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Last update - 16:44 11/04/2009
Key Dutch party: Sanctions against Israel if it thwarts peace
By Cnaan Liphshiz, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News 

The Netherlands must impose economic sanctions against Israel if the new government in Jerusalem thwarts the peace process with the Palestinians, the Dutch Labor party said last week.

Members of Labor, which is a member of government as the country's second largest party, said they intended to write a manifesto on the matter to the foreign minister, Maxime Verhagen, from the centrist ruling CDA party, who is largely seen as a staunch supporter of Israel.

In an interview for Radio 1, Labor's Martijn van Dam said his party insisted that Verhagen and the European Union take "concrete" action that demands Israel accept Hamas as a partner for dialog. Van Dam also lamented the Netherlands and the European Union's decision to blacklist Hamas.
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Van Dam went on to call Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman "an extremist who is on the brink of racism," adding: "This is not a government with much prospect for peace."

Responding to calming statements attributed to Verhagen concerning Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, van Dam said: "The only one who thinks that the positions of the [new] Israeli government will not have any consequences is Maxim Verhagen."

Discussions on the matter between the cabinet and Labor's representatives in parliament are expected to continue this week.

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      1.   "on the brink of racism" 13:32  |  Dutch 11/04/09
      2.   Dutch Labour 14:04  |  rich 11/04/09
      3.   DUTCH need to look at what the Pal goverment wants.Painfully unPC 14:09  |  PETER SM 11/04/09
      4.   The S word 14:14  |  Natallie Durson 11/04/09
      5.   I "love" you Haaretz?!! 14:20  |  Abecassis 11/04/09
      6.   The guy is right 14:43  |  chicago 11/04/09
      7.   Key Dutch party: Sanctions against Israel 15:00  |  Gouldy 11/04/09
      8.   #2 Rich 15:12  |  Chris Linthwaite 11/04/09
      9.   MORE DOUBLE DUTCH IT TAKES 2 TO MAKE PEACE 15:22  |  v hardman 11/04/09
      10.   What`s good for the goose is good for the gander 15:22  |  W 11/04/09
      11.   The game is over 15:26  |  fritz t. 11/04/09
      12.   to the dutch 15:39  |  harzion 11/04/09
      13.   durson in your wet dreams 15:43  |  harzion 11/04/09
      14.   Let the labour talk with fatah about hamas 15:50  |  rafiq 11/04/09
      15.   Astonishing Idea 15:55  |  Brad 11/04/09
      16.   WHAT WILL THEY PROPOSE NEXT, AN AL-QAEDA EMBASSY IN THE HAGUE? 16:01  |  Freethinker 11/04/09
      17.   typical left wing 16:22  |  Wouter 11/04/09
      18.   Hamas not racist, but Lieberman is??? 16:41  |  Sanders 11/04/09
      19.   How do you say pandering in Dutch? 16:45  |  Eldad 11/04/09
      20.   Nothing to Ahmadinejad 16:52  |  Am Israel Chai 11/04/09
      21.   to dutch&chicago 17:08  |  udi 11/04/09
      22.   The H word--for Hezballah-- let them taste that 17:25  |  Israeli citizen 11/04/09
      23.   18, Sanders, Hamas being punished 17:36  |  BM 11/04/09
      24.   The Europeans are so quaint 17:36  |  Lilly von 11/04/09
      25.   boycot 17:45  |  g.i. 11/04/09
      26.   A little historical perspective 17:47  |  m 11/04/09
      27.   durson 17:50  |  udi 11/04/09
      28.   Simply Bully Boy Tactics 17:52  |  Ronald 11/04/09
      29.   The Irish Government is also planning for Israel,s 17:52  |  barney mc gee 11/04/09
      30.   I got news for Israel 18:12  |  abby 11/04/09
      31.   In the West, we are used to thinking that Israel cannot ... 18:12  |  Jean Van Daem 11/04/09
      32.   Ronald, do you speak as a former SApartheid apologist 18:26  |  barney mc gee 11/04/09
      33.   barney mccgee the irish never miss an opportunity 18:33  |  dodgy priest 11/04/09
      34.   As a Dutch-Israeli person point of view 18:35  |  J Van Hessen 11/04/09
      35.   the irish lost the war for ulster 18:36  |  dodgypriest 11/04/09
      36.   Listen to yourselves - denial is not policy! 18:36  |  Manny Goldstein 11/04/09
      37.   barney mcgee there will never be a united ireland 18:37  |  dodgypriest 11/04/09
      38.   Doubletalk 18:50  |  Scrolls 11/04/09
      39.   # 17 wouter 19:00  |  Axel 11/04/09
      40.   israel is always above all laws!! 19:02  |  Antonio da Silva 11/04/09
      41.   dodgypriest /harzion/pappabull you have dodgy thoughts 19:16  |  barney mc gee 11/04/09
