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Massive Rallies against Netanyahu’s Visit to The Hague

Massive Rallies against Netanyahu’s Visit to The Hague
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Thousands of people staged a demonstration in The Hague in protest at an official visit by "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Netherlands, saying he should be brought to justice for his crimes.

Massive Rallies against Netanyahu’s Visit to The Hague

On Tuesday, the protesters carried Netanyahu's mugshots and signs that read "Bring Bibi Netanyahu to International Criminal Court" as the "Israeli" leader arrived in the Netherlands and met with senior Dutch officials.

Chants such as "Free free Palestine, boycott boycott "Israel" could also be heard during the demonstration.

"I'm standing here because Netanyahu is visiting the Netherlands. I'm standing in The Hague and we think that rather than him being received by the parliament, he should be put on trial in the Peace Palace of the UN tribunal," a protester said.

Some of the protesters also criticized local authorities from attempting to cancel the anti-Netanyahu gathering.

The rally was originally planned to be staged outside the Dutch parliament building in The Hague downtown, but authorities later did not allow the protesters to proceed.

The demonstration came a day after former Dutch prime minister Dries Van Agt reacted angrily to Netanyahu's two-day visit to the Netherland, calling on government officials to "send him right away to the International Criminal Court."

Speaking in an interview with the NPO1 public broadcaster on Monday, Van Agt described the 66-year-old Chairman of "Israel's" right-wing Likud political party as a "war criminal," arguing that the Tel Aviv regime has been committing a crime under the ICC's Rome Statute.

"The occupation and expansion... building of settlements, of occupied territory, this is according to the Rome Statute, which is... the setup... the statute on which the international criminal court is based, in so many words, a war crime," he said.

"So why should we receive someone who continues with such things, we could have sent him right away to the International Criminal Court, that would have been better," the 85-year-old politician and activist, known for his vocal support of the Palestinian cause, the ex-PM pointed out.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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