A Palestinian activist issues a warning to the Dutch Parliament: ongoing genocide and suspicious international silence
Palestinian human rights activist Badie Dweik, founder of the Human Rights Defenders Association, issued strong warnings from within the Dutch Parliament regarding Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, calling for urgent international intervention to stop the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the escalating violations in the West Bank.
This came during his meeting with prominent Dutch MP Christine Toynessen, spokeswoman for the Animal’s Party. In the Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Climate files, where Dweik provided a detailed explanation of the economic collapse in the West Bank as a result of Israeli policies, most notably the withholding of clearing funds, the deprivation of employees’ salaries for years, and the suspension of work permits, which caused widespread unemployment that affected half a million Palestinians.
Dweik spoke about the escalation of settler attacks under the protection of the occupation army, and the increasing risks threatening human rights defenders, stressing that the situation in Hebron represents A blatant example of apartheid, as the city turned into isolated, closed enclaves.
He reviewed the conditions of prisoners in the occupation prisons, warning of the policy of deliberate medical neglect that claimed the lives of about 80 prisoners during the last two years.
Dweik stressed that what is happening in Gaza is not just a war but rather a systematic genocide, in light of the silence of the international community, warning that the slogans of “ceasefire” It did not stop the killing and destruction.
Al-Dweik also discussed the issue of detaining, attacking, and deporting international observers, despite their peaceful role as “ambassadors of truth,” calling on the Dutch government and the European Parliament to take a clear and firm stance on these violations.
Al-Dweik called for taking concrete steps, including: immediately stopping any form of support for the Israeli occupation. Imposing sanctions on the occupying state. Benefiting from the experience of South Africa in confronting the apartheid regime, where international pressure proved effective in dismantling an unjust regime, and this is the model that must be adopted in dealing with Israel.
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