Geert Wilders has built a political career on bigotry and buffoonery.
The Party for Freedom – which he leads – continues to produce a steady stream of toxic garbage. One recent proposal it put forward was that Dutch lawmakers should declare “anti-Semitism, hatred and violence” to be an “intrinsic part of Islam.”
Crude stereotyping by fake theologians like Wilders and his followers should be regarded as the very antithesis of the reputation for religious tolerance which the Netherlands developed over several centuries.
The Party for Freedom (known by the acronym PVV) was defeated by liberals in a general election last year. PVV representatives do not seem to have been chastened by that setback.
Sebastian Kruis, a PVV member of the European Parliament, described a discussion on Israel earlier this month as a “debate without facts.” Rather than citing facts, he branded sympathizers with Palestinians as “scum,” while complaining about “Gaza genocide nonsense.”
Voluminous evidence that Israel’s attack on Gaza is genocidal has been gathered or accepted by the world’s largest human rights organizations , quite a few Holocaust scholars and a preliminary verdict from the International Court of Justice.
The dismissal of that evidence by Kruis has apparently endeared him to at least one organization. Two days after he made his “Gaza genocide nonsense” comment, the European Coalition for Israel hailed Kruis as “someone we can truly call a friend.” (more...)
Christian Zionists form unholy alliance with far-right lawmaker
ECI team had the pleasure of meeting @SebastianKruis, Member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands🇳🇱, Patriots for Europe group.
— European Coalition for Israel (ECI) (@EC4Israel) May 8, 2026
He is someone we can truly call a friend! pic.twitter.com/EUMme2JETY
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