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February 26, 2004
Terrorist victims are disgusting, says Hague mayor
As the farcical show trial of Israel's security fence continues, Israeli protest groups are creating quite a stir.My Dutch wife was surprised to hear from me this week that the mayor of The Hague had sought a court order to forbid pro-Israel demonstrators from publicly displaying the names and photos of terror victims during the International Court of Justice hearing over the security fence. "Wim Deetman?" she asked. "That's funny; he used to sit with my mother on the board of the Netherlands-Israel Friendship Association."Much more disgusting and provocative than blowing them up, right? Much more disgusting and provocative than judges who have made prejudicial statements against Israel in the past now judging whether Israel's security fence should be treated differently than that of every other country.Deetman argued that showing the faces of the 927 terror victims since 2000 was too "provocative" and might add to public disorder during the ICJ hearings. In similar vein, a member of The Hague city council, Robert van Lente, protested the municipal permits granted to demonstrators to display the wreckage of the no. 19 Jerusalem bus blown up last month by a suicide bomber who killed 20. "Our political point of view is that this is unacceptable, although we understand that the mayor has tested the request according to freedom of expression. I believe it is disgusting to use a bus in which innocent victims died in a legal battle," Van Lente told the press.
Judith | 02/26/04 at 02:31 PM | Categories: - Israel vs. the world
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