I'm sure you won't like to hear this news Plain Ol'! Jewish watchdog slams Dutch politician Geert Wilders for work with foreign rightistsWilders said hoping to form anti-European Union alliance that includes parties in France and Austria labeled as anti-Semitic. http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.589393
A Jewish watchdog group has criticized Dutch right-wing populist politician Geert Wilders for working with ultranationalist parties in other countries that have been labeled as anti-Semitic, such as France's National Front and Austria's Freedom Party. "He has always said he will not join up with the extreme right but now this is happening," Dutch News quoted Esther Voet, the director of the Hague-based Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, or CIDI, as saying. "It is a slippery slope." Wilders told the Telegraaf he is "not afraid" of being lumped together with the extreme right and refused further comment, said Dutch News, adding that Wilders is hoping to form an alliance of anti-EU parties, including the French National Front and Austrian Freedom Party, after the European elections later this month. The report said Wilders has taken a strongly pro-Israel line in the past and has a good relationship with U.S. Jewish groups. Reuters reported <http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/10/us-dutch-wilders-us-idUSBRE8890A720120910> in 2012 that Wilders, who has spoken out against non-Western immigration and bans on the construction of mosques, has received funding from the Philadelphia-based pro-Israeli think tank the Middle East Forum. Wilders' Party for Freedom had previously been stopped from appearing in photographs with National Front members because it would damage the Dutch party, Dutch News said. It said Wim Kortenoeven and Louis Bontes, legislators representing the party, confirmed that Wilders has changed his position. The National Front party suspended <http://www.jta.org/2013/09/10/news-opinion/world/frances-front-national-suspends-candidate-over-anti-semitic-posts> one of its candidates in September for posting anti-Israel photos and anti-Semitic statements on his Facebook page, and a Freedom Party politician posted <http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19324613> a cartoon on Facebook in 2012 that reprised anti-Semitic themes. On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Plain Ol'? > > Did you, yourself photoshop the Jewish star on Wilders, or did you pick > that picture up from Stormfront, or another of your trusted research sites? > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 1:06 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> The Dutch government would be foolish to arrest him, and they won't. >> --- >> speculation noted. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, October 9, 2014 11:47:59 AM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: >>> >>> I doubt very seriously if Wilders believes he has any legal problems. >>> Wilders has over a 73 percent approval rating in Holland, and all >>> throughout Europa. The Dutch government would be foolish to arrest him, >>> and they won't. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 12:26 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> just letting you know about your brethren and his legal problems. >>>> >>>> On Thursday, October 9, 2014 9:44:48 AM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Not an American concern? Why are you posting this? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 9:58 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> By Thomas Escritt >>>>>> >>>>>> AMSTERDAM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Dutch authorities moved closer toward >>>>>> prosecuting far-right politician Geert Wilders on Thursday, naming him >>>>>> as a >>>>>> suspect and summoning him for interrogation over alleged racist remarks >>>>>> he >>>>>> made in March. >>>>>> >>>>>> Wilders will be questioned on suspicion of insulting a group on the >>>>>> basis of race and inciting discrimination and hatred, prosecutors said >>>>>> in a >>>>>> statement. If convicted, he could face up to a year in prison or a fine >>>>>> of >>>>>> up to 7,400 euros ($9,400). >>>>>> >>>>>> Wilders, whose controversial brand of anti-immigration, anti-Muslim >>>>>> populism has propelled his Freedom Party to second place in opinion >>>>>> polls, >>>>>> provoked widespread condemnation when he called for "fewer Moroccans" at >>>>>> a >>>>>> campaign rally in March. >>>>>> >>>>>> Interrogating a suspect is the final step in the process of bringing >>>>>> charges, prosecutors said. A spokeswoman stressed no decision had yet >>>>>> been >>>>>> taken about charging Wilders but said there was a "significant chance" he >>>>>> would end up in court. >>>>>> >>>>>> "I'm furious ... that I am being investigated by prosecutors and will >>>>>> probably end up in court," Wilders told journalists in parliament after >>>>>> learning of the summons. >>>>>> >>>>>> Prosecutors received over 6,400 complaints and several of his party's >>>>>> most prominent lawmakers resigned from the party after Wilders asked >>>>>> supporters at a rally in The Hague if they wanted "more or fewer >>>>>> Moroccans >>>>>> in this city?" >>>>>> >>>>>> The crowd chanted: "Fewer! Fewer! Fewer!" Wilders smiled and >>>>>> responded: "We'll take care of that." >>>>>> >>>>>> In a later interview with broadcaster RTL Z, he said "Moroccan scum" >>>>>> should leave the Netherlands. Moroccans were over-represented in crime >>>>>> statistics and in the number of people receiving social benefits, he >>>>>> argued. >>>>>> >>>>>> Wilders, who has lived for many years under 24-hour police protection >>>>>> after receiving death threats because of an anti-Islamic film he made, >>>>>> called the decision to interrogate him "incomprehensible". >>>>>> >>>>>> "I'm combative and angry. I said what millions of people feel," he >>>>>> told reporters. "It's a scandal that when the world is in flames, >>>>>> prosecutors choose to focus on a lawmaker who points out problems." >>>>>> >>>>>> Prosecutors should focus on the phenomenon of Dutch citizens going to >>>>>> fight in Syria, "more than three quarters of whom are Moroccans," he >>>>>> added. >>>>>> >>>>>> Wilders has a history of statements that upset Muslims and Eastern >>>>>> European migrant workers. >>>>>> >>>>>> He was prosecuted for hate crimes and discrimination in 2007 for >>>>>> calling Islam a fascist ideology but acquitted four years later when a >>>>>> judge ruled that criticising a religion was not the same as racism. >>>>>> >>>>>> "This time the remarks were directly aimed at a certain population >>>>>> group - all Moroccans are put in the same box," said prosecution >>>>>> spokeswoman Nicolette Stoel. >>>>>> >>>>>> The Netherlands, which long prided itself on its liberalism, admitted >>>>>> millions of immigrant workers from Morocco and Turkey to fill jobs in an >>>>>> expanding economy after World War Two. >>>>>> >>>>>> But attitudes have hardened as growth has slowed and jobs have become >>>>>> scarce, propelling a string of anti-immigration politicians to the top of >>>>>> opinion polls over the past decade. 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