      42.   # 28 Ronald...the real fear is the rise of Islam 19:22  |  Lynn 11/04/09
      43.   # 36 Manny Goldstein.....yes, indeed 19:32  |  Lynn 11/04/09
      44.   Dutch Labour Losers 19:33  |  tiki 11/04/09
      45.   Continent full of idiotic ideas 19:45  |  Heat Heath 11/04/09
      46.   Who is calling who a racist? 20:20  |  Michael 11/04/09
      47.   Yes, Sanction Israel, relations with Iran and Taliban 20:39  |  Richard 11/04/09
      48.   Am Israel Chai 20:48  |  joan 11/04/09
      49.   To 45/ the continent full of... 20:50  |  Anne 11/04/09
      50.   #9/v hardman 21:24  |  Deacon2 11/04/09
      51.   Jews shouldn`t defend fascism 21:24  |  Canadian 11/04/09
      52.   #43 21:24  |  inquiring mind 11/04/09
      53.   Don`t worry, Bibi will learn to play the "peace" game... 21:26  |  peacelover 11/04/09
      54.   #4 ND 21:27  |  Moshe 11/04/09
      55.   #40 Antonio de Silva 21:50  |  Moshe 11/04/09
      56.   barney mc gee 21:52  |  Henk 11/04/09
      57.   I like Liebermann, in fact his a gift to all dislikers 21:54  |  Andreas 11/04/09
      58.   Da Silva, do you have to show your ignorance to the whole world? 21:57  |  Freethinker 11/04/09
      59.   they want arabic as 2nd official language 21:57  |  Albert Fischer 11/04/09
      60.   #30 21:57  |  Jane 11/04/09
      61.   War crime 22:02  |  Dav 11/04/09
      62.   jewish influence in ameica 22:03  |  fred 11/04/09
      63.   Ignorance of history is no excuse for plain old bigotry, Deacon2 22:06  |  Freethinker 11/04/09
      64.   joan "sympathy ploy" 22:16  |  harzion 11/04/09
      65.   joan " after 60 years do not expect sympathy" 22:18  |  harzion 11/04/09
      66.   how many know that all the unrwa staff in gaza 22:20  |  dodgypriest 11/04/09
      67.   Sign away Israel 22:26  |  leo 11/04/09
      68.   #18 BM Maybe YOU don`t want to see it 22:39  |  Sanders 11/04/09
      69.   The nerve of these people 22:41  |  Ilan 11/04/09
      70.   # 42 lynn 23:01  |  Axel 11/04/09
      71.   # 45 heat 23:04  |  Axel 11/04/09
      72.   peter sm 3 23:05  |  potobac 11/04/09
      73.   Hamas a real partner for peace 23:53  |  Nathaniel 11/04/09
      74.   Wow, such ignorance on many of the liberal here 23:59  |  David 11/04/09
      75.   #43 Lynn, it as as my boss says 02:03  |  Mark B. 12/04/09
      76.   #4 Natalie Durson 02:06  |  Jim 12/04/09
      77.   why is it not fascism? 02:12  |  Forrest Schmidt 12/04/09
      78.   Shallow Dutch Comment 02:32  |  Cornelis 12/04/09
      79.   So Many Politicians, So Little to Do 02:34  |  Mark of Lewiston 12/04/09
      80.   key dutch party 02:45  |  real vision 12/04/09
      81.   minorities 03:04  |  carla 12/04/09
      82.   to the dutch, and THE WHOLE WORLD 04:27  |  neil 12/04/09
      83.   Israeli sanctions 06:26  |  Gord 12/04/09
      84.   not many options left 07:27  |  Suzy 12/04/09
      85.   Holland, Jews and Muslims 08:52  |  Edward 12/04/09
      86.   you`r right Edward 59. So, is it not a sign for Jews just to make 11:54  |  moshe 12/04/09
      87.   Suzy Canada fine give Canada back to the Indians. 13:06  |  petra 12/04/09
      88.   to Carla.... 13:32  |  Freddy 12/04/09
      89.   J van Hessen out of touch with Dutch politics 14:13  |  Bor de Wolf 12/04/09
      90.   is he and is he not? 18:13  |  Francisco 12/04/09
      91.   The same dutch screwball 18:20  |  Dan 12/04/09
      92.   63 freethinker 19:39  |  Deacon2 12/04/09
      93.   Sanctions 20:55  |  Tcherkessi 12/04/09
      94.   to Tcherkessi 02:47  |  Anna 13/04/09
      95.   Welcoming another Holaucaust of the Jews 18:48  |  zev 13/04/09
      96.   To Anna 19:49  |  Tcherkessi 13/04/09
      97.   who the f do they think they are??? 04:29  |  liberal german jew 14/04/09
      98.   Israelis have nobody to blame but themselves. 16:38  |  Sammy 14/04/09
      99.   #30 Well said! 02:57  |  Bruni 15/04/09
      100.   How quicklly the Dutch have forgotten 03:47  |  sabra 15/04/09
      101.   Lilly Von this conflict is as old as the hills. 16:08  |  petra 15/04/09
      102.   M Seattle Tanks for that truth! 16:10  |  petra 15/04/09
      103.   v hardman #9 09:11  |  zeev 22/04/09
      104.   Barney mcGee 17:14  |  Paul S. 07/05/09
      105.   stockton 17:21  |  Paul S. 07/05/09
      106.   sign away Israel 17:23  |  Paul S. 07/05/09
      107.   sanders, fla 17:32  |  paul s. 07/05/09
      108.   dutch labor party 22:55  |  igor 26/06/09
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