Report: Broad Dutch initiative on the Jewish question: "Hamas, Hamas, Joden aan Het Gas"

[Amsterdam, April 12] Under the slogan "Hamas, Hamas, Joden aan Het Gas!" the progressive forces in Holland are evidently uniting with Muslims in a new broad movement to deal with the Jewish problem and encourage Muslim integration into Dutch society.

 

The Dutch Labor party's new initiatives regarding the Hamas organization and Israel evdently indicate that Labor's Martijn van Dam, along with Socialist party leaders, believe it is time for a broad initiative regarding the Jewish question as well as better integration of Muslims in Holland and more openness to their needs. The Labor party is going  to campaign for repeal of EU blacklisting of Hamas, and support a boycott of Israel until Israel agrees to negotiate with Hamas and accept Hamas conditions (see here). Hamas was founded  to fulfill the prophetic vision according to which the Muslims will murder all the Jews at the end of days. As stated in the Hamas charter:

 

...the Islamic Resistance Movement aspires to the realisation of Allah's promise, no matter how long that should take. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him salvation, has said:

"The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree,  would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews." (related by al-Bukhari and Muslim).

Israel would apparently have to agree to this program under threat of EU boycott under the proposed initiaves. 

Dutch sources are speculating that the Labor party sees itself as a partner to Hamas in implementing the solution to the Jewish question. Dutch Muslims and progressives, including those who demonstrated under the slogan, "Hamas Hamas joden aan het gas" (Hamas, Hamas Jews to the gas) such as Socialist MP Harry van Bommel, are evidently supportive of the initiative. The video below records such a recent demonstration.

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Labor and Socialist party activists believe that this broad popular movement cannot be ignored and must be accomodated. One supporter is reported to have said, "There is no doubt that support for this cause is growing and if it is not accomodated it will become a dangerous source of social unrest. But Muslims and progressives will not be satisfied with cosmetic moves such as boycotts of Israel. We must undertake a broad campaign of rapprochement with Islam that also addresses the Jewish question and the unwarranted influence of the Israel lobby in EU politices. Among the Dutch measures regarding Islam and the Jewish problem reportedly being considered:

• New legislation will make it a crime to criticize Islam or Islamic organizations. A source close to Labor Party leaders reportedly explained, "Criticism of Islam and Islamic organizations creates needless friction. We have only to consider the sad cases of Theo van Gogh and Hirsi Ali to understand that such agitation is undesirable, pointless and dangerous."
   
• To raise the level of interfaith dialog and minority integration and make Muslims feel at home in Holland, Van Dam's party may propose that polygamy should be legalized, and that marriages to girls as young as age 9 should be allowed with parental consent  This proposal may be very popular among certain non-Muslim circles as well.
  
• Another Labor proposal would legalize limited wife-beating in Holland. Labor party sources explained that according to Sharia law, it is a religious commandment to beat your wife if she is disobedient. Current Dutch law is racist, since it  prevents the proper exercise of the Muslim faith. Likewise, according to Labor party supporters, other laws should be liberalized, New legislation will allow Muslims to carry out punishment of homosexuals and adultresses in compliance with Islamic law, which prescribes death sentences for these offences. In the view of many progressives and Muslims, these are all matters of personal preference and individual and community conscience. Nobody will force anyone to have several wives of course, but the Muslim community should have autonomy to act according to its customs. Dutch law should not impose restrictions that are a provocation for extremists.
  
• To show support for Hamas objectives, Labor will raise EU 50 million and equip an armaments ship to break the Gaza blockade and bring much needed supplies such as long range missiles to the Hamas.
  
• To identify and isolate members of the Israel lobby, members of the Jewish faith may be required to wear an identifying yellow star They may also be confined to living in certain neighborhoods. This will help to limit their ability to spread their extremist right wing ideology and Islamophobic ideas. Socialist and Labor leaders are said to believe this is a responisble approach that will also protect the Jews against growing violence.
  
• A boycott of Jewish shops and businesses to show solidarity with Hamas.

A broad consensus of European progressives who believe that the Jews and the Israel lobby have disproportionate influence is likely to support these shrewd political moves. Opposition is expected only from right wing extremist racists such as Geert Wilders.