The Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory has been straining its relations with the European Union for some time, and looks to be a major issue with the arrival of Dutch PM Mark Rutte today.
It started when Israel made a point to tell the EU that the Gaza Strip couldn’t be allowed to export goods because they couldn’t tell if the shipping containers secretly had explosives.
The Netherlands, taking this as a problem to be solved rather than what it was intended to be, an excuse, went out and bought an expensive shipping container scanner to put at the Gaza crossing.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Rutte for the scanner on his arrival, but insisted that the Gazans can’t use it to ship goods abroad anyhow, saying that it “is not a good idea.”
He went on to say that the scanner, which Israel intends on keeping, “will be important for prosperity,” and proves the Netherlands’ friendship to Israel.
So Israel "steals" the scanner and gives the Palestinians the usual finger? Alles klar.
a further bastardly excuse from the zionist entity/nutty yahoo…..when will the world wake up to the stunts these facists pull?
Would this garbage passing for a human allowed to punish the Palestinians until they are no more and the yanks treatment of the native americans.
As if Israel couldn't afford a scanner itself if it wanted to let the Gazans export goods. The man is a wretch. But no one really tells him where to get off. No, you see, the scanner is retribution payment for the suffering of Jew ( or is that the Israelis?, a confusiion of terms is there ever was one and which Israel exploits to perfection!). The whole world has to kowtow and does so with glee, it seems. Can you beleive that the very, very stupid U.S. Congress gave the wretch tens of standing ovations when all he did was smile at them and tell them they must do his bidding. What deeply stupid, corrupt people.
Meanwhile they all celebrate Mandela as if any of these "leaders" had learned anything about how to treat the weak and suffering.
Not all are celebrating Mandela – Netanyahu has begged off going to the state funeral – claims that Israel can't afford his trip. Chintzy Momzer.