Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
12036812_152411505101986_2474261435494325484_n
Tunahan Kuzu (Photo: Tunahan Kuzu/Facebook) - Credit: Tunahan Kuzu (Photo: Tunahan Kuzu/Facebook)
Politics
Benjamin Nethanyahu
Denk
Gaza
Groenlinks
handshake
Israel
Palestine
parliamentarian
refused handshake
Rik Grashoff
The Hague
Tunahan Kuzu
Wednesday, 7 September 2016 - 12:45
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Dutch politician refuses to shake Israeli PM's hand

DENK parliamentarian Tunahan Kuzu refused to shake the outstretched hand of visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday. The former PvdA politician disagrees with the Israeli treatment of Palestinians in the region, NU.nl reports. Netanyahu visited parliament in The Hague on Wednesday. He offered his hand to Kuzu, who refused to take it. The Israeli Prime Minister then turned his back on the parliamentarian. According to the news site, Kuzu - wearing a button bearing the Palestinian flag - refused to give even the simple gesture of politeness because of Netanyahu's policies towards the Palestinians and Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory. "Conversation with the Foreign Affairs Committee with Netanyahu over", Kuzu writes on Facebook. "While the streets of Gaza was reddened by blood that splashed out of the veins of children in the summer of 2014, the red carpet is rolled here. That deserves no handshake, but a reference to #FreePalestine" GroenLinks parliamentarian Rik Grashoff did not even attend the meeting with Netanyahu because Israel refuses to change the "disastrous policies on Palestinians", the MP said, according to NU. "More pressure on Israel and sanctions are needed."

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • More deposit machines in Dutch supermarkets to boost plastic recycling
  • Ed Sheeran to headline Pinkpop 2024, along with Måneskin, Calvin Harris
  • Israel issues travel warning for the Netherlands and other European countries
  • Organizations ask court to block Netherlands from exporting F-35 parts to Israel
  • Commando soldier gets 4 years in prison for drugs, weapons smuggling
  • Lost seal found on Assendelft street, some 10 kilometers from sea

Top stories

  • Boris Johnson allegedly planned military raid on Dutch Covid-19 vaccine factory
  • New NS timetable starts Sunday; More trains running between cities
  • Formation leader hopes to get talks going in meeting with Wilders' dream team
  • Russian research ships used for espionage purposes sighted off the Dutch coast
  • Three people, including two children, killed in car accident on the A1
  • Red Cross called in to help with reception of asylum seekers in Ter Apel

© 2012-2023, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content