Posts Tagged: Geert Wilders
Netherlands to Oppose Extension of EU-Israel Cooperation Deal Over Gaza Concerns
Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp revealed on Wednesday that the Netherlands would oppose any extension of the EU-Israel Action Plan, which aims to implement an...
Pro-Israel Parties in Commanding Position Following Shock Election Result in Netherlands
Pro-Israel parties found themselves in a commanding position on Thursday morning following the prior day's elections in the Netherlands which resulted in the country's main...
Dutch Anti-Islam Lawmaker Ends Mohammad Cartoon Contest Within Hours
Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders said on Sunday he had ended a contest for cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Mohammad, only hours after announcing the contentious...
30 Years Later, the Rushdie Fatwa Is Still Chilling Speech
Thirty years ago, on February 14, 1989, the Iranian cleric and politician Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini formulated his famous fatwa against British author Salman Rushdie. Khomeini sentenced...
Dutch Help Victim of Pakistan’s Radical Islamic Blasphemy Law
When courts overturned Asia Bibi's blasphemy conviction in her native Pakistan last week, rioters swarmed the streets calling for her to be hung. Pakistani law demands the...
Geert Wilders Gains Seats, But Fails to Garner Sufficient Support to Win Dutch Elections
The far-right politician Geert Wilders fell short of expectations in Dutch elections on Wednesday, gaining seats but failing to persuade a decisive portion of voters to back...
Dutch Parliamentary Election Closely Watched as Indicator of Far-Right Populism in Other European Countries
Polling booths opened across the nation Wednesday in Dutch parliamentary elections that are being closely watched as a possible indicator of the strength of far-right...
A Lesson in Free Speech
I'm obligated to argue in defence of free speech. Members of the Jewish community, namely Leeds University JSoc, the Union of Jewish Students and Jeremy...
Of Jews and War
In my column last week, I strove to make the case for the expedient invasion of Iran as a war to end all Middle East...
