International

Palestinian children are being regularly mistreated by Israeli soldiers, according to “Breaking the Silence”, an Israeli veterans’ organisation which this week published a report on the matter. ‘This is shocking,’ says SP Euro-MP Dennis de Jong. ‘Even if these are individual cases, this must be raised with Israel by Catherine Ashton, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs. It is now at the very least not the moment to offer Israel additional trade privileges, as the European Union would like to.’

SP Member of Parliament Harry van Bommel wants to see the Netherlands take a clear stand against the United States’ policy of targeted killings. Van Bommel: ‘The increase in targeted attacks on alleged terrorists without any form of due process and outside of recognised areas of armed conflict is an extremely worrying development. The Netherlands’ radio silence over this is equally of concern. It’s high time that our contry took a clear stand against this repugnant and counter-productive policy.’