatti Andate affanculo con questa storia della difesa. Israele non sta colpendo solo Hamas ma annientando l'intero popolo palestinese e prendendosi tutta la terra. E' questo che volete da sempre e che state raggiungendo, almeno dichiaratelo!