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Last update - 08:58 10/11/2009
Israeli expats protest Lieberman visit to Holland
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Tags: Avigdor Lieberman 

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.

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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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  1.   Ex-Israelis have voted with their feet 07:36  |  David 10/11/09
  2.   Ex Israelis.You are EX. Holland is your country. 08:10  |  PETER SM 10/11/09
  3.   I`m a proud ,am once 08:15  |  Richard 10/11/09
  4.   no demonstration 08:51  |  Jochai Rubinstein 10/11/09
  5.   David, why should yordim shut up? 09:10  |  sh 10/11/09
  6.   Ex-israelis are also ex-Jewish ? 09:13  |  Shlomo 10/11/09
  7.   #1 David 09:35  |  Joshua 10/11/09
  8.   # 7 10:02  |  Peter 10/11/09
  9.   To Joshua: It`s Not So Complicated 10:07  |  Yishai Kohen 10/11/09
  10.   CIDI 10:51  |  Eduard 10/11/09
  11.   Gate48 11:13  |  Teddy 10/11/09
  12.   Peter Sm 11:44  |  Tareq 10/11/09
  13.   Erella 12:24  |  Mr Y 10/11/09
  14.   Huh? 12:45  |  Willem 10/11/09
  15.   Tareq As Dutch citizens are they protesting to their Govt? 12:54  |  PETER SM 10/11/09
  16.   David and ex-Israelis 19:54  |  Janice 10/11/09
  17.   Dutch but NOT proud of welcoming Lieberman 14:21  |  Sytske 12/11/09
  18.   Many Jews demonstrated in Amsterdam against LIeberman 14:26  |  Sytske 12/11/09
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