Het is vreemd dat de mensen die het hardst roepen om erkenning van en praten met Hamas, zo'n moeite hebben met Liebermans bezoek aan Nederland. Als reden om met Hamas te praten voert men aan dat hij gekozen is, wat voor Lieberman toch ook geldt zou je denken. Voor praten met Hamas voert men aan dat je niet met je vrienden maar met je vijanden vrede sluit, en dat Hamas nou eenmaal een belangrijk onderdeel is van de Palestijnse maatschappij. Allemaal zaken die voor Lieberman ook gelden, met dit verschil, dat Liebermans partij bij lange na geen meerderheid haalde bij de laatste verkiezingen, en Lieberman zich sinds hij in de regering zit, heeft uitgesproken voor onderhandelingen met de Palestijnen op basis van de Routekaart voor de Vrede. Lieberman komt naar Nederland op grond van zijn functie als minister van buitenlandse zaken, niet als leider van de Yisrael Beiteinu partij. De regering heeft zich voor een tweestatenoplossing en het vredesproces uitgesproken.
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Israeli expats protest Lieberman visit to Holland
By Cnaan Liphshiz
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127032.html
The scheduled arrival of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in the Netherlands Wednesday has touched off a rare display of discord between the local Jewish community and some Israelis living there. Holland has one of the largest Israeli communities in Europe.
A few dozen Dutch ex-Israelis from a group that says it is "critical of Israel" plan to confront Lieberman and his hosts from Holland's largest Zionist group, the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel.
They intend to picket outside Amsterdam's Golden Tulip Apollo Hotel, where Lieberman is slated to address dozens of CIDI members, citing his "racist motives" and "hate-mongering." Lieberman says his controversial policies on Israeli Arabs, which include support for a mandatory pledge of allegiance, are not racist.
The protest by gate48 is directed against CIDI's hospitality and the "uncritical" manner in which he will be received by the Dutch government, board member Erella Grassiani says.
In response CIDI founder Ronny Naftaniel noted that Lieberman was democratically elected, adding that instead of protesting, "we would wish that gate48 members would exercise their democratic rights in Israel itself." Naftaniel also said that hosting Lieberman does not constitute agreement with his policies or viewpoints.
A few dozen Dutch ex-Israelis from a group that says it is "critical of Israel" plan to confront Lieberman and his hosts from Holland's largest Zionist group, the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel.
They intend to picket outside Amsterdam's Golden Tulip Apollo Hotel, where Lieberman is slated to address dozens of CIDI members, citing his "racist motives" and "hate-mongering." Lieberman says his controversial policies on Israeli Arabs, which include support for a mandatory pledge of allegiance, are not racist.
The protest by gate48 is directed against CIDI's hospitality and the "uncritical" manner in which he will be received by the Dutch government, board member Erella Grassiani says.
In response CIDI founder Ronny Naftaniel noted that Lieberman was democratically elected, adding that instead of protesting, "we would wish that gate48 members would exercise their democratic rights in Israel itself." Naftaniel also said that hosting Lieberman does not constitute agreement with his policies or viewpoints.
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