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Geert Wilders Calls For Jordan To Be Renamed Palestine | |||
2012-03-07 | |||
Geert Wilders, who leads the right-wing Party for Freedom (PVV) in Holland, said last week he believes Jordan should be renamed Palestine.
Wilders added that Israel deserved a special status in the Dutch government because it was fighting for Jerusalem in its name. "If Jerusalem falls into the hands of the Muslims, Athens and Rome will be next. Thus, Jerusalem is the main front protecting the West. It is not a conflict over territory but rather an ideological battle, between the mentality of the liberated West and the ideology of Islamic barbarism," he said. "There has been an independent Palestinian state since 1946, and it is the kingdom of Jordan." Wilders also called on the Dutch government to refer to Jordan as Palestine and move its embassy to Jerusalem. The Saudi Al-Watan carried Jordan's response to Wilders' speech. The kingdom's embassy in Hague was
"Jordan is an independent and secure country which supports the Palestinian issue, and these imaginings of finding them an alternate homeland are nothing but the delusions of a few people," he said. The PVV nearly tripled its power in the last election, going from nine parliament seats to 24. The right-wing party, which has called for a ban on minarets and Muslim scarves, has been holding so far unsuccessful negotiations with the liberal Right. | |||
Posted by:Anonymoose |
#2 I thought that's what Black September was suppose to have been about. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-03-07 16:21 |
#1 mods: Sorry, this is from 2 years ago. It's still amusing, though. |
Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-03-07 12:11 |