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16 August 2006

Krista van Velzen takes part in action against transit of weapons through Netherlands to Israel

SP Member of Parliament Krista van Velzen today participated in a protest action against the use of Schiphol airport, Amsterdam as a transit point in the transport of weapons to Israel. Together with activists from the Campaign against the Weapons Trade, other left parties including the Green Left and International Socialists, as well as Palestine solidarity groups and peace movement organisations, she was at the airport to protest against the policy of Dutch government and Schiphol management to allow this trade in weapons to continue without hindrance or control. According to Ms Van Velzen, far from encouraging the sale of weapons to Israel, the Netherlands should impose an immediate arms embargo.

9 August 2006

Van Bommel: No EU funds for flower ads

Harry van Bommel, SP Member of Parliament and spokesman on European Union affairs, is calling for an end to misuse of European subsidies for matters of purely national interest.

9 August 2006

Council of Europe demands immediate release of Chairman of Palestinian Parliament

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has described Israel's arrest of the Chairman of the Palestinian Parliament, twenty other Palestinian MPs and eight members of the Palestinian government as “unacceptable”.

29 July 2006

SP Youth at demonstration against inhuman asylum policy

On Saturday 29th July SP youth organisation ROOD (pronounced 'rote', it means, simply, 'RED') was well represented at a demonstration organised by Prime (Participating Refugees in Multicultural Europe) in solidarity with Ali Anoushei, an Iranian asylum seeker who has been on hunger strike for 47 days to protest against the decision that he should be deported.

27 July 2006

SP: Burma not welcome at EU-Asia summit

SP Member of Parliament and foreign affairs spokesman Harry van Bommel has asked Foreign Minister Ben Bot for an explanation of why representatives of Burma (Myanmar) have been invited for the ASEM Summit meeting between Asian and EU leaders to be held on 10th September. “The Burmese junta has not been invited to international gatherings and must not be invited to this one," Mr Van Bommel said.

26 July 2006

Foreign Minister must condemn breaches of humanitarian laws of warfare in Lebanon

SP Member of Parliament Krista van Velzen has asked Minster of Foreign Affairs Ben Bot to demand an explanation from the Israeli ambassador of breaches of the humanitarian laws of warfare in his country's conflict with Lebanon. In recent days populated areas of Lebanon have been attacked with cluster bombs, while Lebanese Red Cross ambulances have been fired on. Ms Van Velzen also wants to see Mr Bot make the case in the United Nations for measures to be taken against these breaches of humanitarian laws of warfare.

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