PA, Arab World Censure Anti-Islam Dutch Politician’s Remarks on Palestine
Geert Wilders, who won this week’s election in the Netherlands, has said that Palestinians should be relocated to Jordan.
The Palestinian Authority labeled the statements as racist.
“The Palestinian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the racist inflammatory statements by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, in which he denied the rights of the Palestinian people, especially their right to establish their independent state with East Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital, and called for their displacement to Jordan,” the official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry based in Ramallah, the West Bank, as saying.
The ministry called Wilders’ statements “a call to escalate the aggression against our people, and a blatant interference in their affairs and fate.”
The ministry stressed that "the Palestinian people have demonstrated the depth of their steadfastness in their homeland.”
The ministry called on the Dutch government to “condemn and reject” these statements, “in line with international law and international legitimacy.”
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Separately, Jordan on Saturday also condemned the “racist position” taken by Wilders denying Palestinians’ right to freedom.
“Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs Ayman Safadi held a telephone call with his Dutch counterpart, Hanke Bruins Slot, during which he confirmed Jordan’s condemnation and rejection of the racist positions announced by extremist MP Geert Wilders, in which he denied the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to their freedom and their state,” said a Jordanian Foreign Ministry statement.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Yemen, and the Arab League also issued separate condemnations.
“Irresponsible statements made by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders [are] considered interference in the internal affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and [are] rejected and condemned,” the UAE embassy in the Netherlands wrote on X.
A populist and anti-Islam far-right politician, Wilders, leader of the Freedom Party (PVV), is known for his firm support for Israel. Over the last few years, he has advocated for the “right of” Israel to set up settlements in the West Bank, and he often promoted the idea that Jordan is Palestine, suggesting that the conflict between Palestinians and Israel could be resolved through the dislocation of Palestinian people to Jordan.
Source: Anadolu Agency
