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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Dutch withdraw Hamas PA minister's visa
2007-05-05
Belgian police held a Palestinian minister on board his plane on Friday after Dutch authorities withdrew his visa to attend a conference in the Netherlands, Dutch authorities and conference organizers said.

Youth and Sports Minister Bassem Naim, a Hamas member, arrived in Brussels on a flight from Egypt after being granted a visa by Dutch authorities in Tel Aviv. But he was prevented from disembarking by 10 Belgian police, said Majed al-Zeer, director of the London-based Palestinian Return Center and one of the organizers of Saturday's conference on Palestinian refugees. "What happened on the flight was the humiliation of the Palestinian people," Zeer told The Associated Press. "He was not even allowed to go to the toilet."
Posted by:Fred

#3  Queer how the Tel Aviv embassy/consulate granted the gentleman a visa, but the home office revoked it. I hope it's because they were playing bait'n'switch, I fear it's because the diplomatic people on the ground have gone native in the wrong direction -- because everybody who's anybody is anti-Zionist, my dear.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-05-05 12:34  

#2  Great move. Wake up you sheeeples. This is what needs to happen daily.
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter2970   2007-05-05 12:29  

#1  A whiff of sanity from the Dutch.

"What happened on the flight was the humiliation of the Palestinian people,"

Brace yourselves for Dire Revenge™.

"He was not even allowed to go to the toilet."

It was for his own safety. The toilet might understandably have mistaken Naim for a turd and swallowed him on the spot.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-05-05 00:14  

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