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Likud lauds pro-Israel Dutch MP on day he sent ‘stop Islam’ tweet

18 April 2021, 3:45 pm
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Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders of the PVV party speaks to his supporters during a PVV demonstration against the policy of Prime Minister and his cabinet in Rotterdam, on January 20, 2018. (AFP/ANP/Robin Utrecht)
Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders of the PVV party speaks to his supporters during a PVV demonstration against the policy of Prime Minister and his cabinet in Rotterdam, on January 20, 2018. (AFP/ANP/Robin Utrecht)

The Likud party has sent a letter to far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders thanking him for his support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

“Your many friends in Israel followed your courageous campaign. Being attacked so vehemently by your rivals and yet staying such a substantial force in your parliament is an astonishing achievement. May it also serve your party as a spring board for the future,” reads the letter sent last week by Likud Supreme Court President Michael Kleiner and Likud Foreign Affairs director Eli Hazan.

The letter was sent on the same day that Wilders published a tweet reading “Stop Islam,” and urging the Netherlands to outlaw the celebration of Ramandan.

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