NETHERLANDS: Speaking in Amsterdam's Portuguese Synagogue during a two-day visit to the Netherlands, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Dutch government knows who are the real war criminals

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  • Title: NETHERLANDS: Speaking in Amsterdam's Portuguese Synagogue during a two-day visit to the Netherlands, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Dutch government knows who are the real war criminals
  • Date: 19th January 2012
  • Summary: AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS (JANUARY 18, 2012) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE EXTERIOR WITH BICYCLES PASSING BY FULL SYNAGOGUE INSIDE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ARRIVING NETANYAHU CHEERING THE CROWD NETANYAHU SHAKING HANDS WITH THE HOST NETANYAHU SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (English), ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SAYING: "It's good to know that the government of this country where the International Criminal Court sits in judgement, they know who the real war criminals are: they are the leaders of Iran, who call for a new holocaust and who Vow to wipe Israel off the map. The real war criminals are the terrorists of Hezbollah and Hamas, who fire rockets at civilians and who place their weapons right near schools and hospitals to use innocent people as human shields. These are the real war criminals and in Holland there are people who know it." CANDLES BURNING (SOUNDBITE) (English), ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SAYING: "A nuclear-armed Iran is a threat to Israel, to the region, to the world. Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. Period." NETANYAHU SPEAKS AND PEOPLE LISTEN (SOUNDBITE) (English), ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SAYING: "It should be spoken clearly: a demilitarised Palestinian State that recognizes the Jewish State is the formula for peace and I hope for our sake and for the sake of our Palestinian neighbours, for our children and their children that the Palestinian authority gets on with it, comes to the table and negotiates the peace. They will have their own positions and I respect the fact that we can differ, but the only way we can resolve those differences is to sit down." CHANDELIER AND NETANYAHU LISTENING SYNAGOGUE
  • Embargoed: 3rd February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Netherlands, Netherlands
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  • Country: Netherlands
  • Topics: Crime,International Relations,Politics
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  • Story Text: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived on Wednesday (18 January) to the Netherlands for a two-day visit.
    He spoke in the Portuguese Synagogue in the center of Amsterdam. Touching upon the subject of International Criminal Court, Netanyahu said that the Dutch government knows who are the real war criminals.
    "It's good to know that the government of this country where the International Criminal Court sits in judgement, they know who the real war criminals are: they are the leaders of Iran, who call for a new holocaust and who vow to wipe Israel off the map. The real war criminals are the terrorists of Hezbollah and Hamas, who fire rockets at civilians and who place their weapons right near schools and hospitals to use innocent people as human shields. These are the real war criminals and in Holland there are people who know it," Netanyahu said.
    "A nuclear-armed Iran is a threat to Israel, to the region, to the world. Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. Period," he added.
    Netanyahu will be meeting Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte on Thursday (19 January) in The Hague. He will also meet other Dutch politicians and visit the parliament.
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