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Dutch parliament agrees to block all dialogue with Hamas
By Cnaan Liphshiz, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: jewish world, hamas 

The Dutch parliament on Tuesday approved a motion seeking to block any dialogue between government officials and Hamas, Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom announced.

The motion - made in effort to counter growing calls in Europe to engage the Islamist group in dialogue - was put forward by MP Raymond de Roon, third on Wilders' list.

"We should never even talk to an organization that seeks the downfall of Israel. I am therefore glad that my resolution was accepted,? de Roon said.
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In the motion, de Roon requested the government "ensure the terrorist organization Hamas is excluded from any international debate or governance forum," a party spokesperson told Haaretz.

"Hamas is not only anti-Zionist," de Roon previously wrote about Hamas. "It is anti-Jewish and a racist organization. If the West speaks to Hamas, it will foment Jew-hatred." He added this hatred "flows directly from the pages of the Koran."

The controversial and publicly pro-Zionist Party for Freedom seeks to "protect the Netherlands from Islamization" by halting and minimizing the effects of immigration from non-Western countries. Recent polls predict the party, which in 2006 won nine seats out of 150 in parliament, would nab 32 seats if elections were held now.

Though in 2007 the party was described as a "pariah" movement, a rapprochement with other parties now seems closer. Last week former prime minister Dries Van Agt from the ruling party, the CDA, was quoted as warning his party members needed to "resist the temptation" of cooperating with Wilders' party.

Earlier this month Wilders, who lived in Israel in his youth and visits the country regularly, announced he is working of a sequel for his anti-Islam film, Fitna. The film, which mostly displays archive material and Koran verses while highlighting calls by Muslims to slay Jews, angered millions
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  2.   Beware - not everyone professing his friendship is a friend 00:25  |  Jeroen de Jager 22/04/09
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  4.   de Jager, your hopes are in vain. 06:04  |  Jasper 22/04/09
  5.   Someone who sheds light on the real problem 06:11  |  Gregor 22/04/09
  6.   A stupid move.... 07:43  |  Dutch 22/04/09
  7.   shocking increase in anti-semitism in the netherlands 07:56  |  Paul S 22/04/09
  8.   Racist idiot was barred from Britain 19:43  |  Marilyn 22/04/09
  9.   Wilders is a real friend of Israel 00:00  |  Jan 23/04/09
  10.   Netherlands 00:11  |  Strehp Throht 23/04/09
  11.   # 8 16:40  |  Mark de Jager 23/04/09
  12.   Jaspar 06:42  |  Bob 24/04/09
  13.   Marilyn 06:44  |  Bobby 24/04/09
  14.   He is not anti Islam 21:51  |  MH 24/04/09
  15.   West Amsterdam/Westermaarket 22:04  |  Seth 24/04/09
  16.   To Dutch - No 6 17:56  |  Bri 25/04/09
  17.   Demographics show real cause for alarm 18:28  |  G-Jean 25/04/09
  18.   Dank to the Dutch 10:26  |  Michael 26/04/09
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