(Jewish Group)Dutch far-left party says it wants to end 'inherently racist' Holocaust memorial event
A Dutch far-left party has called for cancelling the Netherlands’ main Holocaust commemoration ceremony, saying it’s “inherently racist.”
The BIJ1 party, which defines itself as devoted to “antiracism and decolonialization” and advocates for “official apologies for slavery and colonial occupation and bearing of the legal consequences,” made the call in a draft of its program in the March 2022 municipal elections in Amsterdam, the news site Jonet.nl reported last week.
At Amsterdam’s May 4 official memorial commemoration for victims of the Holocaust and Dutch casualties of war, “Indonesian, Surinamese, Korean, Iraqi etc. victims of Dutchmen (or violence supported by the Netherlands) are not commemorated,” the text said, labeling this as “inherently racist.” As long as this is the case, “Amsterdam must not platform” the event, the draft program read.
Reports in the Dutch media about the document by BIJ1, which in the March general elections won one out of 150 seats in the Dutch parliament, generated protest by Jewish groups. Ronny Naftaniel, chairman of the Central Jewish Board of the Netherlands, said it was “astonishing.”
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