Geert Wilders, the leader of the incoming ruling party of the Netherlands, gave a strong defense of Israel on Thursday while addressing the Dutch Parliament.
Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, is a nationalist whose party won control of the government in November and is in the process of being installed. He is known for his hardline views on immigration and opposition to Islam.
“I lived in Israel for a while, a long time ago. I’ve seen it too,” Wilders said. “Then it was still from Jordan where the terrorists entered. I also experienced what it was like when those terrorists crossed the border and how you had to take shelter in air raid shelters. And how then the army, with helicopters and magnesium bombs lightings, looked where people were, to protect their population.”
“I know one thing, it’s hatred from these kinds of Islamic groups like Hamas, the Islamic Jihad…
