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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, right, and right-wing populist leader Geert Wilders, get their microphones installed prior to a national televised debate. (AP)

Netherlands Polls Open in Test of Nationalist Sentiment

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 15, 2017 | World

Dutch people went to polls on Wednesday in elections that will test nationalist sentiment that has been highlighted by a dispute with Turkey that has simmered in recent days. The elections are the first of three this year in the European Union where anti-immigrant...

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Turks demonstrate against the Dutch decisions against two Turkish ministers. (AFP)

Erdogan Escalates Tone against Netherlands on Eve of Dutch Election

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Mar 15, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan escalated on Tuesday the tone against the Netherlands on the eve of Wednesday’s Dutch election, which far-right parties have a high chance of winning. During his campaign to garner votes for the constitutional...

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A protester waves a Turkish national flag during a demonstration in front of the Netherlands consulate in Istanbul. (AFP)

Turkish-European Crisis Worsens

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Mar 13, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged on Sunday to make the Netherlands “pay the price” after banning two Turkish ministers from attending a rally in Rotterdam to campaign for next month’s referendum on a new law to increase the presidential...

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A Palestinian Hamas security officer stands guard in Gaza, on October 9, 2014. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

Israeli-Dutch Plan to Provide Gaza with Energy and Water

by Nazir Majli | Sep 8, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv-The Dutch government will assist Israel in improving the economy of the Gaza Strip by supplying the territory with more electricity and water and building a gas pipeline, political sources in Tel Aviv said. The Israeli-Dutch agreement came during a visit that...

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Moroccan Chairman Elected for Dutch Parliament

Moroccan Chairman Elected for Dutch Parliament

by Abdullah Mustafa | Jan 15, 2016 | World

After four rounds of voting, Moroccan-Dutch Khadija Arib of the Labor Party came out as the winner with 83 of the 134 valid votes and became new chairwoman of the House of Representatives. Her appointment followed the resignation of Anouchka van Miltenburg, who...