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http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=49109 Dubai:Saturday, April 27, 2002 Palestinian flag flies at Euro bank chief's home Amsterdam |Reuters | 27-04-2002 A Palestinian flag flew from the home of the European Central Bank president yesterday, raised by his wife in protest against Israel's actions in the West Bank. The red, black, green and white standard was draped over the railings of Wim Duisenberg's second-floor balcony in Amsterdam, clearly visible from the street in the affluent neighbourhood where the ECB chief lives when not at work in Frankfurt. Gretta Duisenberg made no excuses for a gesture that is unlikely to go down well in Israel and is at odds with the officially even-handed approach being taken to the Middle East conflict by her husband's employers at the European Union. "My main feeling is that Europe and especially Holland are terrible because we all sit still and no one does anything and (Israeli Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon can get away with it and I don't like it," she said in a television interview. "So I want to show what my feeling is and that is why I hang the flag in my study on my balcony. My husband has a position but it is not my position. I am a free woman and I am allowed to do whatever I like and he agrees with that," she said. Duisenberg, who was also present at the interview on the couple's terrace, declined to comment. The EU, keen to mediate in the Middle East alongside the United States, condemns violence on both sides. But Israel has long complained of what it sees as Europe's pro-Palestinian bias, particularly among politicians on the left who have been critical of Israel's latest West Bank offensive. As head of the independent central bank, Duisenberg tends to keep his political opinions to himself though he was previously a socialist minister. His wife has a reputation in the Dutch media as an outspoken and feisty campaigner for charity. At ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, a bank spokesman said the issue was a "private matter" for Gretta Duisenberg. ===== Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace. Weekly peace walks around Lake Merritt in Oakland. Starts & ends at the colonnade between Grand & Lakeshore Avenues, 3 P.M., every Sunday. Info: (510)763-8712, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or http://www.webwm.com/LMNOP __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
