Political turmoil rocks the Netherlands after Amsterdam violence

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1. Is the problem again not the actual problem but something completely different?

2. For those who don’t follow Dutch politics daily: it’s not about the violence, it’s about the aftermath.

   Apparently there were some less-than-polite remarks about immigrant population in the subsequent cabinet meeting last monday. Reports are that one of the junior ministers (of Moroccan descent) felt highly uncomfortable to continue working in that environment and would announce to quit over it this afternoon after regular cabinet.

   This seems to have created a political problem (those who don’t resign implicitly accepting the remarks) between the good-government NSC coalition partner and the you-should-name-and-shame-problem-immigrant-groups PVV of Wilders.

3. So, are We Hebben Een Serieus Probleem?

4. She is secretary with benefits,  what does that mean?

5. “Moroccan-born secretary for benefits”

   Sounds about right

6. Of course it’s a huge problem when you see your government undermine racism committed by Israeli fans on Dutch streets and vandalizing while focusing all attention to the response from people living there that were the targets of the hostilities from Israeli football fans.

   People shouting fuck Arabs etc. And vandalizing taxis and flags should be mentioned as the root cause of the problem, or at least equal part of it.

   What the politicians obviously did wrong was only blaming the Dutch Arabs instead of also blaming Israelis doing racism and vandalizing in the middle of Europe.

7. Ben het ergens wel eens met het deporteren wat gezegd is. Is het eerste wat ik dacht toen ik dat nieuws las over rellen in Amsterdam.

8. As Max Verstappen would say: it’s classic.

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10. Exactly what Netanyahu wanted

    Mossad Mission accomplished

11. Is Netherland going to die now ?

12. “Violence” is a very neutral way of phrasing it.
    Remember when the mainstream Media still pushed the idea that it was fascists hatecrimes against innocent jews? The phrasing was much more aggressive then…

13. Is this what the burning metro and fireworks attacks on women and children were about last week? Or was that related to the Israeli football hooligans?

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