NETHERLANDS: God bless Geert Wilders for setting forth plan to move Dutch Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

The new Geert Wilders Coalition government in the Netherlands has announced a radical change of course, including moving the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as well as a strict crackdown on Muslim immigration.

WND Geert Wilders is the leader of the pro-Israel, anti-mass Muslim immigration Party for Freedom, or PVV, which won 37 out of 150 seats in the Dutch lower house in that nation’s Nov. 22 election. Wilders is often compared to Hungary’s Viktor Orban because of similar stances on a range of issues, including Islam and opposition to the European Union – preferring to elevate national policies over supranational ones that usurp domestic authority.

In addition to the United States, Papua New Guinea, Kosovo, Honduras and Guatemala have already moved their embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. If the Dutch coalition holds and the nation’s embassy is moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the decision would be a controversial one, with the Netherlands becoming most significant country to move its embassy to Jerusalem since the United States did so under former President Donald Trump in 2018.

On Jerusalem, the draft agreement states that research will be conducted into “the appropriate time in which the move of the embassy to Jerusalem can occur.”

A separate clause states that the Holocaust will be included in the integration exam that anyone seeking Dutch citizenship needs to pass. That clause is one of several outlining a tougher immigration policy for the Netherlands. Another clause states that the Netherlands will work to obtain an “opt-out” from the EU policy on absorbing asylum seekers.

The Israel-Hamas war has roiled Dutch society, and the announcement was made with the backdrop of widespread violence carried out by anti-Israel, pro-Hamas protesters on the University of Amsterdam campus and beyond. Many see the virulence of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish feeling among largely migrant communities as evidence of both failed immigration policies and hard-left indoctrination among the Netherlands’ youth – just as in America.

It is in this climate that several Dutch universities announced they are both severing ties with, and intend to boycott, Israeli institutions over the ongoing military operation in the Gaza Strip. This latest action is part of a growing European-based movement seeking to isolate and ostracize the Jewish state. Geert Wilders will work to reverse that trend.

Speaking of the Netherlands…shocking attacks by Muslim migrants captured on film at Dutch train stations:

RAIR Foundation (h/t Marvin W) The sequence of violent incidents at train stations in the Netherlands underscores the pressing need for border closure, deportation of threats, and enhanced security measures to combat the challenges posed by Muslim migrants.

The most recent incident in a string of violent attacks at Dutch train stations unfolded at Castricum station, sending shockwaves through the community. On December 17, 2023, disturbing footage emerged online, capturing a group of young individuals brutally assaulting two young men on the platform. The assailants, suspected to be Muslim migrant youth, viciously kicked and punched the victims before fleeing the scene. The victims, aged 18 and 19, were left with severe injuries and were rushed to the hospital for treatment.