Thursday, November 30, 2017

The Hague: Croat Commits Suicide in Yugoslavia Tribunal

Slobodan Praljak, a former Croation general, who was condemned by the Yugoslavia Tribunal in the Hague to a twenty year jail sentence too his own life during the court session by drinking a vial of poison.  Comment: One wonders how incompetent the Tribunal can be if such a thing can happen.

fd.nl/economie-politiek/1229874/veroordeelde-joegoslavie-tribunaal-slikt-gif-in-rechtszaal

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Most Minors whose Asylum-Request has been refused stay in The Netherlands

From the data of a Ministry of Justice department (DT&V) it can be concluded that four out of five of the 1300 minors whose request for asylum has been refused still stay in the Netherlands.
www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1357563/afgewezen-minderjarige-asielzoekers-blijven-gewoon

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Black Book on Ethnic Discrimination in Dutch Police

Twenty six policemen, mainly with a non-Western background, have prepared a black book about personal experiences with discrimination in the Dutch police.  They say that they have been discriminated against and intimidated by colleagues and have not found a willing ear from their superiors.  The head of the Dutch police, Erik Akerboom, admitted to the urgency of the problem.  He said that a change of culture requires time and effort in all layers of our society.

Monday, November 27, 2017

Rijswijk: Congress Planned to Free Palestinian Terrorist

In the town of Rijswijk an anti-Israel congress is planned from 8-10 December. The participants request among others the freeing of Marwan Barghouti a Palestinian terrorist who has been condemned to five life sentences in Israel. The party Beter for Rijswijk has asked asks the town’s mayor to prohibit the gathering. The leader of its faction in the municipal council has said that these people support murderers and terrorists and are a security risk.


Sunday, November 26, 2017

Major Criticism on the Publications of Academics

A few years ago it became known that a well-known Dutch professor, Diederik Stapel, had invented the data on which tens of his articles were based.  This essay shows that there is a huge area of poor research and that peer reviews have also become a grey area.  The essay expresses doubts whether the real societal aim of science is met: to contribute to a better world and a better life on this earth.  It says that a systemic approach to the problem is necessary.

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Huge pollution of Spraying Gravel with Asbestos

According to the Inspectorate of Social Affairs and Employment, 594 companies have used spraying gravel polluted with asbestos in spraying and maintenance activities. The gravel was supplied by the company Eurogrit. Estimates are that the damage caused to spraying companies could be in the order of magnitude of 200 million Euro. The Eurogrit Company says that the quantities of asbestos are so small that according to experts there are no health risks.

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Sex Crime Police Under Pressure


Jan Struijs, Chairman of the Dutch Police Union (NPB), says that the sex crime police division is under great pressure.  All research shows that there is insufficient information about sexual violence and intimidation in Dutch society.  The pressure on the police has continually increased in this area.  The issues concerned are child pornography, rape, human trafficking and incest.  While monitors indicate that there are more reports on cases, there is no increase in the number of complaints to the police.  He concluded that sexual violence is a problem from which we only see the tip of the iceberg.
https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1305448/problemen-bij-zedenpolitie-groter

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Alt Right Group Includes Neo-Nazis

The Volkskrant daily has devoted a large article to an international conference of an extreme right-wing group called Erkenbrand. The great majority present were Dutchmen, most of whom have higher education. They focus on race and realism and mention the beginning of the rise of the revolution in Charlottesville (USA), where a right-wing extremist killed an anti-fascist. The group includes Neo-Nazis. One of them said to the paper, I wouldn’t shed a tear if the trains to the east start running again. This is a reference to the Nazi transport of the Jews to the extermination camps in Poland.


Monday, November 20, 2017

Intelligence service: Radical Muslim Women may Carry out Terror Attacks

The AIVD general intelligence service warns that about hundred Muslim women in the Netherlands are radicalized so much that they might undertake a terror attack. In addition eighty women have left the Netherlands to join ISIS in Syria or Iraq. The AIVD mentions that part of them walk around with weapons and suicide belts. That means that the image of the woman which sits at home taking care of the children is no longer valid.



Sunday, November 19, 2017

Dutch Writer Produces Major Distortion of Anne Frank Story

A Dutch author, Ilija Pfeijffer, has written a totally distorted theater play of the diary of Anne Frank. In this work, Anne Frank has lost her Jewish character.  The author has invented a sexual assault on Anne Frank’s sister, Margot, by Fritz Pfeffer, one of the other real life Jews in hiding in the same place. The Nazis are not mentioned as such but referred to as “the enemies.”
www.newsweek.com/anne-frank-play-jews-nazis-theater-netherlands-703484

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Criminal Albanians rising Group in Drug Trade

Gangs from Albania have become increasingly important in Dutch crime. They are mainly involved major offenses in organized crime. The head of the Rotterdam police, Frank Paauw, has recently returned from a visit to Albania for the purpose of discussing illegal travelers and organized crime. In 2015, there were about 300 incidents with Albanian suspects, a year later in 2016 that had increased to 1000. Paauw said that trade in cocaine and human trafficking are their core business.  In the Netherlands, the number of official Albanian citizens is 800. The number of suspected criminals is almost as high. Police and justice officials in Amsterdam have suggested that Albanians should be required to obtain a visa when traveling to countries in the Schengen area.   


Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Amsterdam Airport Negligent on Security


Various sources say that Schiphol Amsterdam Airport is negligent concerning security.  The Dutch organization of pilots, VNV, has written to parliament on this issue and in April the research council for security also issued a warning.  In addition, the chairman of the organization of inhabitants around Schiphol discussed the growing fear of collision in the air and on landing strips.

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Minister: Russians attempt to influence Public Opinion with Fake News

Kajsa Ollongren (D66), Minister of the Interior, has written to Parliament, that mainly Russia is trying to influence the Dutch public opinion with fake news. She said that the Russian Intelligence Services target the Netherlands. Ollongren called the distribution of fake news a danger for The Netherlands. She wants to have a meeting with media and technology companies to prevent this type of influence.  


Monday, November 13, 2017

The Hague: Moroccans throw Objects at Police, Arrests Made

After the soccer team of Morocco qualified for the 2018 World Championships in Russia Moroccan fans of the team assembled in the problematic Schilderswijk neighbourhood of the Hague. Police intervention was necessary also the special Mobile Police unit and police dogs were present. Coca cola tins and firework were thrown at the police. Several arrests were made.   


Sunday, November 12, 2017

Liberal Jewish Community: Hatred against Jews increasingly normal














The National Dialogue Commission of the Dutch Association of Progressive Jewry (liberal Jews) has written to Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the faction leaders in Parliament and mayors. They ask them to speak out against hatred of Jews and want them to take concrete measures. Their request is supported by the OJCM (Consultancy Group of Jews, Christians and Muslims).  


https://www.nieuwwij.nl/nieuws/uitingen-haat-joden-steeds-normaler/

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Jewish Journalist exposes Muslim Party’s maligning of Him

In an article by Cnaan Liphshiz, the European correspondent of the Jewish Telegraph Agency, he exposes how the parliamentarians of the Muslim DENK Party have maligned him. In questions submitted to the Minister of General Affairs and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, they claimed that as a former member of the Israeli military, he was part of an effort by Israel to “spy on pro-Palestine activists in Europe.” The Dutch pro-Israel Lobby CIDI asked members of the Dutch Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee to speak out against DENK. None have, nor did the Dutch journalist union of which Liphshiz is a member.   


https://www.jta.org/2017/11/08/news-opinion/world/i-was-just-flagged-as-an-israeli-spy-in-the-dutch-parliament

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Terrorist Planner Condemned to Half Prison Sentence by Public Prosecutor

Jaouad A., a 31 year old man from Rotterdam, has been condemned by the court in Rotterdam to four years in prison for preparing a terrorist attack.  The public prosecution had requested eight years of jail.  Police and the intelligence service identified him and he was arrested last year.  At his home, a Kalashnikov, armor plated bullets, a jihad flag and 298 illegal fireworks were found.  On his computer 289 ISIS videos were found including beheadings.  A conversation was also recorded in which he discussed the possibility of an attack on the Turkish Consulate yet a few minutes later he said that the people inside were  Muslims and added that it was better to choose Dutchmen.
https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/4-jaar-cel-voor-rotterdammer-die-aanslag-beraamde~a24de57f/

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Imam beats Children in Class in Mosque

















Haroen K. is the Imam of the Shane Mustafa in Mosque  Rotterdam. A video shown in the Dutch daily Telegraaf, shows how he beats children in a class taking place at the mosque. It now has come out that he was sentenced to 100 hours community service for hitting a child in the UK, where he had lived before moving to Holland. In the past he was also working at the Hijaz-commune in the UK. The founder of that commune has been accused by a Dutch woman of raping children.
https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1073824/imam-tiran-in-de-klas


Monday, November 6, 2017

Netherlands faces Looming Shortage in Foster Families

According to foster care organization Pleegzorg The Netherlands may soon face a shortage in foster families. The organization has no explanation for the decrease. Approximately 3 thousand families per year sign up to foster children, but in 2016 this number suddenly dropped. Pleegzorg Nederland is looking for other ways to deal with this looming shortage. 

https://nltimes.nl/2017/11/03/netherlands-faces-looming-shortage-foster-families

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Israel Lobby: Muslim Party Uses Antisemitic Symbols and Insinuations

The CIDI Israel Information Service has written to all parliamentarians saying that the Muslim party, DENK, has put forth parliamentary questions which are permeated by antisemitic symbols, suggestions and insinuations while covering them up as criticism of Israel. CIDI asked parliamentarians to condemn the antisemitic style of DENK.

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Dutch novelist raises questions about husband of Dutch minister.

Dutch novelist Leon de Winter has written an article in which he says that the appointment of Sigrid Kaag (D66 Party) as Minister of Foreign Trade and Development raises major question. Kaag is married to a Palestinian ambassador who for eight years was a deputy minister of the highly corrupt Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. He says that the paying of Dutch tax money by Kaag’s ministry to the Palestinian Authority, with which her husband is closely related, is problematic.  
https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1000366/man-van-minister-kaag-doet-ertoe

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Antisemitic Inciter Only Gets a Small Fine by Public Prosecutor

A pizza baker, Rachid El H., tweeted in 2012 extreme antisemitic messages including: “Only answer for Israel: Total extermination of the cockroaches” and “Hitler wasn’t much compared to the Israelis. Somebody should have taken over Hitler’s task of sixty years ago.” In 2017 Dutch public TV, NOS, interviewed Rachid about fighting polarization in the Netherlands, but the NOS didn’t vet him or check his extreme hate mongering.  The public prosecutor has proposed to Rachid that he pay 250 Euro and will be free of further prosecution.